New Wrestling Rules - 2013
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Forfeits No Longer
Affect Wrestler’s One-day Limit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bob Colgate INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April
25, 2013) — Effective with the 2013-14 season,
forfeits in high school wrestling will no longer
count toward a wrestler’s daily match limit.
Currently, wrestlers are limited by rule to five
matches in one day. This change in Rule 1-4-2
was one of five rules changes made by the National
Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
Wrestling Rules Committee at its April 8-10 meeting
in Indianapolis. The changes were subsequently
approved by the NFHS Board of Directors. “The limit on the number
of matches permitted in any one calendar day was
established as a safeguard to prevent any wrestler
from undo fatigue, thus increasing the possibility
of injury,” said Dale Pleimann, chair of the NFHS
Wrestling Rules Committee and former assistant
executive director of the Missouri State High School
Activities Association. “Since there is no fatigue
or exertion involved with accepting a forfeit, the
committee felt that it was not necessary to count
forfeits in the match total for any wrestler.” In other revisions, the
committee altered Rules 1-1-4 and 10-1-2 to allow
the use of electronic devices for video recording
and review by the wrestler or coach unless
prohibited by the state high school association.
Also, the use of electronic devices that enables
communication between a coach and athlete during a
match is still prohibited (Rule 4-3-6). In Rule 4-5 regarding
weigh-ins, the committee approved a new article
concerning wrestlers who have been approved to wear
an artificial limb. Rule 4-5-9 states that the
wrestler must weigh-in with the artificial limb if
he or she chooses to wrestle with it on. In
addition, once the wrestler has weighed in while
wearing the artificial limb, it cannot be removed
during competition. With these revisions,
competitors who have been approved by their state
associations to wear an artificial limb have the
option to wear or not to wear the artificial limb
during competition, but must weigh-in accordingly. |
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“The concern was that if
a wrestler weighed-in with an artificial limb (and)
then decided to remove the artificial limb for the
match, the wrestler’s weight without the artificial
limb might not qualify the wrestler for that weight
class,” Pleimann said. “The changes require that if
the wrestler weighs-in with an artificial limb, then
the wrestler shall wear the artificial limb when
competing.” The committee approved an
addition to Rule 5-1-1 that allows for bad time if a
wrestler is not given the choice of position after a
two-point stalling penalty. In addition, Rule 6-6-2d
was approved and adds “after a two-point stalling
penalty” as an instance when an error occurs in
positioning wrestlers that would result in canceled
points during bad time. In other revisions
approved by the committee, Rule 4-2-1 states that
starting with the 2014-15 season, if a hair cover is
worn by a wrestler, it shall be attached to the ear
guards. The intent of this rule change is to help
maintain continuous action during competition. “The Rules Committee
feels that the sport of high school wrestling is in
very good shape and, therefore, made only a few
minor changes to the rules for the 2013-14 season,”
Pleimann said. Wrestling is the
sixth-most popular sport for boys at the high school
level with 272,149 participants in 10,407 schools
during the 2011-12 season, according to the NFHS
Athletics Participation Survey. In addition, 8,235
girls were involved in wrestling in 1,441 high
schools. ###
About the National Federation
of State High School Associations (NFHS) The NFHS, based
in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the national leadership
organization for high school sports and performing
arts activities. Since 1920, the NFHS has led the
development of education-based interscholastic
sports and performing arts activities that help
students succeed in their lives. The NFHS sets
direction for the future by building awareness and
support, improving the participation experience,
establishing consistent standards and rules for
competition, and helping those who oversee high
school sports and activities. The NFHS writes
playing rules for 17 sports for boys and girls at
the high school level. Through its 50 member state
associations and the District of Columbia, the NFHS
reaches more than 19,000 high schools and 11 million
participants in high school activity programs,
including more than 7.6 million in high school
sports. As the recognized national authority on
interscholastic activity programs, the NFHS conducts
national meetings; sanctions interstate events;
offers online publications and services for high
school coaches and officials; sponsors professional
organizations for high school coaches, officials,
speech and debate coaches, and music adjudicators;
serves as the national source for interscholastic
coach training; and serves as a national information
resource of interscholastic athletics and
activities. For more information, visit the NFHS Web
site at
www.nfhs.org.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Bruce Howard, 317-972-6900
National Federation of State High School
Associations
PO Box 690, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 |
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