SetonHallPirate

If you seriously think that adding weight classes (supply) at weights where there are fewer wrestlers (demand) will increase demand, I sincerely question your grasp on economics... The weight classes I suggested are based on data done by the NFHS and the NWCA...

You're missing what I'm saying. In terms of numbers of wrestlers that compete, on an annual basis, at the NCAA level, the weights that have the most numbers are 141-149-157, which is exactly where you're thinning out. The weights with the least numbers are 184 and 197, which is exactly where you're adding more weights. (I've literally been looking at these numbers every year for the past 12 years or so, with the exception of 2021, where everything was screwed up due to the truncated schedule)

Honestly, those weights take away from the middle, which is where we already have a glut of wrestlers, and move them up top, where there’s (aside from heavyweight) fewer wrestlers. I get the idea of rationalizing with freestyle, but for the NCAA population, they make no sense.

The weights I've been pushing for are as follows (there's a reason for them, that any HS coach in a state that uses the new 14-weights system would catch onto immediately): 125-133-141-149-157-165-175-190-215-285

FIFY (Rec Hall is, oh, a little over 200 miles west of College Avenue Gym)

All times Eastern, with local times in parenthesis. *-indicates event is eligible for a one-pound weight allowance Wednesday, November 9: Elizabethtown at Franklin & Marshall, 7:00 PM Friday, November 11: Campbell vs. Michigan at Fort Bragg, NC, 5:00 PM Michigan State at Davidson, 6:00 PM Clarion at Rutgers, 6:00 PM Pittsburgh at Cleveland State, 7:00 PM Virginia Tech at Ohio State, 7:00 PM Lock Haven at Penn State, 7:00 PM Rider at SIU Edwardsville, 7:00 PM (6:00 PM) Campbell vs. North Carolina at Fort Bragg, NC, 7:30 PM Saturday, November 12: Air Force, Appalachian State, Edinboro, Gardner-Webb, Kent State, Ohio, Stanford, Virginia at Mountaineer Invitational, hosted by Appalachian State, 9:00 AM Northern Iowa at Grand View Open, Grimes, IA, 10:00 AM (9:00 AM) Cal Poly, Drexel, Illinois, Little Rock, Maryland, Missouri at Tiger Style Invitational, Kansas City, MO, 10:00 AM (9:00 AM) Minnesota, North Dakota State, South Dakota State at Bison Open, hosted by North Dakota State, 10:00 AM (9:00 AM) *Army West Point vs. Sacred Heart at Bethlehem, PA, 11:00 AM Lindenwood at Northern Illinois, 11:00 AM (10:00 AM) Harper College at Northern Illinois, 11:00 AM (10:00 AM) Utah Valley, Wyoming at Cowboy Open, hosted by Wyoming, 11:00 AM (9:00 AM) Queens at George Mason, 12:00 PM *Oklahoma State at Lehigh, 12:00 PM *Army West Point vs. Nebraska at Bethlehem, PA, 1:00 PM *Buffalo vs. Oklahoma at Bethlehem, PA, 1:00 PM *Rutgers vs. Sacred Heart at Bethlehem, PA, 1:00 PM Millersville at George Mason, 1:30 PM Queens vs. Williams at George Mason, 1:30 PM *Buffalo vs. Long Island at Bethlehem, PA, 3:00 PM *Lehigh vs. Oklahoma at Bethlehem, PA, 3:00 PM *Lock Haven vs. NC State at Bethlehem, PA, 3:00 PM Northern Colorado at Binghamton, 3:00 PM Williams at George Mason, 3:00 PM Queens vs. Millersville at George Mason, 3:00 PM *Arizona State vs. Rutgers at Bethlehem, PA, 5:00 PM *Long Island vs. Sacred Heart at Bethlehem, PA, 5:00 PM *NC State vs. Nebraska at Bethlehem, PA, 5:00 PM *Michigan State at Presbyterian, 6:00 PM *Oklahoma State at Bucknell, 7:00 PM California Baptist at Iowa State, 9:00 PM (8:00 PM) Sunday, November 13: *Arizona State, Army West Point, Bloomsburg, Harvard, Hofstra, Lock Haven, Long Island, NC State, Oklahoma, Penn, Sacred Heart, The Citadel at Journeymen Collegiate Classic, Bethlehem, PA, 9:00 AM *Binghamton, Cornell, Franklin & Marshall, Navy, Northern Colorado, West Virginia at Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open, hosted by Binghamton, 9:00 AM *American, Chattanooga, Davidson, Duke, Presbyterian, The Citadel at Battle at The Citadel, hosted by The Citadel, 9:00 AM *Bellarmine, Cleveland State at Bob Del Rosa Intercollegiate Open, hosted by Case Western Reserve, 10:00 AM Rider at Purdue, 12:00 PM *California Baptist at Iowa, 2:00 PM (1:00 PM) Michigan at North Carolina, 3:00 PM Linfield at Oregon State, 5:00 PM (2:00 PM) Clackamas CC at Oregon State, 7:00 PM (4:00 PM)

There’s also the fact that it doesn’t apply to 2022-23 transfers.

