First of all to you badbo: from the early days of kid’s wrestling, to his first national title, and every match I have seen since then, I have always loved the intensity that your boy shows on the mat. I would watch that boy thumb wrestle!

Second: as we contrast styles, I will comment that although I enjoy both FS and Greco, I like better the mat wrestling of the collegiate style. Exposure points are so much easier in FS and Greco. For me as a spectator, I get bored watching the bottom wrestler flatten out and the top wrestler attempt to lock up something and roll. Personally, I just don't enjoy that as much. So I would hesitate to vote for rule changes that too dramatically made the collegiate style look like FS and Greco. Just one spectator's opinion.

To the point on stalling: I believe that stalling in Kansas wrestling is getting out of hand. Officials simply must call it quicker. I wrestled high school in Virginia during the late 70s and 80s. When the referee instructed the wrestler to "improve", the referee started waving a 5 count. If he got to 5, it was "stalling!" Everyone in the gym knew what was going on. That kind of visibility usually produced the desired result.

But stalling can be tough to call. I saw a match at one of the lower weights where the top wrestler was so much stronger than the bottom wrestler, that he could simply post him flat and wait for the bottom wrestler's outside arm to post so he could rip a cross face and turn him. Who is stalling? Top guy can hold him down and protest that the bottom guy is not doing anything. Bottom guy can protest "but I can't move".

Maybe there could be a marriage of styles where the bottom wrestler can stall, even flatten-out if desired. The top man can stall, even post his opponent to his belly and hold him there if desired. The official would have to judge that there is no action that warrants staying on the mat and put the wrestlers on their feet again with no point given. This would allow the bottom man to wrestle if he wants to without the increased exposure threats of FS and Greco but would also allow either wrestler to stall out to standing if there is no action.

This, of course, does nothing for stalling on your feet. The officials just have to call it.