I see the above critical points, as does the NCAA, so you win. My civil rebuttals:
@sstark46, your unreal scenario approaches comedy. No wrestler purposefully gives up 3 points for the uncertainty of reversing, just to net a half point. Please. It’s not like the TD wizard who plays catch-and-release to build score. That guy gets the larger point haul ‘first’ before throwing one back. Not talking match strategy, either, just actual value of a stand-alone reversal.
No,
@Scruddy, you shouldn’t be rewarded less for a move begun from the down spot. If the end result is control (the same end result of a TD), you definitely earned it, especially against a hammer like Spencer.
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@SansAgain, maybe TDs are what it’s all about in free, but folk starts 2 of 3 periods on the mat and the ‘ceiling’ of scoring comes from mat work (near falls, pins).
Not following
@so cal hawkfan. I mention nothing about rewarding the future reverser for ‘being’ in the negative position, which could come from a period start as well. In fact, he’s already been dinged on the score if he was taken down.
My argument remains logical. If we agree that an escape is worth a point, shouldn’t the one imbedded within every reversal count for half? Only a ‘half’ point is critical, too, as it still allows a followup escape or riding point to win the day and defeat the reverser who leads by just 0.5. I’d ask critics to explain why they either don’t acknowledge the imbedded escape or why they believe it has no worth. If the latter, then why value a standalone escape?
