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I thought it was 2, but no one called for my opinion. Regardless Robb had time to get another takedown that was less ambiguous, and he did not. It was a good match and I think that in addition to 157 being uncharacteristically weak this year, Haines has an opportunity to win it all - the kid is good. Last thing - for those predicting O'Connor, he and Robb wrestled at the start of the 2021-22 season in Lincoln and Robb was victorious. This was after O'Connor's National Title at 149 so the move up to 157, in addition to early season, could have affected the outcome. Even so, Robb has beaten O'Connor.

If Hamiti and Brooks had time to initiate attacks, so did Kennedy and Romero. On chest wraps, I have seen these evolve into an offensive scoring situation (e.g., McKee). But the point is taken. I like mspart's repetition argument. Jesse Delgado from a few years back comes to mind. His whole neutral "offense" seemed to evolve around ankle grabbing a guy (who actually takes risk/shot) and forcing a stalemate. So frustrating to watch and is the opposite of offensive. The rules and the enforcement of the rules should always be consistent with rewarding offense. To that end, in addition to mspart's suggestion, I'll add: 1. The first takedown is worth 3 points - all others after the first one are worth 2 points (no matter who gets them). This creates incentive to score first and alleviates the seemingly unfairness of a 2-2 tie after Wrestler A scores a takedown, B eventually escapes, and in the 2nd period, B escapes again. I'd reward the 1st takedown as a 3-pointer and the score in the above scenario favors the offensive wrestler with a 3-2 score. More simply, in my opinion 1st TD > 2 escapes. 2. Riding is only permissible until 1 minute accumulates. After that, the top man has to be working for the fall and will be dinged (for stalling) for just riding. This would preserve riding time in spirit since many still appreciate the concept but reigns it in a bit to create more offensive scoring. No double boots, parallel riding after 1 minute or you get called for stalling. You'll have to let your opponent go and score from your feet.

I agree with this. As I said in the original post, I can appreciate a scramble, meaning, if grabbing an ankle creates offense, no problem. Too many times though, ankle grabs have no intention of creating offense but rather, creating a stalemate situation. When that happens, the defensive wrestler is not trying to score so call it stalling.

I would agree with this...at least call an immediate stalemate if it wasn't intentional.

I can appreciate a scramble, but the ankle grab to force a stalemate should be called for what it is...stalling.