I think it is important to note that with the 7 pound allowance the drop is in reality not two weight classes but one! As noted earlier both sides are playing by the same rules and have the same weight to make. Cutting weight for a one time event is a completely different thing then cutting for an entire season.

I say if you are afraid of the “appearance” of impropriety do away with the allowance and then I guarantee you will not see a kid drop “two weight classes”. But guess what there will still be a number that both sides have to make! The kids that were cutting all year will have to move up (like Friedly) and the ones that aren’t cutting much (Waters, Weller) may still decide to cut for a one time event! But probably more would be wrestling at the weight they wrestled during the season. The reality would be NO DIFFERENT then what we have now but it may look better on paper.

I honestly think in the Pierce, Weller situation the MO coaches put a 130 pounder in the 142 spot . They moved a kid up in reality two weight classes! Kansas did nothing wrong,Weller made the predetermined weight that was known to both sides! Its not our fault they put a kid that was two small in that situation. Whatever the number is, it will never solve the problem of a kid moving up two weights, wrestling a kid moving down one!