we had one kid not make it past subs. it wasnt until the night of weigh ins that we found out that a kid had broken his arm on monday that our kid could wrestle. he showed up to weighins with his brother when he got the news. he had to cut 1.5 lbs in 2 hours. no big deal but it would be nice for those clubs to let everyone else know before the day of weigh ins that the kid wasnt going to get to move on. since they knew on monday and didnt say anything until friday i thought was kind of crappy. but knowing there was another kid in that bracket from the same club that the kid broke his arm was from i now know why they didnt say anything. our kid wrestled at districts and made it through which was the good thing. so there are instances that the alternate thing works out.