Sure don’t!

https://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D123.pdf Section 13.1.1.3.1 is the section we're talking about here. (Page 93 in the PDF, Page 80 in the paper copy) Once you read it, you may have a different perspective on things.

Would help if I could edit the WiP in case of postponements, cancellations, additions, etc.

Pretty sure that the school actually puts the student-athlete in the portal. They’re given 48 hours grace from when the SA notifies them that they wish to enter the portal until they’re actually put in.

A little over four months. In fact, I’ll be spending my first three days as a 40-year-old in conference tournament heaven!

Yep...had some ID-10T issues, but got them resolved.

All times Eastern, with local times in parenthesis. *-indicates event is eligible for a one-pound weight allowance Tuesday, November 1: Queens at The Citadel, 7:15 PM Ouachita Baptist at Little Rock, 7:30 PM (6:30 PM) Friday, November 4: Northern Colorado vs. Fort Hays State at Denver, CO, 5:00 PM (3:00 PM) Appalachian State at NC State, 7:00 PM North Dakota State at Nebraska, 7:00 PM (6:00 PM) Indiana at SIU Edwardsville, 7:00 PM (6:00 PM) Southern Virginia at VMI, 7:00 PM Saturday, November 5: *Bellarmine at Patriot Open, hosted by Cumberlands, 9:00 AM *Appalachian State, Columbia, Davidson, Franklin & Marshall, North Carolina, The Citadel, Virginia, Virginia Tech, VMI, West Virginia at Southeast Open, hosted by Roanoke, 9:00 AM *Central Michigan, Cleveland State, Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Ohio, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Utah Valley at Michigan State Open, hosted by Michigan State, 9:30 AM *Indiana, Lindenwood, SIU Edwardsville at Kaufman/Brand/Bayly Open, Chesterfield, MO, 10:00 AM (9:00 AM) Campbell vs. Little Rock at Jacksonville, FL, 10:00 AM Chattanooga vs. Wisconsin at Jacksonville, FL, 10:00 AM American vs. Duke at Maryland, 10:00 AM Bloomsburg at Maryland, 10:00 AM Buffalo vs. Wisconsin at Jacksonville, FL, 12:00 PM Iowa State vs. Little Rock at Jacksonville, FL, 12:00 PM Oregon State at Lehigh, 12:00 PM American vs. Bloomsburg at Maryland, 12:00 PM Duke at Maryland, 12:00 PM Buffalo vs. Chattanooga at Jacksonville, FL, 2:00 PM Campbell vs. Iowa State at Jacksonville, FL, 2:00 PM American at Maryland, 2:00 PM Bloomsburg vs. Duke at Maryland, 2:00 PM Cal Poly at California Baptist, 4:00 PM (1:00 PM) Buffalo vs. Campbell at Jacksonville, FL, 4:00 PM Chattanooga vs. Little Rock at Jacksonville, FL, 4:00 PM Vanguard at California Baptist, 6:00 PM (3:00 PM) Iowa State vs. Wisconsin at Jacksonville, FL, 6:30 PM Western Colorado at Air Force, 8:00 PM (6:00 PM) Sunday, November 6: Brown, Clarion, Edinboro, Gardner-Webb, Kent State, Navy, Pittsburgh, Purdue at Clarion Open, hosted by Clarion, 9:00 AM *George Mason, Hofstra, Lock Haven, Presbyterian, Princeton, Rider at Princeton Open, hosted by Princeton, 9:00 AM *Army West Point, Long Island, Oregon State, Queens at Black Knight Scramble, hosted by Army West Point, 10:00 AM *Air Force at Colorado Mines Rookie Open, hosted by Colorado School of Mines, 12:00 PM (10:00 AM) *CSU Bakersfield, Stanford at Menlo Open, hosted by Menlo, 12:00 PM (9:00 AM) *Sacred Heart at Lehigh, 2:00 PM *Lindenwood at Missouri, 2:00 PM (1:00 PM)