How to get disqualified for wrestling!?

[@DedByMonday]

These 2 young men were putting on a nice defensive display when the incompetent Ref inserted himself into the match. Hopefully he isn't reffing anymore

[@treverolson4154]

It looks like he had to many hands to the face calls on him so that’s why he got DQ’d

[@aaronsakhai]

@@treverolson4154 You're allowed to puts hands on an opponents face. He was accusing him of pulling down his headgear. It was a bad call.

[@treverolson4154]

@@aaronsakhai no no you can touch the head but there’s an area of the face you cant touch and if you do it to block Vision that’s when you get hit with the call.

[@aaronsakhai]

@@treverolson4154 Unless your poking someone's eyes, or outright slapping them in the face, there is no penalty. The ref was gesturing to the coach he was pulling down headgear, which he wasn't.

[@aaronsakhai]

@@treverolson4154 I rewatched the video, you were right, too many head taps, not headgear--- still a dumb call.

[@nathanmangalo9277]

The ref needs to be reported.

[@tristancurby4668]

Red:*taps head* Ref: “FULL NELSON 2 POINT GREEN, RED DISQUALIFIED!!”

[@officerporter]

Spartacus 940 that was a potentially dangerous call not full Nelson

[@nicogonzales4967]

@@officerporter wrong it's an illegal hold. Potentially dangerous is when he puts one arm behind his head. Either way the refs an idiot.

[@cmciiproduction]

This ref is an idiot either way

[@travismuhler]

@@officerporter potentially dangerous is just one hand behind the head. Two hands behind the head is an illegal move.

[@killerbeewrestling3922]

Hands to the face possibly

[@johnsned]

That was some of the worst officiating I've seen. I hope someone presented this to that officials' group or supervisor for review. Nothing I saw was illegal and certain nothing warranting a DQ.

[@MrRossTessier]

It just looked like wrestling to me too. Don't know what the ref sees that is illegal or warranting a DQ against the kid.

[@kurtsloop2462]

Grabbing headhear was the call....pretty lame.

[@kenyapineda7067]

Someone took off my headgear by pulling on it, the ref didn’t stop wtf

[@kent7966]

It was the headgear call I've never seen someone DQ for that though I've accidentally pulled kids gear off from head snap I've never seen a DQ from if

[@richardbrickell9938]

Confused i was wanting to see the match still not sure what the call was?

[@pritchardhall]

Kicked the kid out for doing exactly what his opponent did several times.

[@shrub6221]

I don't know why I'm obsessed with wrestling videos now, I've never done wrestling in my life

[@kev4850]

That's good. Wrestling is becoming more popular......I hope

[@bloodtimemaximusfullthrott226]

Shrubtheshrub because it is the greatest most raw sport in the world

[@zanemay7952]

You’re probably gay

[@littledicky6862]

@@brocklee7859 bro 6 days a week 2 hours a day. 90% humidity at 100°. I miss it to be honest. My coach got coach of the year in Michigan

[@ZeddicusTheMage]

@@bloodtimemaximusfullthrott226 Lol

[@MichaelJohnson-in5ts]

My brother used to be an assistant wrestling coach at Sickles High School in Tampa from summer 2001-2005 and when he saw this he didn't see any wrongdoing by either wrestler. The ref must have seeing things that never happened.

[@kevlarunderwear22]

Referees like this need to be removed. That was an absolutely despicable example of refereeing.

[@gladiatorking2.0envoyofthe95]

The type of ref that actually does need to be yelled at by coaches

[@sully872001]

i saw nothing illegal, absolutely nothing

[@PSOTTY]

ron glass stalling

[@eace446]

HyPe MoOn that's really illegal to do? That's stupid.

[@kent7966]

His hand got hung on his headgear and MAYBE a stalling call but I don't think so it was mostly the headgear

[@harambe1365]

it was a hands to face too many times

[@juliancruz6718]

@@harambe1365 its wrestling get over it. It's not that serious to dq someone for it. Jordan Burroughs only gets a warning and that's in the Olympics

[@kevinsettles833]

bad ref, bad call, I enjoyed watching these 2 young athletes, it was a good match, you can tell they were both good

[@ericgardner7713]

Positioning poor, attitude poor, disinterested demeanor, rules knowledge poor. I hope this wasn't a post season tourney.

[@heathsmall3616]

What? Disqualification for what? That's crazy!

