Eliminating the need for a seeding meeting is a major plus with the blind draw. I'm also fine using a seeding committee or track to work through criteria and seed out accordingly. In any case, I support axing seeding meetings from all regular season tournaments.

I do love the concept of the blind draw. I think we all worry far too much about seeding - especially during the regular season. Throw all the cats in a bag and the toughest will fight their way out. I think there's value in that for our kids. Focus on who's standing in front of you, one match at a time, and forget about everything else. If you hit 3-4 of the best kids in your bracket on your way to a title, GOOD! You're better off having traveled a tougher road. If you lost to the champ and would likely have beaten the runner-up if you were on the other side, does that really matter in January? I think there's something to be gained mentally with the blind draw.

I think the ideal system lies somewhere in the middle: separate the top two kids at each weight and blind draw to fill the bracket.