I am sorry I do not think it is a dead horse.
Of course not, you are advocating a weight classification which benefits your son!
Richard,
Advocating a position that benefits your son doesn't make your stance invalid.
Chief Renegade, I would add that it also does not make it a bad stance. I am sure that Richard has heard of Plato's famous saying that "Necessity is the mother of invention." Another one attributed to David Rockerfeller is "If necessity it the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress".
I was reading an article printed in the
Kansas City Star this weekend in its
Parade Magazine insert this Sunday called
Do you have a better idea? by Ian Ayres and Barry Nalebuff. It started off with these two paragraphs.
"Back in the days of typewriters, the mother of the Monkees guitarist Mike Nesmith got tired of retyping to correct mistakes. So Bette Nesmith cooked up the first batch of Liquid Paper in a blender and poured it into a nail-polish container. She eventually sold the business to Gillette for $48 million.
To come up with great ideas, you just need to pay attention to things that annoy you. And you have to be willing to challenge the status quo. Creativity isn't some magical process. It's often possible to generate great ideas by taking an existing approach and simply flipping it around..."
Well I guess only two weight classes for 91 pounds (215 and 285) after 189 annoys me. And I am willing to challenge the status quo if I believe I have an idea that could improve something.