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Originally posted by Whistles & Stripes
OK, let me preface this by saying I have never been a wrestler, never officiated a wrestling match, and quite frankly, can't stand the thought of 2 big sweaty guys rolling around on a mat together.
That being said, I went to the NFHS website to look up the online rule book. As best I can tell, the rule the official cited about having to penalize the wrestler for throwing his headgear, falls under the "unsportsmanlike conduct" rule in wrestling. Nothing I have read in the article or anything else indicates that this was done in an unsporting manner, but rather, it was a move of celebration. Sounds like a bull$hit call to me.
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I was once a wrestler, and learned about this rule the hard way. I was mad at my own performance and tossed my headgear. Ahhh, memories.
What we don't know is how wrestling officials are instructed to call this. Without having read the NFHS's comments on the new jersey rule, it would seem absurd to penalize a player for removing the jersey to celebrate at the end of a big win. It would seem absurd to penalize a player for removing the jersey at the bench when required by rule to change it due to blood. But however absurd it may seem, that's the way we're being told to call it.