Nigel:
This too will be my last post regarding this topic, as you obvously have not read my posts and I am tired of typing the same things over as well. At no point in my posts have I indicated that a wrestler is required to TAPE his shoe laces, simply secure them, and the directive from Mr. Bowden was that a double knot was not acceptable, but athletic tape was as well as the velcro straps. It maybe that none of the officials that you mentioned have penalized wrestlers for inappropriate securing their shoe laces because they inspect the wrestlers before the tournament/dual and inform anyone who has not secured their laces to do so, before the match.

Another reason they may not have penalized anyone is that most coaches know the rule and how it is to be enforced, so they make sure their wrestlers laces are secured (taped or velcroed)making this a rare occurence. However, where we disagree is the fact that Mr. Bowden as expressly said a double knot is not secure. I do not feel that a "State Wide Memo" is necessary, since this point is covered at the rules meeting, and I have personally not seen any discrepancy in enforcement. In fact the only time I have ever heard that a double knot (or triple or quadruple knot)is acceptable is from you.

As far as your smugness is concerned, I am not aware of any reason for you to be smug. While you may be a good official (I wouldn't know since I have not seen you officiate) that does not mean that you are correct 100% of the time. No officials are (or coaches for that matter)and the best ones realize this and learn from others, and I will make sure that I ask the next official I see as to whether or not your interpretaion is correct.

I will say that I agree with you on the fact that individuals from all classes beat eachother. I thought you were saying that this happens in 4A and not the other classes.
I guess I must have misread your previous post which said:
"That was a idiotic comment for sure. There are guys that aren't even state champions in 4a that beat 3a state champions all the time. I don't think I really need to list them cause it would take all day to write them out. 3A is tough all around that much is given, but what was quoted above is simply not true "