the 3 point TD works

[Hammerlock3]

1) it devalues the escape, which is appropriate.

2) if undermines the incentive to ride if you can't turn without ditching riding time

3) it makes the late match scenario where guys sprint for a major much more common, improving dual meets.

[1032004]

Agreed

[Hammerlock3]

it also creates a situation where someone trying not to get majored one second could sneak in a takedown, cut the guy whose winning and be a takedown from a tie score. 

[flyingcement]

3 minutes ago, Hammerlock3 said:

it also creates a situation where someone trying not to get majored one second could sneak in a takedown, cut the guy whose winning and be a takedown from a tie score. 

I think the major was too difficult to get in the past scoring rules (same as tech fall) and we had to watch a lot of guys get beat up for awhile, and we could have been spared a few minutes of our lives.  I also love that you can be almost majored, but then win the match at the end.  It has been an improvement so far

[Hammerlock3]

1 minute ago, flyingcement said:

I think the major was too difficult to get in the past scoring rules (same as tech fall) and we had to watch a lot of guys get beat up for awhile, and we could have been spared a few minutes of our lives.  I also love that you can be almost majored, but then win the match at the end.  It has been an improvement so far

maybe another way to put it, it shrinks the power imbalance between individual and team scoring. an individual takedown is now way more likely to equate to a change in who wins the dual meet. the narratives between individual and team are now more cohesive.