Rule change wishlist for 2025/6

[GogglesPaizano]

Ok, two weeks of downtime, so I will try not to not you with this old and tired topic, but I have only 2 that are timely and relevant.

1). Wrestling from one or both knees in neutral gets a 5 count then a stall warning. It's away too defensive, slows the action, and is plain boring. It's got to go. PS can someone at least try an outside sweep single against the post leg? Low risk, of a reattack, and it might just be the solution to this torturous technique. PSS - yes this means you Drake and Angelo!!!

2). We do NOT need a step out point in Folk, but we absolutely need to enforce fleeing the mat. My #1 example is near the boundary in neutral where one wrestler has a leg. Whether standing or on the mat every single dual you see multiple examples where the defensive wrestler gives it everything he's got to flee or pull both wrestlers out. A near takedown turns into a restart. It's criminal and drives me friggin nuts, not to mention how blatantly it's used all the time. You should never be able to use the out of bounds as a means to a restart when on the verge of giving up points.

 

[Folkstylefan]

Couldn’t agree more with #1, hate watching those wrestling on their knees. It’s stalling and should be called so. #2 we definitely do NOT want a push out rule. Don’t need to go back to the 80’s and watch such s boring product again. Which is what we would get. As far as stalling, it just needs to be called, but you cannot tell a wrestler, not to try to get away from a single leg, standing or otherwise. Yes there are definitely some egregious fleeing the mat, but when there’s no place but out of bounds to shed the single it is what it is. Call stalling for edge wrestling, before that happens.

 

[IANit]

Couldn’t agree more with #1, hate watching those wrestling on their knees. It’s stalling and should be called so. #2 we definitely do NOT want a push out rule. Don’t need to go back to the 80’s and watch such s boring product again. Which is what we would get. As far as stalling, it just needs to be called, but you cannot tell a wrestler, not to try to get away from a single leg, standing or otherwise. Yes there are definitely some egregious fleeing the mat, but when there’s no place but out of bounds to shed the single it is what it is. Call stalling for edge wrestling, before that happens.

Seems like #1 is a big Iowa thing. Angelo did it a lot tonight. Have seen Ayala do it. Definitely needs to go.

 

[west2east]

Didn't Nico wrestle on one knee a bunch ?

 

[SJP80]

Didn't Nico wrestle on one knee a bunch ?

Sometimes. Didn't like it then either.

 

[7brwnpsu]

Didn't Nico wrestle on one knee a bunch ?

No, he was just short. You must have been sitting in the upper deck at Nationals.

 

[El-Jefe]

Didn't Nico wrestle on one knee a bunch ?

Nico did not drop to a knee from space to avoid action. He occasionally took the action down to knees while in a tie, and wrestled thru the position. Also, BTW, Nico scored a lot.

Really, you don't need to be the message board police. Blatant obfuscation like this, and like the difference between Kasak and Ferrari (celebrating vs celebrating at the other bench), comes across as carrying water for Iowa. Likely because, well, it is.

 

[wrestleknownothing]

I would like to see the grasping of the ankle count become cumulative. Grab it once for a three count, let go, grab it again, and the count starts at four. No more than 5 total seconds on the ankle.

Same for the knee. If a wrestler goes to a knee without being in a tie, the count begins, and is cumulative.

 

[Nitlion1986]

Didn't Nico wrestle on one knee a bunch ?

Not that I recall. However, I am getting old and too much information available in my head to recall with any reliability.

 

[Reslo]

Nico did not drop to a knee from space to avoid action. He occasionally took the action down to knees while in a tie, and wrestled thru the position. Also, BTW, Nico scored a lot.

Really, you don't need to be the message board police. Blatant obfuscation like this, and like the difference between Kasak and Ferrari (celebrating vs celebrating at the other bench), comes across as carrying water for Iowa. Likely because, well, it is.

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Corby had to wade through about 100 PSU wrestlers to find an example from 13 years ago. Quite a gotcha moment. The message board is in shambles.

 

[SJP80]

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Corby had to wade through about 100 PSU wrestlers to find an example from 13 years ago. Quite a gotcha moment. The message board is in shambles.

And finding one PSU guy doesn't make it a bad idea. He would be more honest if the initial response was "I love the idea, or I hate the idea" instead of inferring a Iowa bias and throwing out the "beloved PSU guy wrestled that way"

 

[El-Jefe]

Seems like #1 is a big Iowa thing. Angelo did it a lot tonight. Have seen Ayala do it. Definitely needs to go.

Not really fair to pin this on Brands. Can't say offhand about Ayala, but the Ferraris did this long before arriving in Iowa City. AJ didn't learn it from Smith either.

Besides, we've had a lot of PA kids do this over the years -- Cole Matthews and Mason Beckman immediately come to mind. In last year's state finals, Curtis Nelson immediately went to knees against Landon Sidun -- though in fairness, Nelson did it while in range and did quickly attack from knees, it was just an unorthodox way of changing levels for an attack. (Actually, we'd all have a lot less issue with it if everyone did it like Nelson.)

 

[El-Jefe]

And finding one PSU guy doesn't make it a bad idea. He would be more honest if the initial response was "I love the idea, or I hate the idea" instead of inferring a Iowa bias and throwing out the "beloved PSU guy wrestled that way"

He was being completely honest.

His take was essentially: you guys need to sit this out because I found one example from 10+ years ago, that may not be entirely applicable.

Or, shorter version: shut up because reasons.

 

[LorenzoFan]

Being called for stalling while grasping the ankles or legs at times is a crock! I hate it when the top guy is trying to pull the bottom guy back in bounds and the top guy by rule is getting the count.

 

[ac98]

I agree on the 1 knee. I think the 5 count is too long and too easy to game. It would say that anytime a wrestler is disengaged from another wrestler in neutral and doesn’t stand back up immediately it’s stalling.

 

[Folkstylefan]

Yes I have seen many PA kids do this and think it should be called stalling. Corby is Iowa biased like pyles and JD. If you don’t realize that your blind.

 

[west2east]

Nico did not drop to a knee from space to avoid action. He occasionally took the action down to knees while in a tie, and wrestled thru the position. Also, BTW, Nico scored a lot.

Really, you don't need to be the message board police. Blatant obfuscation like this, and like the difference between Kasak and Ferrari (celebrating vs celebrating at the other bench), comes across as carrying water for Iowa. Likely because, well, it is.

Just making sure everyone remembers the past 🤷

 

[west2east]

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Corby had to wade through about 100 PSU wrestlers to find an example from 13 years ago. Quite a gotcha moment. The message board is in shambles.

100 lol he actually came to my mind immediately. Not a gotcha moment at all I just don't remember seeing threads about it then 🤷

 

[west2east]

Yes I have seen many PA kids do this and think it should be called stalling. Corby is Iowa biased like pyles and JD. If you don’t realize that your blind.

Just pointing out some facts on the being on one knee thing. I could care a less who hates Iowa but don't let that hate make you blind( I know what thats like for 24 hours with the lights on my eyes from that damn mat cleaner scam machine) and forget about what's happened in the past