All Good Points, BUT!

Yes there should be a true 2nd. Yeah 2 qualifiers, but doesn't mean you will face the toughest side of a bracket. If you go in as a 1 seed, get beat in the semis, and take third, the kid who beat you wins it, why can't you challenge the 2nd place kid, if you never wrestled him? At state their is "NO TRUE" seeding. You're seeded by how you finished at districts. Doesn't mean you're the best, just 1st out of your region. Some districts are tougher than others at certain weights. Just the facts.

Everyone complains about 2nd just lost, 3rd just won, if they want to hold on to it they will SUCK IT UP or leave with 3rd. Only makes you stronger. ALL I'm saying is LOTS of times your 3rd placer is better than your 2nd placer, was just on the wrong side of the bracket.