I didn't see this one either so these are my feelings in general.

AJ75 says an illegal hold is an illegal hold. Not exactly. Many illegal holds are technical in nature and rarely cause injury and usually are not even painful. For example, in all the years I have been around wrestling, I have never seen a full nelson cause injury or even pain really. They are almost always done accidently and they are almost always immediately stopped by the referee. If an 8 year old injured another kid with a full nelson (not from the feet), I would blame the referee.

Illegal arm chops, slams and throws can and do cause injury and pain. Not necessarily serious or long lasting pain or injury, but the kind of pain or injury which may decide a match when two kids are equally matched. In these cases, it is unfair for the innocent to wrestle at a disadvantage.

In these situations, coaches should be bound by integrity to the sport. If the wrestler can reasonably continue without disadvantage, they should and as coaches we should encourage them to. By the same token, if the wrestler is injured, even if it's not necessarily a go to the doctor type of injury, the match should be stopped.

I have seen what seemed like mistakes both ways. I have seen coaches clearly instruct wrestlers to take a dive, and I have seen wrestlers continue and lose matches when they were in fact injured.

In any event, no one knows for certain how someone else feels and we should err on the side of safety. While it is a very difficult to lose a match, I think it's important to stay on high ground.