I think we are making this way too hard. Let's simplify, TWO things have to happen for a match to count towards or against a record. There has to be a winner and there has to be a loser. If there is no one to put a tally mark down for on the losers side there can be no tally on the winners side. Byes and Opens are ways of inflating records plain and simple. I don't care if you had to make weight or not. I don't care if someone was dodging you and didn't go out on the mat or not. There has to be two tally marks. 1 winner/1 loser, simple math.
That works fine for an individuals mat record. The hair splitting has to happen for team scores to MOTIVATE coaches to fill their line ups. The practice of leaving wrestlers at home to avoid giving up falls or more points at tournament needs to have a team scoring consequence. ESPECIALLY AT OUR HS REGIONAL EVENTS!
