@lovettsavage Was mat side in the student section for the PSU/OSU dual in 2018(?). Hall beats Jordan, Nickal gets last second major over Martin, then Cassar beating Moore.
@douglas1271941@johnnidijulius I hear you, it wouldn’t be perfect. But implementing such a rule doesn’t seem too difficult to implement. We have so many cameras and would be able to go back and see the exact position they were in and have the referee place them as close as possible to that position again.
@zaintrainusa Thoughts on a rule that returns the wrestlers to the same position they were in prior to stoppage for a challenge? Referencing the Duke/Robideau sequence but would certainly be applicable in other matches this past year. To my knowledge they do this in some other combat sports.
@visionquestpod “majority” is a stretch. majority of us can appreciate and respect what DT has done thus far at OKST. We just tend to be the silent majority. Majority of the loud ones on socials are obnoxious, I’ll give you that. But like you said, that tends to be the case with most fan bases.
@CPyles8@FloWrestling Referring to the controversial Duke/Robideau sequence: thoughts on implementing a rule where the wrestlers are put back into the same position after the review changed the call on the mat?
@SethVosters It’s an award given based on (mostly) objective measures. And based on those objective measures there should be no question it is Mesenbrink.
@jesse_esselman I agree, I think that should be a takedown. And it has been a TD in the past. Whatever sparked this over emphasis on reaction time needs to be walked back quite a ways. So many match altering calls this year. None more punishing than this one.
@HoldyLinez Dude, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. Two options 1) it was a TD and Duke got screwed 2) it was not a TD and the whistle shouldn’t have been blown. Idc what the ref “believed”. It either was or was not a TD. Him calling the TD was wrong, hence the whistle was as well.
@HoldyLinez I’m not sure if you’re ignoring my point or missing it, my issue is with the whistle. It shouldn’t have been blown. And if you are saying that it was not a TD by default you also think that the ref wrongly stopped the action, correct?
@HoldyLinez 2) my argument is the whistle. If we say it’s not a TD then there should not have been a whistle. And you’re right, we can’t assume it would have evolved into a TD. But we also can’t assume it wouldn’t have. And that’s my issue.