Y2, I want to first admit that you are a really good debator, maybe even a masterdebator? I don't know that's up for debation. After I compliment your skills of arguing I'm going to try and learn from what you have done many many times in these class wrestling arguments.
First, you break down peoples post into paragraph and dissect peoples sentences out of context to try and expose different meaning out of what they are saying... which is what you will more and likely do to this post.
Second, you skew data by consistently calling MD class 3A which they are not! I'll agree 100% that they are an outlier based off the fact that what surrounds that school is an insane wrestling community that live, breed, breathe wrestling, however when someone suggest a fact that does not promote class wrestling, you throw that fact out the window and call it an outlier. Also, couldn't you say the top 5 wrestling states that have class wrestling are an outlier? How about we throw them out and consider them states with 1 class because they come from a community with strong ties to a great wrestling background. We then use this argument to say states that class wrestling ruin the sport. It makes no sense, you can not skew data.
You will argue point 2 by saying MD will bump up. Doesn't this also go against many of your other points about classing the sport? You're gonna tell me that the MD coach will bump up his individuals from class A where they could have an absurd amount of champs and dominate the field (which would probably grow the confidence of 1A right). MD will bump up to 3A for team but would not take the opportunity away from the individuals to wrestle at 1A. That point being said brings me to point number 3 which you consistently mention kids in small schools are not as talented because of your "statistics." You then go on to mention that classing Indiana Wrestling will not water down the state tournament. Basically what you are proposing is classing state wrestling according to skill level. You are bumping up MD to 3A in all your stats and assuming that's what they will do because it fits your argument and because they're good. So 3A is not Big Schools? You will be proposing that we have State Champ of Good Schools, State Champ of ok Schools and State champ of Struggling Schools. This will then make struggling schools better and grow the sport. I believe you would say that statement is Ludacris!
I want to leave a space so you have room to dissect this without taking it out of context. My fourth point has to be the fact that you claim people who argue for class wrestling primarily base there argument around emotion. I will make a thesis to this paragraph containing two points: wrestling is about emotion as it is a sport that teaches many life lessons, and I believe this is another place where you hypocritically contradict yourself as you use emotion in your argument. I don't care what any person for a one class system that we have says, you consistently come up with some reason to dispute it because you love to argue. They could say a fact that in a one class system semi-state qualifiers do get recruited and yes those coaches from private schools send letters, I might also add that it might seem that a person who places at state will be recruited by colleges more, all of this depends on other circumstances. I have not read very many if any post where you admit that there are pro's and con's to both systems? You fail to see anything benefical about our current system: true champ, exciting finals, feeling of accomplishment of being a state placer in this system? On to second point of my thesis so you can follow, the supporters of the one class system support what it stands for be it small school or big school. It has been stated earlier that wrestling in this system no matter how far the wrestler goes means a lot to that wrestler. This is coming from past wrestlers so it's first hand experience of their emotion of how our system is. To class our system by means of point 3 which is how you are proposing it by including MD in 3A is such a non-wrestling attitude at looking at this it sickens me. I can't beat the best at the system we currently have so let's class it and give me a medal anyway and then maybe college coaches will notice me and sport will grow. Is that your ideology? You argue that those kids won't know the difference and that a medal is a medal. A medal is just a piece of material. I saw an old teamstate medal on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/2002-2003-Indiana-High-School-Wrestling-State-Championship-Medal-Mater-Dei-W-Box-/381337728206?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368
You can buy that and put it on a shelf if that's how much the medal would mean to you. A medal is a symbol for all the hardwork and dedication that wrestler put in it. I believe wrestling probably tought the owner that lost that medal more than what the medal itself meant to him.
My actual thoughts on the topic besides pointing out many of what I consider to be flaws in your argument would obviously be that I am for the single class system. I am aware of some of the advantages that a multi-class system might have when you look at Illinois, but I don't feel that Indiana has as much depth of wrestling at each level. There are not consistently enough wrestling communities, or ties to each background throughout our state to consider this a solid option for our sport. This is also backed by your "statistics". If there were a great majority of wrestling depth throughout the state to make each class very competitive then it would be a different story. Separating studs from the rest of the group does not sharpen the other wrestlers skills. In my opinion, I feel Indiana wrestling fans love the traditional setup we have. There might be houses for sale over in Illinois however if class wrestling emotionally means that much to you.