Oh, I agree. After I thought about it, I realized that baseball, volleyball, basketball and other sports that play a team consolation game are the only ones that give away medals for fourth. But all individual team sports -- wrestling, track, swimming, etc. -- which give out place medals, don't bother.
No, this issue is certainly not worth the fight. That should be saved for fixing the State tourney schedule by wrestling the first round of consolations when they belong; immediately after the first round.