Randy
You are right an individual can be held out of a competition and not lose the point, but the point is being counted in a team aspect. If the points were truly meant as individual competition points then look at how many wrestlers would be over their allotted 30 points.
Also, if records are not one of the most important criteria in a seeding meeting then tell me why Payne was seeded over Baylor at the Bobcat Classic this year, even though Baylor was the returning champion of the tournament? Remember you ran the seeding meeting.