As a former Oklahoma coach and a new Kansas coach, I too was apprehensive of this new weight rule. In Oklahoma it is being implemented this year mostly because the National Federation says that it must be in order to be in compliance with all federation states. In Oklahoma they have done away with the 1/2 weigh ins and if your weight chart says that you started at 135 and you should make your flat weight of 112 on the thursday prior to regionals then you can wrestle at 112 at regionals providing you make flat 112 then you would get your 2 lb allowance on Saturday. But it does take the coach and school out of the equation because if you have those kids that say "coach I can't make that weight" and the chart clearly states that the kid can do it in a healthy manner then who's to argue? In Oklahoma we also had to have a doctor, nurse, or someone in the medical profession obtain 8 hours of training by the state in order qualified to do testing.