maligned Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Key words from Mr. Littlejohn: "earned" vs "awarded". Once the five count is done, the points are earned, even if they haven't been awarded yet. bsisson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookies03 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 On 1/29/2019 at 3:26 PM, jlittlejohn said: This is no longer the case. The rule was changed a couple of years ago. The offender would still be declared the winner, however, any team points earned within the tournament or dual would be negated and be penalized -3 team points for the flagrant misconduct. The offended wrestler would still technically be the loser and score 0-points. There are two separate examples in the 2018-19 NFHS Wrestling Case/Manual the describe this exact thing. Page 27 5.11.4 SITUATION B & C. Also, if this occurred in a tournament neither wrestler would advance, as, technically there is no winner. Yes... sorry... he wins but he still loses... still very important distinction. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlittlejohn Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 So, to put some clarity on this situation, after speaking with the official involved. There was a scoring error. The offensive wrestler had only earned a 2-point nearfall, which, did not earn the technical fall; therefore, wrestling was allowed to continue. The scorekeeper erroneously scored it as a 3-point nearfall which created the confusion. This, in fact, was a computation error, however, once it was brought to the tournament director's attention a conference with the official ensued and it was confirmed that the technical fall was never earned, thus, the reversal and subsequent fall were legitimate. It is unclear if the score was ever corrected in Trackwrestling, however, the correct result was entered. This may explain why the coach did not address the situation, immediately, it sounds like they may have been well aware of the correct score in real time. feez, runner-up and backtothemat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD92 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Then I take back my comment about the other coach not showing integrity. With this explanation, it sounds like things were done correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIwrestling Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 23 minutes ago, jlittlejohn said: So, to put some clarity on this situation, after speaking with the official involved. There was a scoring error. The offensive wrestler had only earned a 2-point nearfall, which, did not earn the technical fall; therefore, wrestling was allowed to continue. The scorekeeper erroneously scored it as a 3-point nearfall which created the confusion. This, in fact, was a computation error, however, once it was brought to the tournament director's attention a conference with the official ensued and it was confirmed that the technical fall was never earned, thus, the reversal and subsequent fall were legitimate. It is unclear if the score was ever corrected in Trackwrestling, however, the correct result was entered. This may explain why the coach did not address the situation, immediately, it sounds like they may have been well aware of the correct score in real time. Well, sounds like a misfortunate turn of events for the wrestler who ended up getting pinned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backtothemat Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 5 hours ago, SIwrestling said: Well, sounds like a misfortunate turn of events for the wrestler who ended up getting pinned. That's about as bad of an ending as I can think of to a "how my seasoned ended" story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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