Vince-

on some level you have a point. however, I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on this being best for the sport. heres why...
most coaches have a hard time filling their line up cards anyway, and a lot of time the heavier weights are part of the problem. I do not think having more then 14 weight classes is a good idea. are you proposing those weight classes in addition to the ones already used from 171 down or are you proposing we restructure those so we still are left with 14? i think taking away weight classes down their is a bad idea because we already have a lot more good wrestlers there then at the bigger weights. most teams are deeper in the 130-145 range then they are in the 189-285 range. finally, heavyweight was weak this year altogether i felt. if you take some heavyweights out of the bracket it dillutes the competition even more. i'm sure your son would have wrestled 245 this year with the weight classes like that. That takes a state placer out of an already not very tough bracket. Their are also more kids that were quality heavyweights this year that would have dropped down. this could leave us in regionals with 4 or 5 kids in a bracket. i do not want to see kids go 0-2 at regionals and then wrestle at state. i understand your goal in wanting something like this but i think in the end it would hurt the quality of the product on the mat.