I still think that was a misinterpretation of the rule but I would defer to Richard on that. I can't remember anything in the rules that would preclude us from bracketing 5 man as round-robins. I would prefer it from the standpoint of if they have one man scratch they automatically by rule have to be rebracketed to a 4 man round-robin anyway. HOWEVER, I do not want any future rules to read that if a bracket drops AFTER seeding into a 5 man bracket that it has to be rebracketed to a round-robin. BUT, if at the time of seeding, a bracket has only 5 men, then make it a round-robin!
PART B – QUALIFYING FOLKSTYLE TOURNAMENTS
13. Rules Modifications (references to NFSHSA rules book):
Rule 10-4
In the event of a bracket with three or four wrestlers, there will be a round robin. In the event of a two-man bracket they will wrestle the best two out of three matches.