I did not say anything about arguing with a doctor JAB. what I did say is, in most cases the Doctor who diagnosed the case is not standing there when the skin checks are performed, nor is he there to monitor any new spots that may have popped up since he signed the form. Have you ever seen the form? You can circle a rather large area on that form and say its not contagious, in the mean time two spots could have formed where it was once 1. This arguing is very much pointless however.

By the way Noblet, Doctors are never wrong!
This reminds me of the time when I had a spot of ringworm come up on my leg, there was no question to it, it was very obvious. Not wanting to have to sit out I used chlorox on it the same day, and what once looked like ringworm ended up looking like a mat burn, guess what? A doctor signed a skin release form that exact same day. I consider myself a very honest person and what I did so many years ago was not ethical, however it does prove that Drs. can miss things. Who knows if I was still contagious at the time, but I did wrestle that night. But I bet if anyone else who knows what chlorox burns look like compared to mat burns had seen it they probably would have known what was going on, including any seasoned official.


William Nigel Isom
Officials Director (USAWKS)
KSHSAA #14274
USAWKS #577
Riley KS