Originally Posted By: Husker Fan
Originally Posted By: Enetophobic
I think it should go like they are for Fila or whatever...98, 105 then on like normal. Let's gear it more around next level too. 220? A lot of coaches are looking for a 215 to go 197. 220 may actually hinder some big kids that want to wrestle in college from being taken seriously.


How can you make that argument? How well then does 103 prepare a wrestler for 125 in college. I think 103 can prepare them for 125 in college just as I know that 215 can prepare for either 197 or 285 in college.

Actually the 197 to 285 jump in college is absolutely ridiculous. In reality what is being hurt with that weight spread in my opinion would be the fact that in international wrestling the second highest weight class is about 212 pounds not 197! That is almost a 45% jump from 197 to 285.


What is really being hurt at the college level is coaches that can't fill 10 full weight classes. The top 3 teams at Kansas Cup provided the only full teams of the competition a few weeks back, thus one may assume that the more bullets in the chamber, the better shot you have...however, teams like NW Tech brought a dismal 5 (50%) of a team and stunk up the place, they also don't have roster on their website which shows the true passion they have in really wanting a team there.

Maybe this is why it goes from 17 weight classes in middle school to 14 in high school to 10 in college. People have trouble filling the weights, even in the big schools with tons of kids roaming the halls. As for 103, sometimes that is genetic...other times it is ducking the competition. If you really want to wrestle 125 in college I would think you need to be at minimum at 112 lber to be taken seriously. 103's probably get looks from NAIA and Jucos only and Redshirt. 112's probably the same, but maybe an NCAA school or 2 (not very many if any DI's probably come knocking). 119 is probably where it opens up a bit more for the lower weights.

Keep in mind though, you get kids that wrestled 215 in high school that commonly drop all the way to 184 if they want to be elite. It is about winning at the college level, not about earning a participation ribbon. I think some of the kids that are "almost a sure thing" to win a state title this year, are the guys that sacrifice and will make the lowest allowable weight class to be at their peak wrestling shape. Other kids meanwhile will step on the scales after eating McDonalds, and still be 2-3 lbs under at some weights, just because it's "Too Hard" to make the cut.


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