[@Michael89240]

You can't repeatedly grab people's head

[@rowanfleetwood5112]

@@Michael89240 i wrestled for 11 years. and i used to bully kids heads.

[@pomo7144]

@@Michael89240 ofcourse you can

[@scourge8097]

@@Michael89240 This is maybe the dumbest thing I've ever seen written in relation to Wrestling. You ABSOLUTELY can "grab people's head." It's about 90 pct of hand fighting. No, they POORLY called hands to the face...when it was to the forehead...which is legal. You can't get down around the eyes, he wasn't(and the other kid was also doing it and he was doing it legally). And you also give at LEAST a couple warnings. This ref had some issue with that team or...IDK. Sloppy.

[@gladiatorking2.0envoyofthe95]

@@Michael89240that’s absolutely not true, even clubbing is allowed most of the time

[@bblaze202010]

Makes me miss high school watching these... Wrestling was so fun... Slamming people around . Miss those days

[@ryannielsen8934]

Take some jiujitsu classes man

[@REALenvizible]

As a former wrestler who's competed at the collegiate level. This is one of the worst displays of officiating I've ever seen. The ref must be on drugs.

[@memetalk6360]

I love getting a dq for trying to lock up

[@damianayre2130]

I had to look at the comments because I thought I missed something.

[@mrmuncherlyfe3442]

Ya, wtf was he calling them for? There was nothing dangerous, and no full nelsons

[@mytjomoon7638]

Ref was wrong. Wayyyyyy too quick to call and eventually eliminate the purple wrestler. Plus, the final exchange appeared legit. Tough break for that kid. Ref needs some correction.

[@DavidGonzalez-js1yv]

35 years doing college and high school. I still am trying to see what was the violation. Saw nothing.

[@BirdsMan55]

WTF did he do wrong? I been in wrestling since 1989, since a kid, wrestling to this day and I even coach.... ? I don't get it

[@treverolson4154]

It looks like he had to many hands to the face calls on him so that’s why he got DQ’d

[@anbublackhawk1031]

@@treverolson4154 but that’s not illegal

[@treverolson4154]

@@anbublackhawk1031 it is though. You can’t touch around the eyes to mouth area for 2 reasons. It blocks your opponents vision and you can also have eye pokes

[@randyyoung7154]

I've been involved with wrestling since ... I've wrestled from Elementary school then 6 years of HS... % years of college.... Officiated, Coached etc... That is the ALL TIME WORST CALL I'VE EVER SEEN. The Ref wanted to Beat his chest and show that he was in charge when in fact his position is to try to help the kids. IF the kid was continually doing something wrong or illegal after being warned he should stop the match and tell the kids and COACHES. Then if it happened again take action... The kid obviously didn't know what was going on.

[@spartanQB10]

Ahh yes the classic “I need attention everyone look at me ref”

[@markreid6816]

I wrestled for a lot of years I would've never won a match with this clown officiating.

[@hollisterAE05]

The ref deserves a 10 year prison sentence

[@nevadaracer00V]

How about we start with community service at a wrestling referees academy first...

[@kerbyfab]

That ref. needs to lose his license. He was ridiculous and completely incompetent!

[@justynkitchens4890]

Regardless, both of these kids were super quick and both were great! great match!

[@Ghostdog4]

In my HS years I never had the intelligence or maturity to wrestle. I was the horror show that knew enough to quit before I was banned. I had reasonable skills but would lose my mind when being bested. Not a good trait. Perfect gentleman now

[@philipj.sherman2987]

I just hope they took away this guy’s referee license. The forehead is fair game. How this ref doesn’t understand this is beyond me…

[@33ladyRAM]

WTH😨...it was like the ref said "the hell with this I'm ready to go home." SMH

[@PCRRAMROD]

We related?

[@MikeClarkOutdoors]

That's the worst ref by far! Since when can you not put a hand in an opponent's head?

[@kevinqou5266]

The Coach didn’t even fight that what so ever.........😑 that’s disgusting.

[@Alex-vy2zc]

A good way to get ejected from the tourney is to argue with a ref this bad.

[@gladiatorking2.0envoyofthe95]

Refs have the final say and with refs like this fighting their decision only makes it worse

[@mikephalen3162]

In demonstrating the call for the coach, the ref used more force than the offending wrestler did. What a joke call.

