Cokely,

Totally right. Kansas has so many kids qualifying for state, it can't even manage the tournament at one site. And as a result they lose money on the tournaments. 3 classes would be good. 2 would be just right. My opinion is when you qualify everybody it takes the recognition from your outstanding athletes. You know these kids, the ones that wrestle year round and go to camps and put the time in. They now get grouped in with the ordinary wrestler on the team. Set up a system that rewards the elite wrestlers, make the term "state qualifer" means something.

Kansas is a low population state with a lot of wrestling classifications. Nebraska and Oklahoma are just as guilty of this and Missouri maybe a higher population state, but they don't need four classes.

Look at the eastern states,(NJ,OH,PA,MI, NY, IL, IN,IA) they have fewer classes and higher populations. The competition pushes them and raises their levels. If you're a state qualifier in these states, you're a stud and people know it.

Just like beating horses.