Will Iowa survive rule changes?

[tullfan68]

the problem is they are charging way too much for tickets we aren't all rich!

 

[tullfan68]

not to mention rest prices and hotel prices go way up which shouldn't be allowed!

 

[Conewago]

One of the great things about our sport is that we are not welded to tradition. Rules have been tweaked every other year for so long that we expect improvements. By and large, we grasp the underlying need. If baseball made changes of this magnitude and frequency fans would ask congress to intervene. I’m glad we don’t hold individual and team records so close that there is no room for making the sport better.

These aren't tweaks. These would be major changes.

And they're stupid.

 

[GogglesPaizano]

I am cautious about adding step-outs to folk. If the circle were bigger maybe, but it shrinks the effective area of the mat too much for my taste.

I am disgusted with kids who immediately go to the line and use it as a tool to avoid being taken down. Most egregious are kids who hang out with both feet out of bounds for most of a period I won't name names, Hidlay!

If implemented I would rather see 2 points of contact ( 2 feet, 1 foot and 1 hand, etc..) must be OB to earn a point. Simply pushing a kid out and one foot as the criteria changes the style too much IMO. With 2 points of contact as the measure, at the very least, there would not be any more camping out, out of bounds.

 

[District four]

Well, this solves one problem for sure. Catch and release nets you 2 points instead of one = much faster Tech Falls.

How many times did we see RBY and Brooks in particular with a 20-8 major decision with nearly all of the opponent's points coming from a free release?

I actually agree with Warner, that riding is a skill that few can master with regularity, and it should be rewarded. Would Zain have developed the same game under these rules? Probably as he is a turner by nature.

I would have much preferred a rule where once a wrestler gains 90 seconds of riding time advantage, he basically has 10 seconds to start working a turn before the action is stopped and you get a restart.

And after two

I am cautious about adding step-outs to folk. If the circle were bigger maybe, but it shrinks the effective area of the mat too much for my taste.

I am disgusted with kids who immediately go to the line and use it as a tool to avoid being taken down. Most egregious are kids who hang out with both feet out of bounds for most of a period I won't name names, Hidlay!

If implemented I would rather see 2 points of contact ( 2 feet, 1 foot and 1 hand, etc..) must be OB to earn a point. Simply pushing a kid out and one foot as the criteria changes the style too much IMO. With 2 points of contact as the measure, at the very least, there would not be any more camping out, out of bounds.

I agree but adding a circle halfway between the inner circle and the out circle would be great. And once a wrestler steps outside the middle circle they get put on a clock to work back to center of not it's a stall something like that. Something has to be done to keep kids away from the outer circle. I used to see refs call a stalemate when a kid hung out there and put them back in center. If the kid ended up back at the outer circle he got called for stalling.

 

[James P. Whitters III]

I am against the pushout rule because there is no reward for exposure. It is so much easier to push a guy around if you don't risk giving up exposure points without that guy gaining control.

 

[slushhead]

. . . There is no offensive move while trapping an ankle between your hamstring and calf muscle . . .

Not that it ever happens at the collegiate level (too easy to defend), but the 3/4-nelson is not only an offensive move, but a pinning combination.

Your point remains, however, as the above is not a relevant example.

 

[bourbon n blues]

I don't think it ever had much viewership.

This is why wrestling has been losing viewers. Basically Warners stated stalling is an art… no Ztrain ride to the fall was a work of art. Every Big 10 team should make up shirts with that quote followed by why would any wrestler go to Iowa to learn to squeak out matches.