[@mikemccourt6225]

Even the kid who won looked disappointed - he knew that it was bs

[@JethroBoDean]

Agreed he stole that match from,both of them,

[@MrConsequences4u]

Must have been a basketball ref subbing in! lol

[@ThatGuy-wn7mo]

Blue had a mean cross face tho

[@peterao9049]

I think more to the point... the official doesn't recognize that it is a Technical Violation, and not an Illegal hold. That error leads one to wonder if he's therfore calling the 'Hands to the Face' (or 'raking the face) correctly... Seems like this is a bit of a stretch. But... He called it.

[@JethroBoDean]

So what is the hand,signal for technical violation as far as I know that is the hand,signal for all illegal activity in the match now for team point violations different,story but that is the only hand,signal in the match itself I have ever seen either way unwarranted in both cases shitty call

[@goodcitizen4122]

As an objective observer the one kid kept trying to pull his headgear down into his opponents eyes twice. The kid was warned in other matches for doing the same thing

[@johnnysky6699]

Hope that ref is no longer working. He’s a complete fool.

[@unscflanker407]

Even the guy in the blue singlet is confused at the end

[@patchesmatches6211]

Historically one of the worst officials in Pinellas county.

[@JMENHART100]

If that was me coaching that ref and I would've had a few words- WHAT was he calling!?

[@mike5556]

If you are going to call penalties, call them "without hesitation"

[@Bonniemish]

Nothing out of the ordinary here to Warrant a disqualification. I was about to hit blue with a caution for being passive.

[@TheMTHSYoshi]

Hands to the face is the worst rule to have ever been put into folkstyle wrestling.

[@fzeprince4759]

Bro i do the same shit but the ref doesn't call me out like that not like hard but like to distance my self after if he get close get the collar tie and snap down.

[@laurenwaldron3578]

Ref looked like he just wanted the fight to end so he can leave smh

[@blxzardzz8836]

Yoo is this River Ridge in WA? i wrestled at the highschool lmao.

[@kylekallies3381]

Some refs are horrible I remember when I was back in school and there were refs that you just didn’t want to have ref your match

[@larrydavis9264]

I have been involved in the sport of high school wrestling for many years, as a wrestler, as an official, and now as a fan. I do not understand what this referee did. Hands to the face? Perhaps...

[@larrydavis9264]

I rewatched the video and did see one instance of hands to the face, but my question is this: why did the ref not assess the penalty the moment it happened? Why did he wait until the end of the period to assess the penalty and DQ the wrestler in the blue singlet? From my point of view, he was being the most aggressive wrestler, attempting several single leg takedowns, and his opponent did mostly countering the attacks. I believe this was a poor job of officiating.

[@insomniac2340]

That ref is absolutely awful

[@sananto6896]

This stupid ref walks around like a zombie. Absolutely terrible call.

[@paulcrum7560]

Worst officiating and coaching if they agreed. Nothing illegal.

[@kameroncarter7406]

That ref needs to lose his job

[@howdoyouknow1218]

If that was for hands to the face, it was ridiculously minor. It is illegal but that was pretty tic tac if that was indeed the call he was making.

[@devinwatson4594]

Someone needs to teach that ref the Stone Cold Stunner!

[@aceashaham9066]

what was done to red was absolutely disgusting

[@CaramonMSS]

That ref is really bad. He didn't break any rules. not even close.

[@Scottie404]

That ref is full of it. Has he ever been to a wrestling match before?

[@jackmehoff915]

That kind of shit isn't tolerated in a good wrestling state.

[@jfru0548]

So was the call hands on face or what that just looked like head taps to me, that would have been a great match as well two experienced wrestlers who have respect for each other.

[@patrickclark7714]

Even the young man in blue thought it was a bad call. Too bad, looked like a really competitive match.

[@conzo2166]

Terrible ref. Should never be able to work as one

[@user-ni9zb1rv4i]

I'm glad I wrestled in the 90s

[@eeev4832]

can someone explain what that initial call was in the first few seconds? isnt that the call for a full nelson?

[@mezenman]

Hmm maybe the ref use to be the head coach. Happened to me once. Ref was a teacher from our school who use to be the head coach. I don’t recall exact details, but the next day at school I recall having words with the teacher/ref. He said something about our coach. Again I don’t recall what was said but it was clear he had an issue with the new coach. After we had words I was sent to the office. The teacher never called our matches again.

[@ivanfabela5533]

The thing is that the red probably thought he was poking his eye and was warned for ir

[@crackerjoes]

Ref needs to sit the next one out!

[@Roosterdoodler]

That's the ref I would have got back in the day!

