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One kid just lost. One kid just won. Those results were based upon the merits of skill and valid competition. No call on the act of jubilation (if that is what it was), and the results remain.
Impose penalty (which wasn't designed for acts of jubilation but rather for acts of disgust and disagreement with the officials) and all kinds of problems result. Same goes for the posed basketball scenario.
Discretion is often the best, most appropriate call.
Kahunas? Which fan would have been excited about such a decision? Do you think the loser (now winner) was excited? Do you think he brags to his kids about how he won the state championship? Do you think the losing/now winning coach was excited? The possible answer to all of these questions is maybe. The appropriate answer for mentally mature, properly sporting competitors, is NO.
If this situation really occurred as stated. I don't feel justice was served. Perhaps those nut-sized things we've called kahunas were his brains. I think to reverse the outcome was a poor decision (and when has a wrestling match ever had two referees? Did this assistant get to make any other decisions - reverse any other awarded points. I'm sure both guys were pretty popular at the conclusion - probably tarred and feathered.)
But to take it to court? I think that is also ridiculous.
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