I also like the idea of being able to give up the escape and go neutral without having to cut. I haven't seen the specifics but I am assuming this can only be done when there is a wrestling stoppage and you are going back to restart.
I'm reserving judgement on the scoring change. I see both sides of the rule and originally thought that the way they changed the rule this year would be good. After seeing it in action I am not so sure. I think for dual meets and meets where you have trained table workers it is a good idea. The challenge we faced a few times this year at the kids level is that the person running the scoreboard had the score right but the official scorekeeper didn't have it right in the book. Therefore, as a coach, you would look at the scoreboard and think you were good to go when you really weren't. Now this happening was an exception and wasn't the norm but usually when it happened it was in the high scoring, really close matches. The only recourse you had as a coach was to go check the score keeper between periods. That can get annoying to everyone involved.
Just my 2 cents.
