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Ref calling stalemate with Brooks in good positions vs Hall. 2 times. Brooks winning 4-1. Now 6-1. Hall just doesn’t have elite offense.

Breath a sigh of relief? Hahaha.

Starocci looked in serious pain with right knee after strong Dieringer double. But Starocci is continuing. Surprised. Dieringer up 4-0. Restarting down on mat. D with gut wrench. 6-0. Honestly not getting it. Knee is wrapped heavy. Clearly has issue. Not going to get on world team. Wants Olympics - don’t you pull plug and work on healing and recovering? Why risk worse injury?

Nolf handling O’Toole. 9-0 end of first. The levels to this game just blow me away sometimes. Levels upon levels. —— edit to add - 2nd period going better for O’Toole. Got a TD. 9-2. Nolf was breathing heavy. No offense in 2nd. O in deep but Nolf gets away. Nolf on D through 2nd.

Some people are vile.

I swear some felt Nick Lee was the second coming. Was it because of his backside run at OTTs? Or was there more to it?

Just watched it. Wow. 2 TDs and 2 feet to backs. 12-0 first period. He is awesome.

Gotta go Nolf by wide margin. Yet, I’m intrigued. Some fantastic scrambling perhaps.

Demolition according to score.

Cardenas looks like he handled Buchanan — ok, semi close until late into second period. Cardenas got a TD and lace. Buchanan leg injury coming out of it.

Huh? Can’t be tough if wear headgear? Ok. I’d say it helps him look smart. Hockey players that wear head protection - would you say they are not tough? Nah, I’d say they are smarter than those that don’t.

61 is deep. So is 65. 79 looks good.

Perhaps Fix just wanted some press. See how his news would cause a flutter. Or, didn’t make weight, or sh$t happened.

Why does this matter to the thread?

If they change the rules, simply riding will be stalling. RT point incentivizes and rewards this kind of ride - a stall ride.

Hi - get TD near end of period and ride out - 3 points! Good riders rejoice!! Now get three points instead of 2!! Riding time incents and justifies stall rides. Is a ref going to call stalling on a guy just riding when clock is getting close to 1 minute? Nah.

So this is complete BS …this forum is going to die quickly if posts like this are a thing.

Yea, I expect slow roll. 1 or 2. Count me in on 3 pt TD. And the no RT without a turn. Makes things more complicated to keep track of things though.

And on the point that the match would not have been stopped if she didn’t go unconscious … you are likely right. Which is also not ok. Doing a move … 2 times, which purposefully aims to injure … and only giving a moderate concussion … is still unacceptable.

I’m not saying what you say I’m saying. Here is what I’m saying … a move whose sole purpose is to threaten or cause injury so as to get a wrestler to release a grip is not ok. I’m being very specific. on top of that, let’s be more specific — a move whose sole purpose is to threaten or cause a head injury so as to get a wrestler to release a grip, is not ok. I don’t care if the potentially injured wrestler could figure out a way to defend. We are talking about intent and potential harm. This is not hard. And I don’t care if people were trained to do this. Head injuries are a big deal. The sport is doing more to prevent them. A move SPECIFICALLY designed to cause a head injury if the defending wrestler isn’t quick or wise enough to defend it —- is NOT ok. This is pretty simple.

Ok. Now show the video where the coach says to do best to slam the opponents face into mat hard, repeatedly. Per Askren this is the goal in order to get arm free.

It clearly was … hard head slam. Another hard head slam. Done with intent to at least threaten injury so as to get opponent to release hold. Not ok.

Was the move done with the express purpose of threatening or causing a serious head injury in order for the opposing wrestler to release a legal hold?

@uncle bernardyour logic has tremendous holes. Pretty much no move would be illegal. Opponent just needs to defend themselves. Easy as that. Stop being a wus.

Yes. I wrestled. Did you even listen to Askren. He was literal. Very clear. Objective was to threaten injury and bounce head off mat hard. I’m fine with up and down bouncing. I’m not fine with a fast and intentional smashing of opponents head into the mat so that for the next one the person releases a hold. That is bullshit. how is this different from a top wrestler with bottom wrestler flat, putting both hands on opponent’s head, and then slamming the opponent’s face repeatedly into mat so they build a base?