To Mr Keith and others,

While on some level I do agree that referees COULD be more forceful in these types of situations, I believe that ejecting kids left and right from tournaments isn't going to solve the problem we have. Its the same issue that we have with coaches in a manner of speaking. I ejected a coach from a tournament earlier this year because he was running his mouth. Afterwards I realized that what I had done probably didn't do any good in the long run. I knew that now this coach was going to talk bad about me behind my back, and that I was never goign to get any respect from him. Also I had many people come up and tell me that this particular coach has been ejected many times over the years, not only in our sport but in the football seasons that preceed it.

This leads me to believe that ejections over common occurances of unsportsmanlike situations isn't really serving the purpose it was intended for. Whether it be coaches or wrestlers. That is the reason I made my earlier post. We have to take care of the problem before they even step out on the mat. I know when I coached for Abilene Kids Club we had a strict policy regarding unsportsmanlike conduct, and if someone displayed this type of behavior they were subject to be kicked out of the club on the first offense. I think this is more appropriate solution to the problem, and I think it would save the community as a whole from having to witness these behaviors out on the mat at tournaments.