Wrestling is a one on one sport of contestants of equal size and the size of the school doesn't change this. Better wrestling partners, better coaching, better opportunities of off season training, better facilities, more school support are advantages that some wrestlers have over others but this too is not 100% determined by the size of the school. If it was then Carmel, Ben Davis, Penn, North Central would be dominating Wrestling. Ben Davis went 30+ years without a state champ. Penn went 40+ years without a state champ. I use these two as examples because it was noted this year during the State finals.
So my first questions would be if there was multiple class wrestling would it change the factors of:
1. better wrestling partners - more kids might go out but will they be better partners?
2. better coaching - I think this is determined by how much a school corp pays and will a few state qualifiers change how much a school pays?
3. better off season training - wont those small schools still be farther away from RTC and different opportunities?
4. better facilities - Would a school build a big wrestling room or weight room because of a few state qualifiers?
5. school support - I can see this improving but not sure how that would translate into better wrestlers?
I don't know the answers to these questions I just think that the justification for class wrestling can sometimes get lost.
If the goal is to improve Wrestling overall then wouldn't increasing the number of qualifiers within a 1 class system improve wrestling? Shouldn't the focus be on this vs class wrestling? Or is the goal to give an easier path for small schools to get to the state? Isnt that really what class wrestling does?