Vince & others, The possibility of a 6 and under would not add any time if it were possible to use the room where weigh ins took place. I am sure there are expense issues here but could off set with entry fee's etc from the additional monies generated in attendance.
Regarding full mat's for 12 & under. I definitely agree that this would be nice. I don't know how many times I've seen kids loose points because of their speed and the size of the mat. I also believe that this takes up a lot of additional time for resets, although most all of the officials this weekend did a great job of getting the wrestlers back to the center of the mat.
The suggestions for the split state might have some value it would certainly be worth trying for a year or so and seeing how it turned out. I do believe that if possible it is important to do a combined championship session though.
I know that costs are the often-quoted prohibitive component of why things are not done, and understandably so. I do believe though that these types of things, patch, shirt, etc are worth finding ways to give the tournament winners, even if that means sponsorship style shirts, patches, whatever.
