I have one question that might help clear thing up for me anyways.

What is the driver for this "classification" of novice wrestlers?

Is it to keep the "better" novices out of novice tourneys?

Novice tourney weren't as available when my boys started. I personally thought it made then better without them.

I was selective in the tourneys I went to how close, B and C brackets possible, try to make a good experience win lose or draw. That was our first year. Then the second went to a few more and learned what it took to win in the opens.

I know that if my youngest son got a medal at every one he went to when he was younger and learning, that he wouldn't have had the drive to get better.

Everyone need to realize that walking away without a medal and just taking a kicking can change for the good also, when the time is right though.