I don’t think NFHS started out with the goal of eliminating the 103# weight class any more than I believe it was their goal to eliminate the 215# weight class. They are simply readjusting (such that there are ~7% of participants within each weight) and renaming the weight classes. There has been a lot of comments about there are more kids at this grouping of weights or that grouping of weights. I think we can all agree that you can fit the wrestling participants into a bell curve. Has that bell curve shifted since 1995? NFHS suspected that it may have and has done the work, completed the surveys, tabulated the numbers, analyzed the data and compiled a bell curve of the athletes based on scientific data….no assumptions. They took that data and spread out the “Option A” weight classes so that based on their data there would be an equal distribution of the wrestlers in each class (100% / 14 weight classes = 7.143% /weight class).

I think we have problems filling brackets at both ends of the spectrum. Will “Option A” help with that? Matbe so; the data collected by NFHS says it will. Will “Option A” hurt some smaller kid’s chances to be competitive as freshman? Yes, most likely that is the case. Will "Option A" restrict participation of any current wrestler? Absolutley not...

Other than 103, how many weight classes in the State tournaments are populated with 85% underclassman?