I had an interesting conversation with a Dr. Schwarting before the finals at state Saturday. I expressed to him about how much I was opposed to wrestlers being allowed to wrestle with the herpes virus. He was in complete agreement with me. He mentioned several things that even I was not aware about the particualar disease. While herpes cuases the person it affects to experience uncomfortableness its really not fatal at all. However if you carry the virus you put others at risk of contracting the disease. Once thing he metnioned specifically is that if a wrestler were to spread the disease to a female such as his girlfriend/wife and she were to have a baby that baby is at signficant risk for brith defects from the virus. This includes blindness and several others. The virus itself can cause blindness in the carrier should an outbreak occur around the eyes. Unfortunaly I don't really think very many people understand the seriousness of this disease. I don't really want to make this a big issue myself. All I am saying and asking is for some common sense among the wrestling community. Honestly if you are a known carrier of any if the simplexes you really need to not think about yourself and think about everyone else you are putting at risk by your refusal to self exclude yourself from wrestling. Beleive me I know how much its sucks to not be able to wrestle (mind is an old injury) But if it meant not putting fellow wrestlers at risk I would give up wrestling in the competitive manner. If you need or want any more information about this disease or you truly don't understand or want to believe how bad it is, please speak with your family physician and he will give you the run down on it. In the mean time I expect some sort of word to come down from the NFHS about this particular issue and im pretty sure its not going to be good for those affected.