Why would you not want to follow these weights? Its a long way from being statistically perfect but its one step closer. .... If the median kid weighs around 148 lbs, we need 7 weights above and 7 below 148 to make it right. .... If I counted right thats what we have.

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I do agree its bad to lose a weight in the middle. But its not the fault of the 180 lb kid. Believe it or not 15% of 18 yr olds weigh between 165 and 185. Thats 2 new classes for 15%. The smallest 15% get FOUR of the new weight classes. So I would suggest the problem just might be the distribution of the bottom 7 classes.

***boring personal story to counteract "my kid is so small" stories***
Our team this year had 13 wrestlers on the roster in the top 6 weights (thats not counting the eneligible and at least 2 that didnt wrestle because of no varsity spot) - 9 wrestlers in the bottom 8. Had at least 2 deep in every top weight - couldnt fill bottom ones (103). If we had these new weights we might have had a 106 lber and would have had no problem filling the new upper weight. Net result - 2 wrestlers with new oportunity to wrestle, middle weight guy bumped to JV were he really belonged, 112 and 19 lber could have ate one more lb, and a heck of a lot tougher team.