wearing a mask is definately NO Advantage. I had to wear a mask for a couple duals in college and it is next to impossibe to see, not to menton it makes your head that much bigger making more likely to get caught in bad situations. As for a crossface,it's suppose to hurt I agree, wrestlings not for wimps, but as for me I'd rather take a stiff crossface than have to wear a hot, stinking, mask.