Feedback... Excellent!!! (Thanks Jason)
In regards to ratings (when?), last year is all that matters. Anything more than this is confusing the situation even more.
As for making harder that needs to be, see it my way;
Your at the seeding meeting arguing about whose wrestler is better than yours, you show your records, they show theirs, etc. Who should be seeded where? SIMPLE your wrestler took first in State last year and you can prove it (usawks.com has the placers listed) so your wrestler gets the number 1 seed! Confusing? No! Simple? Yes!
Now, will this work all season long? No! Does every tournament hold seeding meetings? No! How do you rank your wrestler? (read my previous post) Will this help? Maybe! (like I tell our wrestlers, "it's their tournament, they will seed competitors where they want to, right or wrong." Will this prevent sandbagging? No! Is this Objective (which is what we all say we want)? ABSOLUTELY!!!
(...stepping down from soapbox)
Thank you for reading.