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I wouldn't care if they change the weight classes. I just don't see any advantage in doing so. I've heard coaches over the many many years I've been involved in wrestling, Claim  it will cut down on cutting weight. Not buying that. "14 weight classes only help so called big schools". Perhaps!!  I don't think so. Good programs are just that, good programs. If it were up to me add the coveted 2lbs and go. 108,114 and so on. That's my 7 cent opinion inflation ya know.

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The only weight that you could eliminate to get kids ready for college would be 220.  I've always been a proponent of a 235lb weight class in college. It grows the sport without 220 pound kids having to make a decision to lose 25 pounds or gain at least 30.  This would add 11 weight classes in college.  At the end of a dual, one team will definitely have more wins than the other team.  That would be an easy criteria to add.  Anyway, I digress. 105, 115, 125, 135, 145, 155, 165, 175, 185, 195, 225, 285 and fill in any weight classes (probably below 145) to make 13-14 weight classes.

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I hope they don't drop anything. We keep saying we want to grow. Never seen anything grow by cutting one. I think if anything we should shuffle the weights to make better for college but we need to focus more on better for growing high school wrestling in our state.

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For those who have twitter, there has been a lot of good discussion about it. I am against dropping a weight class. I think the reshuffle they did for our current weight classes makes sense. But taking an opportunity away to me is asinine.  

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I understand the argument of growing the sport, but other sports don't add players to the starting line up. 

Reducing to 13 wt. classes does 2 things.

1.  Allows for an easy solution to the dual criteria, I know it won't solve every dual but most. 

2. The most important is that it will reduce time spent at tourneys.  The biggest complaint in wrestling is time.  In an 8 team bracket (2 mats) tourney it takes away 12-13 matches. reducing tournament time by about 45 minutes.  In an 16 man pool tourney (4 mats) it takes away 30 matches. This reduces the tourney as much as 1 1/2 hours. 

Considering only 17 teams has a full team at Region (about 15%) this greatly outweighs the argument of growing the sport. 

To truly grow the sport there needs to be more JV options available. 

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9 hours ago, grappler-of-old said:

I understand the argument of growing the sport, but other sports don't add players to the starting line up. 

Reducing to 13 wt. classes does 2 things.

1.  Allows for an easy solution to the dual criteria, I know it won't solve every dual but most. 

2. The most important is that it will reduce time spent at tourneys.  The biggest complaint in wrestling is time.  In an 8 team bracket (2 mats) tourney it takes away 12-13 matches. reducing tournament time by about 45 minutes.  In an 16 man pool tourney (4 mats) it takes away 30 matches. This reduces the tourney as much as 1 1/2 hours. 

Considering only 17 teams has a full team at Region (about 15%) this greatly outweighs the argument of growing the sport. 

To truly grow the sport there needs to be more JV options available. 

valid points

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7 hours ago, panthers said:

I think JV options are always good but it should be only kids not Wrestling varsity. Way to many studs wrestle JV tourneys as it is now.

Depends on what you call a stud.  Go to a JV tourney in Ohio and they beat many KY "Varsity" kids. How many kids are varsity just because there is no one else in that weight at that school? How many kids are varsity in their first year wrestling? What you may call a stud in actually a JV kid on another team.  I remember Tom Ketchen-Carter was JV his freshman year after placing in state his 8th grade year because he had two bigger studs ahead of him.  (Wells, and Yenter). Should he not have wrestled JV, and sat out the year? 

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I wasn't speaking of Ohio or the strange case of one kid that was a placer in the state and then a back up. But if he placed he really isn't JV to most schools in KY he should go to Ohio. I am not on here to argue any points just saying if you are a good enough varsity wrestler to have a winning record and I don't me forfeits u shouldn't be wrestling true JV kids. Doesn't help you or the jv kid. Go to a varsity match and wrestle on a different team in a dual that doesn't have someone your weight. Fill in kids can get 20 matches a year or more if they also go to some individual tourneys. Thanks all I am saying.

