The point here is that we have weigh-ins for the establishment of a baseline. We all know that what a wrestler weighs when they step on the mat isn't usually even close to what their weigh-in weight was.

Now sure we could just start giving out allowances for singlets, scale variance, and everything else we can think of, but then that kind of defeats the purpose of even having a weigh-in.

As far as scales are concerned, at least at the State tournament there were no less than 5 electronic scales which were tested and verified using the same 50 lb calibration test weight and each scale to my recollection showed 50.0 right on the dot. Even IF a scale were to be .1-.2 off each competitor is allowed to step on each available official weigh-in scale to account for differences that may be present, so the whole scale issue is a moot point.

As far as weigh-ins with singlets, the rule was uniformed with the idea that females would be able to weigh-in side by side with males, and that most states had adopted the shoulder to shoulder 1 hour before competition weigh-in, and some had even gone so far as to use the aforementioned matside weigh-in.

To be honest I don't know why we are even having this back and forth because it seems pretty clear to me that everyone is generally on an even plane when it comes to weigh-ins and that if someone is having issues at a particular weight then they should reexamine their options.