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Parent runs onto mat; Can you say over protective?
Topic Started: Jan 13 2018, 09:21 PM (873 Views)
Mr. X
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Our wrestler was in the process of pinning another wrestler at about 130lbs.. The ref was in good position and got a five count.The wrestler getting pinned starts tapping out and yelling as if being choked(we've all seen this before). The hold being applied was a turk and the kid was not being choked. The wrestler in danger of being pinned looked to be relatively inexperienced.

While the kid was being turked the dad runs out onto the mat and pushes our wrestler off of our opponent and starts yelling at our kid for choking his kid. He also yells at the referee. The ref ejects the parent.

This act took our kid out of position. I don't remember if we got a match penalty point or not but I do know we received 0 penalty points for the team. We lost this dual 31-30. Taking us out of the pinning position really hurt our chances of getting a fall which would have changed the outcome of the dual meet.

What is the penalty? Should there have been team points awarded? I believe we ended up with a tech fall in the match but at the conclusion of the dual and the one point loss that parents actions really impacted the dual.

Should team points have been awarded? What is the penalty if a coach runs on the mat during the match? Shouldn't the penalty be the same? Should coaches start telling parents to run on the mat to stop their kid from getting pinned?
Edited by Mr. X, Jan 13 2018, 09:24 PM.
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Teams cannot be penalized for fans, only wrestlers and team personnel. An unfortunate situation that hopefully never happens. I have only heard of it happening 1 other time and that was back in the 80's where the mom took a swing at the ref (she was arrested for assault).


As for question should coaches tell parents to run on the mat I assume you are joking.

As for coach it would be a team point for unsportsmanlike conduct.
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