Nigel do I understand this correctly? Are you saying that once a wrestler has had herpes, they should never be allowed to wrestle again? I think that is ridiculus. I too got herpes while coaching during that 2002 incident involving Salina South. Our wrestler wrestled Zachary and came down with an infection. It was originally diagnosed as impetigo, so I being a coach, worked out with this individual so he would not spread it to the rest of the team. Obviously it was misdiagnosed and I contracted herpes. It sucks, but to not allow a person to ever wrestle again is ridiculus. If the disease is in remission (no visible sores) it is almost impossible to catch. It is much less virulent than the STD form of herpes. I agree that wrestlers should not wrestle while having an outbreak, but to ban someone forever is way too harsh. I would bet that a large percentage have been exposed to the Herpes virus, even if you have never had an outbreak. Coldsores are another form of the disease. Chickenpocs and Shingles are also members of the Herpes virus, so should anyone that has had chickenpocs not be allowed to wrestle?

Lets not go overboard here. Herpes does suck, but if you take meds early in an outbreak it really is not too big of a deal. Also there is evidence that it will "burn itself out" in 10-15 years, so it may not even be life long.

Just my opinion too.