Originally Posted By: elid2
I saw it at a high school dual earlier this year. My son was the one doing it and I didn't care for it much. He would take they kid down and cut him then go wait for him in the center. His coaches' did not like it at all and the ref did tell him that if he didn't stop it the he would get an unsportsmanlike call. There was no talking or gestures, just cutting... Same thing happened in a middle school match the year before, but that time they did award a point and my son had to miss a match the next meet. I don't approve of cutting some one 7 times in a period but by rule can the ref call it?


Many wrestlers will repeatedly cut their opponent for a variety of reasons and very seldom is it to be unsporting. Perhaps he needs to get some work in to make weight for the next day's competition. Or he is getting his work in to prepare for a match he knows he will have later in the tourney. Or he just really loves to wrestle and would like to spend more than 20 seconds on the mat. I have rarely seen a wrestler cut his opponent with malicious intent.