they will be out before they start wrestling but after weighins and coaches meeting.
It bothers me a bit that all sections not only are not always on the same day( there are like 2 or 3 sectionals today ) but can have different finals start times. I say this because a coach can or could manipulate state brackets for some weight classes if they have done their research and have it onhand and have a finals match AFTER they see who has won some other sections or just knowing another sections best possibles record.
How? Let me give you example. if for instance I had a wrestler that I thought WAS the best and would win state but I know a team at state that I needed to 'steal' a few team points from had a top seeded wrestler or just a wrestler I knew was in the bottom or top of a bracket then I could "medical forfeit" a finals if I knew how the person who I "lost' to at sectionals would be seeded a certain way and thus put my wrestler into whichever side of the bracket I wanted. I can manipulate the semi and maybe get lucky with a qtr finals ( harder because of random draws for 3 and 4) to be where the truely top 2 guys meet instead of the finals where my number 1 guy ( who I had lose on purpose so he isn't seeded top) thus stealing a few points from the other team.
Also, allows me as coach to place my wrestler opposite or in same bracket based on what I thought best for my team or wrestler in either (a) the case of weight classes where a weak weight class in a section compared to other sections produced a better winning % winner because that winner hadn't wrestled anyone or say (b) a section weight class produced a big upset winner ( but bad overall record) that caught someone who would have been seeded 1 or 2.
if I knew my guy couldn't beat the # 1 seed wrestler but had a decent or even or better shot at the 2 or 3 seed but that winning sectionals my guy would be seeded say number 4 and have to see the number 1 but I knew that by medical forfeiting section finals would place that winner at number 4 THUS guaranteeing my guy would be on bottom bracket and see number 2 or 3 instead.
They should release sectional brackets when wrestling starts BUT start each sectional at same time and finals at same times but then close track wreslting bracket info at finals time until all sectionals have been wrestled.
Also there are weight classes at state that often literally have the BEST 2 wrestlers that will end up being seeded 2 and 3 instead of 1 and 2 BECAUSE they only seed the 4 section champs and don't account for % or H2 H wins by #2s and 3s of sections.
They should seed all 4 section#1s as they do now. But somehow there needs to be accountability that allows a more substantive challenge to seeds with low matches wrestled and possibly a Wins over ranked opponents mechanism.
All the above is called "overthinking something"