Originally Posted By: NCCC WRESTLING
Originally Posted By: Cokeley
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Have you ever attended a summer dual event? I didn't think so. Keep your comments to yourself until you have invested your time, hard work and money in one of these. The officials pool for the summer is plenty shallow to begin with so when you have two major dual events on the same weekend I am sure that the calls were more than a little hard to live with. If the officials worked as hard at being good as the kids do then it would be a better wrestling world.



Will if I remember right too, a lot of the officials are donating time on many of these events. They may get a hotel or gas, but no or very little pay. That is another factor people should consider.


So low pay and benefits is an excuse for not knowing the rules? None of the coaches or wresters are being compensated yet they are prepared. If you are not passionate enough to get prepared why would you even show up? Three man mechanics leads to inattentive officiating and causes power struggles. If the three guys have not worked together before these events they may struggle. Many of these officials indulge in the social side of the event to the point they are not adequately rested and unable to perform satisfactorily. The worst part of these issues is that most of them are not willing to admit they made a mistake. Instead they make it personal and instead of improving they take the "I'll show you approach." Honestly, we need more wrestlers or former wrestlers to get involved in this aspect of the sport. Those who have never wrestled or who allow themselves to become unfit do not make great mat ariters.

Will Cokeley
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