These are kids! Not men, not HS kids. When you enter two weeks ahead things happen. Jack and Chad, we are trying to grow this sport. People spend hundreds to come to this tournament and maybe the little guy had a growth spurt and just couldn't make it or it became obvious that it wasn't safe to go down? This is a kids sport, there is no reason to be a hard a$$ or you will just run off many potential competitors. I am just saying you would allow, for a $50 penalty, a bump up one weight class. At Fargo you get bumped up for free. TN is no bigger or better than USA FS/GR Nationals and those are HS kids not 8 year olds.
Cutting weight is a part of wrestling. Allowing kids(or parents) to sign up and then not make weight is not the answer. Scratch the kid and don't let them wrestle, then next time they will either move up a weight class or make weight.
Another problem is that a kid(parent) will see the competition and then "not make weight" and move to an easier bracket. The right thing to do is make weight. I don't care if the wrestler is 6 or 60....MAKE WEIGHT.
If the rule for making weight is not followed, how can you expect any other rule to be followed?
