Originally Posted By: BLT
But if there is a large enough group of kids at any certain weight group within allowance then shouldn't they have the opportunity to wrestle.

That IS the whole point right there and what the studies proved, there were NOT enough kids in some weight groups! We're not talking about a full bracket, we are talking about enough kids in a bracket to keep a kid from just showing up and collecting his medal.
Our club has an 8U kid who weighs 150#. He has some baby fat but is not obese by any measure. He stands I would guess about 5'5" and wears a size eight and a half mens shoe. This kid wrestles up in age every year just to have an opportunity to wrestle. Neither he nor his parents whine and complain about having to wrestle older kids, like some on this board, because like I said, he just wants to wrestle. All I as a board member of his club want, is for him to have the opportunity to wrestle up in age at the qualifiers. I do not want nor expect us to create a weight group just for him to walk all the way to state.