Jeff,

I understand what you are saying but I don't think we can use that as a realistic comparison. The reason I say that is because of the different level of concern a club would have on a kids weight if they were responsible for reporting the weight.

For example, in our club we try and check the kids weights but we leave it up to the parents as to what weight their kids will wrestle. We also explain to the parents and kids that if they don't make weight they won't wrestle. Having said that, we don't check their weight right before they go weigh in at a tournament.

If we did remote weigh ins then I would be weighing them on Friday night. If they weren't on weight then I would scratch them when I sent in the weights that night. It would save the tournament director's from having to scramble (like you so graciously did for one of our wreslters) to put them in a different weight class or deal with a lot of scratches on the day of the tournament.

Shawn Budke