Last year I would not have liked #1 in your post. This year I like it.
You are going to find the 14u division much less competitive if this passes, and I don't know if that is what our 8th graders need right before they get to high school. IMO, they need their eyes opened to what it is going to be like in high school.
As for #2, IF, and that is a big IF, all of the high school champs and placers go thru the qualifiers for kids' state, we will get some good matches in that new high school division. Problem is, you'll see many of the high schoolers "ending on a good note" after high school season. Whether it be they don't want to cut anymore weight, or, heaven forbid, they don't want to take a chance on getting beat by a kid from another class, I just wonder what type of participation we'll get in this new "high school" group.
