It appears there are opportunities for us to save money, time, and have enough space to give 12,14, and 16 full size, circular area mats. To me it is unacceptable to have shared out-of-bounds lines at the state tournament. It causes officials to compromise their focus on the match, possible injuries to competitors on both surfaces, too many out of bounds situations, and just an overall unsafe situation.

I agree with everything Jeff says. I am not a big supporter of either 16 or 6 state but there is a much more valid argument for 6 and under. The data speaks for itself. The 16's can wrestle Freestyle and Greco if they didn't qualify for high school state. Our high school state tournaments are already so watered down (another topic) why does USA have to give them another chance?