Dannae- I have to talk to Car to be sure, but I don't see any reason why we couldn't host a tournament with two classes of stats. I've only ever competed in one tournament, because I never maxed my weapon and I competed against a player who had twice my weapon skill. It never really bothered me at the time, because I wasn't concerned about winning losing [did I mention Kisoji had to pay me to play in it? XD ] but I can certainly see how now there is a need for two classes. Even with my axe level and the old maxed physical stats, I do about a fourth of the damage of someone with maxed physical stats who doesn't even have maxed sword... not to mention they can do more damage in a single hit than I have HP.
Talad- I don't know if there are any working item/spells for that yet, but would it be possible for a GM to act as a pseudo-judge and help check people in at the beginning of a tournament? Honestly, most players I know would be pretty honest about it and not lie, but just in case...?