www.kshsaa.org/Publications/Wrestling.pdfI think coaches would prefer having all 14 wrestlers give their best effort, win and/or place at regionals and state.
There is luck of the draw who gets a bye and who does not get a bye.
There is no luck involved in not filling your roster. This obsolete rule flys in the face of a level playing field. Although I agree with you Tate, a team is penalized by not being full, there should be no "luck" involved for teams that do fill their rosters. If it were a dual event there would not even be a thread. Explain to me how showing up without a full roster at a regional tournament where team score is being kept, is any different than a dualing another team. If you roster is not full one team suffers and the other prospers. It should be NO different here.