Sun Mar 11, 2007, 10:16pm
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Janesville, WI
Posts: 752
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
The reference to "Sports Illustrated" in this thread gives me a good excuse to bring in a real off topic question. I hope Basketball Forum members don't mind:
On page 58 of the March 12, 2007 issue of "Sports Illustrated" is a photograph of a NCAA wrestling official. He's wearing one red wristband, on his left wrist, and one green wristband, on his right wrist. I don't know anything about NFHS, or NCAA wrestling, or how these sports are officiated, but I believe that there must be a reason for these nonmatching wristbands. Maybe some Forum members have a brother-in-law, colleague at work, or a friend who officiates wrestling, who can find out the reason for this "fashion faux-pas"?
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The bands correspond to the ankle strap that each wrestler wears, red, or green. When someone is awarded points, the referee indicates the number of points on the hand with that corresponding colored wristband.
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