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You're misinterpreting what 1oldwrestler is saying here. The problem is that you'e equating the term "work harder" with "add more students." They're not the same thing. "In order for a small school to be more competitive they need to add more students." This is not necessarily true. Look at teams like Mater Dei. When people arguing against a classed system say that teams need to work harder to compete with the bigger schools, they're not saying those schools should magically increase their enrollment, they're saying that the wrestlers on those teams should put in more work in the offseason by lifting, attending camps and tournaments, etc. They're saying it's possible for a school with small enrollment to compete with naturally bigger schools through hard work, just like you're saying it's possible for smaller wrestlers to compete with naturally bigger ones by lifting weights and eating right. Seems like apples to apples to me.
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It seems to me that we missed the point here. It's not about moving 103 up, it's only a 3 pound jump to 106. Really, they took away a middle weight (135), where the most exciting wrestling is, and added an upperweight (195). Great, another weight class where the majority of wrestlers have no clue what they're doing. Lynde and Stein were both 171 lbers. Last year, the 215 lb state champ could have been a 171 or 189, and the 285 lb state champ was a second year wrestler. Not to take anything away from those wrestlers, but what does that say about their competition? At least now I know I can leave Conseco with four weight classes to go instead of three...