[quote]We should go back to 12 weight classes, just like in the early '80s? 98, 105, 112, 119, 126, 132, 138, 145, 155, 167, 185, HWT. That is how we advance the sport, less wrestlers wrestling in less weight classes? We should grow the sport so that fourteen weight classes are full for all teams. Thirty years later, and we want to go back to how it was? I am not seeing any progress in the sport if this is the case.
So you really think because you add more weight classes means more wrestlers go out?
Who doesn't want to see more wrestlers going out and competing to the best of their abilities? I am one person, and I honestly don't have the answer. There needs to be more wrestlers involved at the High School level. There were 372 U6 wrestlers at the U6 State Championship this year. How many of those competitors will wrestle in High School? If they don't, why? If we can answer this question, then we will have fourteen full weight classes for most High School programs.
