[Terry Popham]

I personally like 4.0 plus, actually with 4.5 as the top weight allowed. I only allow 9 figures, the five OL & four DL to use that weight. Linebackers (3 or four, but if you use four you surrender one of your 4.5's for that play and each successive play in which you use 4), Tight Ends (1), Fullbacks (1) are at 3.5. All others are at 3.2. Offense is allowed five 4.5's and two 3.5's at any one time, defense is allowed four 4.5's and three 3.5's OR three 4.5's and four 3.5's at any time. Either can use any number of 3.2's at their own discretion, of course as long as there are only eleven total on the field.

While many figures will weigh less than 3.2 without added weight, the added weight greatly improves performance IMHO. As a general rule a fast base will be even faster and a strong base will be even stronger. A crappy base may still be crappy, but it will be stronger and perform at a higher level than it would unweighted.

I've been playing for over 45 years and weight-added always adds strength, with the exception of a base which has been boiled, which actually is a weight added base anyway. Some boiled bases won't take added weight and improve. The prongs have become too flexible and will fail under the load.