Wow, I'm grateful to have wrestled before these new weight classes went into effect "to protect wrestlers from cutting too much weight". Wrestling was a big part of my life during high school and it contributed to the success I've had in life. I wrestled the 98lb weight class and weighed 90lbs as a freshman (I also played football as a freshman, but quit after 9th grade because the opponents were getting too huge!) and wrestled 105 as a senior. I never had a realistic chance to wrestle competitively in college due to my small stature (that assumes I was good enough in the first place) and today I only weigh 125lbs. I imagine there are lots of small but athletic potential wrestlers that will never get a realistic chance to compete as the min weights keep increasing. And unfortunately there are few alternatives since many sports (basketball, football) require larger size to do well. I realize I'm at the far end of the spectrum size wise, but I find it regrettable that the goal is to make all the weight classes equal in numbers of participation while singling out young men who have small parents. I think this goes against the spirit of what high school wrestling teaches...