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9 hours ago, panthers said:

I wasn't speaking of Ohio or the strange case of one kid that was a placer in the state and then a back up. But if he placed he really isn't JV to most schools in KY he should go to Ohio. I am not on here to argue any points just saying if you are a good enough varsity wrestler to have a winning record and I don't me forfeits u shouldn't be wrestling true JV kids. Doesn't help you or the jv kid. Go to a varsity match and wrestle on a different team in a dual that doesn't have someone your weight. Fill in kids can get 20 matches a year or more if they also go to some individual tourneys. Thanks all I am saying.

What happens when that kid wrestles for a school that doesn’t go to a bunch of dual tournaments? 

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13 minutes ago, pin2win said:

What happens when that kid wrestles for a school that doesn’t go to a bunch of dual tournaments? 

Then go to individual tourneys that aren't full so he can Wrestle kids that won't take him 12 seconds a match. Lots of individual allow teams to enter more than one kid. There are lots of answers if people want them. It's also easy if you are the one with the good kid to justify it but when you are trying to get kids and it's not a popular sport in your area little harder. When those JV kids are getting distroyed by the same kids that beat the varsity kid a week ago in a different tourney. Parents and kids seem to leave and that doesn't build the sport either. Good kids can find places to wrestle but all kids need challenge not way better than there opponents. I wish all kids the best and like all coaches just look for what's best to build our program and someday be good enough to be a respectable program.

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Dalton Russelburg was JV as a freshman. Union doesn't go to a bunch of tournaments where multiple kids are allowed in the weight class. They rarely send a jv squad to other locations the same weekend their varsity is somewhere else. He has to get matches somehow. Jarvis Elam (now a coach at union) was JV until his junior year. He was behind Adam and Aaron Carr for two years, placed 4th as a junior and won state as a senior. Union has a kid that is going to be a senior this year that hasn't been able to make the final varsity roster, and has won JV state the last two years (he has been behind Payne Carr, Trevor Pogue, Dalton Russelburg, and Stephen Little in some capacity). These kids still need matches to have mat time for when their time comes to step into the varsity role. BTW, look out for that Union kid this year. I believe if a kid wrestles the majority of his matches JV, then he should be able to wrestle in JV tournaments. Even kids who are first years should be allowed in JV tournaments if they are the defacto varsity kid. Second year and beyond varsity guys could be pushing it. Also, to get back on topic, I don't think they should cut the weight classes, but agree they should align more with college (plus the four others sprinkled in).

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1 hour ago, panthers said:

Then go to individual tourneys that aren't full so he can Wrestle kids that won't take him 12 seconds a match. Lots of individual allow teams to enter more than one kid. There are lots of answers if people want them. It's also easy if you are the one with the good kid to justify it but when you are trying to get kids and it's not a popular sport in your area little harder. When those JV kids are getting distroyed by the same kids that beat the varsity kid a week ago in a different tourney. Parents and kids seem to leave and that doesn't build the sport either. Good kids can find places to wrestle but all kids need challenge not way better than there opponents. I wish all kids the best and like all coaches just look for what's best to build our program and someday be good enough to be a respectable program.

I do think “JV” can be abused at time, but you’ve gotta do what’s best for your wrestler and program. What’s good for one program isn’t good for the other. All we can do is hope the best judgement is used, but I can see circumstances where a kid who’s wrestling varsity might need “jv” matches. 

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1 hour ago, panthers said:

Then go to individual tourneys that aren't full so he can Wrestle kids that won't take him 12 seconds a match. Lots of individual allow teams to enter more than one kid. There are lots of answers if people want them. It's also easy if you are the one with the good kid to justify it but when you are trying to get kids and it's not a popular sport in your area little harder. When those JV kids are getting distroyed by the same kids that beat the varsity kid a week ago in a different tourney. Parents and kids seem to leave and that doesn't build the sport either. Good kids can find places to wrestle but all kids need challenge not way better than there opponents. I wish all kids the best and like all coaches just look for what's best to build our program and someday be good enough to be a respectable program.

