Sorry to resurrect this year old thread, but I’m wondering if feelings have changed about the new weight classes (good for the sport? Bad? No effect?)
I’m pretty new to wrestling, so I don’t understand some of what has been discussed here previously. It sounds like the general consensus is that the weights were changed to decrease the number of forfeits (or mask them? Not sure what that means)
All I know is that my son went from wrestling comfortably at 220 last year and having a lot of success as a freshman to this year facing opponents 50, 60 or even 70 pounds heavier. I can’t wrap my brain around the rationale for having that heavyweight class so big. Why not split it in half?
Thanks for putting up with my lack of experience, and apologies if I’m asking questions with obvious answers.
