It is time to address the difference between OPEN and a BYE. With the popularity of Scramble format tournaments some directors, properly IMO, enter a team's absence of a competitor as an OPEN not as a BYE. Our own REGIONAL tournaments should be handled this way. Teams and wrestlers should not be penalized due to the inability of a school, team, or coach to fill his roster. Team points are NOT awarded for a BYE but they are for an open. OPENS should count as wins just as they do in a dual.

BYES should only be used when you have too few teams to fill a bracket for example when a 32 team bracket but only 28 schools entered.