Originally posted by OBERLINwrestler:
In the Oberlin Tournament they had three matches won by coin tosses. It was anounced that the toss was only to decide who got the third place medal. The team points were split evenly to both teams.
In the 130# & 145# brackets there were 10 wrestlers. In both, one wrestler had wrestled in 3 matches and one in 5 matches. By the flip of the coin in both cases the one who had only wrestled in 3 matches won the toss.
The 140# bracket was the only bracket that each team (14) had a wrestler. Both wrestlers going for third place had wrestled in 5 matches that day. They wrestled each other in 2nd round of the day. In the coin toss the one that won the third place medal actualy had been beaten by the forth place medalist.
Am I the only person in thinking that in the above scenarios, that they guy that wrestled less matches should be declared the winner as he probably advanced further in the frontside of the bracket and hasn't met the 5 match criteria?
Also if you got beat heads up and are going for the 3rd place medal on the backside of the bracket, I'd say the guy that won heads up gets the 3rd place medal.
In both cases you can avoid the flip and still award the 4th place points in my opinion.
