The fact that referees are human has a great deal to do with many of the calls. Mr. Salyer, I personally believe that you have a right to protect a lead. I mean, you must have been working hard for the first five minutes while your oponent did nothing while you built your lead. Why then, should you be penalized because all of the sudden your opponent decides to wrestle the last minute of a match? Those are the only calls that frustrate me. Some referees seem to want to force a little more action towards the end of the match, but I think we've all gotten used to that and have adjusted accordingly.

Most referees in my area are consistent with their stalling calls and don't seem like they are out to get anybody. I don't always agree with them, but at least they are consistent. Stalling is something we address in practice and make working the center of the mat one of our primary goals. My athletes know how I feel about them having stalling calls against them and they are aware that there are extra-conditioning activities for those people not in good enough shape to go six minutes.

I will tell you this, if my wrestler is up 3-1, has no stalling calls against him, cuts his opponent with 10 seconds left in a match and then runs around in a circle so that his opponent can't catch him, I have no problem with that. If somebody does that to us, then we should not have been down 3-1 at the end of the third period anyways!