I am only arguing this point because it is an argument ive had with coaches in the past...... You cannot hold back your better kids to go to a tourney that will not push them. Knowing your kids are the way you look at it. I agree with pin2win some abuse the "JV" system. Always have and always will. But whats good for my program may not be what's best for his program. Comparing apples to oranges. 

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12 minutes ago, halfhalfhalf said:

I am only arguing this point because it is an argument ive had with coaches in the past...... You cannot hold back your better kids to go to a tourney that will not push them. Knowing your kids are the way you look at it. I agree with pin2win some abuse the "JV" system. Always have and always will. But whats good for my program may not be what's best for his program. Comparing apples to oranges. 

Agree with this totally. Abuse is done that was all I was saying not throwing stones.  Just as you and pin2win said everyone must do what's best for each program. 

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37 minutes ago, ukpridewrestler11 said:

Dalton Russelburg was JV as a freshman. Union doesn't go to a bunch of tournaments where multiple kids are allowed in the weight class. They rarely send a jv squad to other locations the same weekend their varsity is somewhere else. He has to get matches somehow. Jarvis Elam (now a coach at union) was JV until his junior year. He was behind Adam and Aaron Carr for two years, placed 4th as a junior and won state as a senior. Union has a kid that is going to be a senior this year that hasn't been able to make the final varsity roster, and has won JV state the last two years (he has been behind Payne Carr, Trevor Pogue, Dalton Russelburg, and Stephen Little in some capacity). These kids still need matches to have mat time for when their time comes to step into the varsity role. BTW, look out for that Union kid this year. I believe if a kid wrestles the majority of his matches JV, then he should be able to wrestle in JV tournaments. Even kids who are first years should be allowed in JV tournaments if they are the defacto varsity kid. Second year and beyond varsity guys could be pushing it. Also, to get back on topic, I don't think they should cut the weight classes, but agree they should align more with college (plus the four others sprinkled in).

wouldnt be opposed to that. I rly do not think decreasing is the answer. Reshuffle great. But take away.. Not the answer. 

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The proposed NFHS weight class changes for 2020-21 that I have heard second hand are: 107, 114, 121, 128, 134, 140, 146, 152, 160, 172, 189, 215, and 285.  This would be a reduction to 13 weight classes.  

Girls weight classes would be: 100, 106, 112, 118, 124, 130, 136, 142, 148, 155, 170, 190, & 235.  

Also, there are proposals to make changes on allowable hair length, hair coverings, and facial hair.  These proposals appear to be loosening the requirements on them.  

I am not sure if these have been voted on yet or not.  

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7 hours ago, wc1992 said:

The proposed NFHS weight class changes for 2020-21 that I have heard second hand are: 107, 114, 121, 128, 134, 140, 146, 152, 160, 172, 189, 215, and 285.  This would be a reduction to 13 weight classes.  

Girls weight classes would be: 100, 106, 112, 118, 124, 130, 136, 142, 148, 155, 170, 190, & 235.  

Also, there are proposals to make changes on allowable hair length, hair coverings, and facial hair.  These proposals appear to be loosening the requirements on them.  

I am not sure if these have been voted on yet or not.  

so they ARE going to have weight classes for the girls now?

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Yes the proposal that I saw also included girls weight classes.  That was not voted upon yet just the proposal that I saw. 

That would be a nice step forward even if all states are not sponsoring girls wrestling yet.  I hated going to high school tournaments where the girls used the same weights as the boys in a girls division.  

I am not a fan of the proposed lower weight changes on the boys side.  I can live with the upper weight changes since many small schools can struggle to fill both 220 and 285.

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2 hours ago, wc1992 said:

Yes the proposal that I saw also included girls weight classes.  That was not voted upon yet just the proposal that I saw. 

That would be a nice step forward even if all states are not sponsoring girls wrestling yet.  I hated going to high school tournaments where the girls used the same weights as the boys in a girls division.  

I am not a fan of the proposed lower weight changes on the boys side.  I can live with the upper weight changes since many small schools can struggle to fill both 220 and 285.

Many big schools struggle filling weight classes. As you, I like them setting up weight classes for the girl/woman division. Good step in the right direction.

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