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Old 08-19-2008, 03:04 PM   #11 (permalink)
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A very simple- and sensible- way to seed would be to use last year's WC/Olympic result. So for next year at 55 kg USA is #1, Japan is #2, and I guess you need a tiebreaker between the two bronze medalists to determine a #3... hey, we could have a real bronze medal match!
I don't think that is very sensible. What if Karelin beat Rulon then retired? Should the new Russian heavyweight be seeded #1 because Karelin was so good?
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Guys theres a very good reason for them not seeding weights, every year the people on the forums (myself included) throw a hissy fit because wrestler A) ended up seeded behind wrestler B) and wrestler C) got a bad draw.

Now imagine that same process except with entire countries instead of a handful of wrestling nerds and you'll get the picture.

I do think they should at least TRY to make it so that you dont have for example returning world champs meeting in the first round, but I dont have a practical suggestion for implementing such a system.
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