Excellent extract of the comments of a wrestler ineffect defending multiple classes for wrestling.

I recently propsed and outlined a 3 class system for Kansas of Big, Middle and Small Class. To briefly review this proposal: combine 4,5, and 6A classes and then create a 48 school Big class, a 48 school middle class and the current smaller 32 4a schools move down to the Small class. Levels the playing field and does not reduce the number of wrestlers who go to state. In the Big and Middle Classses the 48 schools would each split into four 12 school regionals. To fill the 4 open positions in each 16 man weight bracket, a system similar Montana would allow schools to enter additional wrestlers above the normal 14. These additional wrestlers will cause some seeding problems--how do you select and then seed JV wreslers into a varsity tournament without a cat fight among coaches.

To further my proposal, and to agree with the Jeremy article,and to identify more state palcers for college wrestling recruiters, perhaps Kansas should to an eight (8) placer system. How many more matches it will take for an 8 place system will have to be worked out by someone else, but it should no be very many (I would think not more than 3 matches---the consolation quarter final losers)

A 3 classs system also supports the fan desire for a one site State tournament with all 3 clases.

As for a dual or a grand champion format, that's p-----g in wind. Be real, that's not going to happen because those formats are counter to the current purpose of the Kansas State Tournaments, as best stated by Jermy Hart in HuskerFan's (Mr. Novak) post.