Slap, point of clarification for you, You are not required to have an arm for a figure four to the head in a pinning combination. A scissors to the head is illegal with or without an arm period, so IF the referee said it was a figure four it was perfectly legal unless his leg slipped down into a scissors.

Wrestling2005, I don't know what Districts you were at this year, but I do know that Mike Brown who is the assistant director and a fellow referee did all the hiring for the District 1 tournament this year, so I wouldn't exactly call him an Amatuers. As far as referees for state goes, I know Lance Engel in District III sends out a form to all the clubs and asks them to rank officials from 1-10 and then he averages them and the top 5 he sends to Greg Grater. So at least in DIII the refs for state are chosen by the clubs who actually sent the forms back which from what I understand a number of them didn't this year.