Hoe so on either one.. In Kansas, the Montan system brings in JV kids to wrestle in varsity matches and tournaments. That probably waters the field. Perhaps the same thing happeens with more brackets--but more brackets possibly brings more quality wrestlers to the smaller weight differiential bracket. What is sacred about the eighteen lbs between 171 and 189, or 26 pounds between 189 and 215, or 70 pounds between 215 and 285. I probably do not need to say this but few of those big big heavy weights really wrestle. They are more sumo than folk style. They push, and shove, and hand fight and may try an arm and head--then most times the defensive wrestler slips his head out, the offensive falls flat out on his stomach, and the guy in the rear falls on the guys back--then they lay there rocking back and forth. Zlatnik, Disney, and Finney were a littl/a lot more aggressive. But, you do not see that often in heavy weights. So, if the big guys want to FAT" each other out, lets have some smaller brackets for wrestlers.


Bill Mason Lansing