Agreed. It’s also my position that the top man can’t stall unless the bottom wrestler is also stalling. My recommendation is that the penalty for stalling is a restart with choice of position to the non-offending wrestler, much like after an injury timeout.
You’re only speculating. We won’t know how it would affect scoring until or unless it’s tried. It would certainly put emphasis on being the first to get a takedown.
He was attempting to resolve the 0-0 first period issue.
I thought it was a dandy tournament. And for all the concern about seeding, especially with 125 & 141, they seemed to have gotten it pretty close.