What if BJJ/Judo did away with belts?

One overlooked aspect would be a decrease in total competitors. A new grappler may be excited to compete in the white belt division after 5 months of training, but would he really want to put off competition until he could hang with someone with a brown/black belt level competitor? This would probably cause a higher drop-out rate among grapplers.

naaaah. there would always be a 'novice' division.
 
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