Completely agree! No wrestle, no win, no doubt!

@Will - I think you are mixing up the issue. Surely you don't believe you would get a 'win' for a bye or an open for that matter. I don't see anyone getting penalized in this case but I do see someone getting something (a win) for nothing (not wrestling).

If you are thinking of the tournament team point issue, that takes care of itself IF the standard were to award the bye points if they win their next one or they don't have another match vs them winning their next match. Doing this would give reward/incentive to a team that fills their roster.

Doing this way removes the need to treat byes and opens differently as really they are the same. Neither actually create a match and should be considered that way.