[@scottrainbird6479]

Bruh...I don't even wrestle and I know that referee didn't know what he was doing. Definitely no DQ here.

[@st85100]

He shouldn't ever ref a wrestling match ever. I've never seen such a bad job.

[@TheZappermaster]

All i could think of is that the ref must have some kind of dementia or something

[@ctvwrest]

I clicked on this video because this guy was a ref for us when I was in hs 15yrs ago. He was at every tournament and a lot of our duals. Is this the East Lake tournament or a quad?

[@owenlott284]

East lake tourney

[@jaydoggy456]

Nothing like a ref who trys to make himself more involved in the match than the wrestlers themselves

[@AlexGarcia-bd5sf]

Was it hands to the face ? Or

[@johnhall3387]

Seriously? For touching the hair? He wasn't pulling it or anything. He just happened to touch it. This is why kids think this shit is lame.

[@scottcarpenter6491]

Only people who are terrible at sports call them a “ref”

[@cptjshaffer]

That’s just, “home cooking,”right there....lmao

[@mike5556]

Stupid ref was signaling an illegal move. But the kid was *maybe* too close to the face with his head taps. But that is a pretty lame reason.

[@johnnyruby820]

Give it to the boys being very mature about it. The Ref needs to retire!

[@GoatyHerps]

The match was ended because it was boring. This is why I liked watching the heavy weight matches. It was like being on a river boat in Africa watching the hippos slam their jiggly masses against each other to establish dominance.

[@GoatyHerps]

Abel NInan - The thing about subjective statements is that they are subjective. :)

[@petzriot101]

Cody S. As a heavyweight wrestler. My division is horrible, but entertainment.

[@GoatyHerps]

Chance Jackson - Exactly

[@luiscruces1578]

😂😂

[@loganchurch8585]

It's boring until you get some heavyweights that can move like myself

[@bryanlopez8450]

That refs absolutely re*arded

[@Lucario9d]

The only disqualification should be the coaches license to coach these games.

[@dannyobrien5186]

Well theres a couple mins of my life I cant get back

[@JethroBoDean]

So why comment then theres a couple more minutes you won't get back jackass

[@robortiz1620]

Then just stop watching, Period!!

[@johnellis6703]

The only thing I could possibly see is a headgear grab. Even then it was so small it doesn't even matter

[@ianshue2890]

Ref: I don’t like you, get outta here

[@11C1P]

Maybe that ref needs a segway to help him move around the mat?

[@bryanruiz2624]

The guy in black and purple singlet needs to drive those shots man he had them he just needed to get off them knees and drive

[@timmiller1001]

I'm trying to understand this whole hand to the face resulting in a DQ.

[@worshipleader5933]

This has to be a prank

[@owenlott284]

Sadly not I'm on the blue team I was before this match

[@jennifercunningham9159]

Right, because there is absolutely nothing worse than a hand lightly touching a person's forehead...eye roll...

[@jaykennedy58]

for one the call was late and his hand was not in the triangle face area it was on his forehead

[@andynewman72002]

Ref should never work another match again.

[@brentyoung2310]

That ref should be banned from officiating.

[@richardselby1711]

I'm sure the ref is no longer an active referee. Some of these refs just crave authority and this guy fits the bill perfectly. I think it would be a great idea to incorporate College wrestlers selected by a panel of Coaches to referee Jr High and High School matches and pay them well for their time.

[@forthelulz8085]

I would say that a lot of officials were college wrestlers. But that would be difficult as most of them become coaches instead of officials. Either way, this guy needs to chill out and let them take care of themselves on the mat. Nothing to see her.

[@hellomcflyish]

Whoa, wow. That’s ridiculous

[@goldengoalie28]

Good wrestling eliminates bad officiating.

[@-Diceman]

Ref needs more than just glasses, I hope he gets fired because he has no place officiating

[@Dr.M.VincentCurley]

I used to routinely use illegal moves in wrestling, not sure what this technique was????

[@JeremyLBoggess]

Wait... can someone explain what happened? I legit don't see hands to the face or anything. Just normal every match setups and faints. Is this a basketball ref that walked into the wrong gym?

[@Nseminole]

Incompetent ref for sure.

[@michaelcusimano4070]

This ref getting fired

[@manowara358]

What? I dont get it. Did the rules change? I saw nothing that was in anyway against any rules I've ever know in wrestling, and I've been wrestling for 30yrs. #iowawrestling