Although I strongly agree with the fact that we don’t need the “everyone gets a participation medal” I wouldn’t like to see this solution. I would think that it would drive many kids away from the sport. We have several kids in our club that we know full well would never make it the finals match no matter what side of the bracket they are on but the drive to make state and battle for a lesser place is very important to them. You could argue that this would just require them to change their goals but the finals is just not a realistic option for many young wrestlers that are still good enough to place. I just really think the short answer is that it wouldn’t be a good idea for our sport especially at our level.