NJSIAA overhauls wrestling power points after coaches' criticism
Committee tweaks a criticized scoring system that produced counterintuitive seeds; changes take effect next winter.
Reacting to heavy criticism from both coaches and fans, the NJSIAA Executive Committee on Wednesday approved tweaks to its troubled wrestling power points system, which will be in effect next winter.
The power points system, which determines qualifiers and seeds for the state team tournament, came under fire last season when teams received more points for defeating unranked teams than for beating state powers. The quirks in the system impacted seeds in the sectional tournaments.