I have always disagreed with elimination of weight classes. All it does it take opportunities away from kids. Instead of focusing on the lineups with opens, why don't we instead recognize the wrestlers that are in the lineups.

Why bench them?

How does this help grow, promote, improve our sport?

I disagree with weight class elimination. I instead feel like us coaches should continue to work as hard as we can to get kids on our teams, in our lineups, on the mat. Less varsity opportunities could be just one more reason for a kid to give the sport up to focus on his others.

The challenge is hard to continue to promote & recruit kids to our sport. But as we all know, once we get a kid on board, it oftentimes can turn in to a life-changing experience for them. We have all seen it multiple times.