Sports Illustrated meets Ted Valentine

[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"?

My son is a wrestling expert, in college he hosted a call-in talk show about wrestlng, but it was the professional, "entertainment" variety of wrestling. I don't see Hulk Hogan or The Undertaker mentioned in the "Sports Illustrated" article, so I know my son can't help me out with this question.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

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"?

Billy - I believe these are used for scoring. The green hand is used to indicate a point by one of the players and the red hand is used to indicate points for the other player.

[BillyMac]

Mark Dexter: Thanks. I don't see points awarded in the WWE matches my son watches. The loser is usually the one who gets a folding chair banged over their head, but, as they say in show business, "That's entertaiment".

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by Mark Dexter

Billy - I believe these are used for scoring. The green hand is used to indicate a point by one of the players and the red hand is used to indicate points for the other player.

This is exactly correct. Wrestlers have always been rather fond of christmas too, thus, the red and green.

[FMadera]

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"?

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.