Richard:

Thank you for including the articles. I just read one of them and I can see it does support my idea to add more weight classes for the heavier wrestlers to attract more of the heavier kids into wrestling. One of your articles suggests that a solution to the problem of obseity is to increase the opportunites for physical activity for them. That is exactly one of my goals by adding extra weight classes for the heavier kids, so I appreciate you adding these articles because I really think they give support to my idea.

Oh by the way, I don't consider my son at 220 to be obese today. I could also name some other kids who wrestle today that are even heavier at 240 to 260 pounds but I think most people know who they are. I doubt their dads or mothers consider them obese either. At one time before my senior year in college, I weighed just under 240 as I was doing some heavy weightlifting considering a comeback in football. I was in very good shape at that time. I was in a lot better shape than I am today around 225.