I am not going to mention any tournaments by name but I have noticed this problem quite a few times this year. Why would you spit a weight class up with a 3 man bracket and a 8 man bracket? It is completly robbing the 3 man bracket of much of an accomplishment. Wow you turned out better than 2 other kids, woopie.
This late in the season throw them in one bracket and let them go after it. We drive all over the place and show up and see a 3 man bracket in the A with our kid and then in the B, they have a full 8 man bracket? One certain kid has won the B bracket all season long and he is still in the B bracket? These kids have wrestled all season and towards the end I feel the rateings should be thrown out the window and let the cream rise to the top.
The 6 and under kids the season ends for most of them next week and we do not need 3 man brackets when there are a total of 11 kids in the weight at this point in the season.