Novice is a measurement of skill not a measurement of tenure!!!
There is really no way to decide, track, and enforce who should wrestle novice.
If you say ok, if you take 1st or 2nd five times then you have to go open...
Well at some age and weights that is going to be after 5 tournaments just based on entry numbers.
We all know the novice status is abused by some.
I think this committiee can make some suggestions but at the end of the day its up to the club to enforce the right decission for their wrestler.
The thing that makes me laugh the most is when people are wrestling novice and they are clearly beyond that level, do you not think that everyone around you notices what you are doing?
How embarrassing!!!