Maybe,
16 kids in 6A in each weight class represent the 32 largest schools in Kansas who represent thousands of enrolled students. In 5A it takes more schools to create the same enrolled student base, 4A more schools yet, and a bunch in 3A.
In your proposal the next 16 largest schools are added to the already existing 6A schools to make class I. Now how many more thousand students will be represented by just 16 kids.
Then of course the following Class II, III, and IV in your proposal would have 16 kids per weight class in their state tournaments representing much smaller numbers in student enrollment instead of nearly equal numbers as it is now.
Gary Ulmer
I agree with you, Gary. I am sure this is the basis of why the class structure is divided the way it is now.
Also, the two of years I would put 5A up against any of the classes in overall quality. I think 5A would have done real well in a post season tournament with just the state placers competing the last two years. I don't know if it is always that way but I think that some of the top wrestlers and teams in Kansas have been in 5A the last two years.
I am not as familiar with 6A but I also know they too had some of the top teams and wrestlers the last two years.
