But it simply comes down to the bell curve. In NJ high school I saw the numbers for a couple of years. At 132, 138 and 145 there were about 1200 wrestlers certified at each weight. At 197, 220, 285 there are about 250 wrestlers certified at each weight. And not only that, but the percentage of year-round, serious wrestlers at the middle weights was far, far higher than the percentage of 197+.
So the proposal would be to take those three weight class, with a total of 750 wrestlers, and feed them into three weight classes in college. Meanwhile, we'd take the three middle weight classes, with 3600 wrestlers, and fold them into two or three college weight classes. That would be crazy, and would further dilute wrestling at weight levels where the skill level is already low.
Consider that 200 pounds is the 90th percentile for U.S. 20-year-old males. Remove obese guys and it's easily the 95th percentile. Should we really consider give three weight classes to just 5% of the college male population?