I have a question to ask? Mr. Cokeley, I feel you could probably answer it the best. But I would not mind input from others also. I was at the 6A regionals in Dodge City, a kid got hurt, it was knee. Injury timeout starts, he gets up walks around, goes to his corner drinks water and continues to wrestle, that seems okay cause he did look like he got hurt. Now this is a different match, with different kids. Kid gets an injury timeout, goes to his corner gets a drink of water comes back and wrestles, he does this two or three other times, during the match. The only thing is, he did not seem hurt, it looked like he was just getting a drink, or tired and taking a break. Is that legal or a ref call, I do not get it? I've seen this all over, in kids and high school, not all the time just with a few wrestlers. So I guess my question is, is that fair can you get a injury timeout, so you can get a drink of water and take a break from your match???
You are allowed two injury time outs. They are basically on the honor system but that doesn't stop some from using them to catch their breath! You get two minutes of injury time. After the 2nd injury time out the opponent gets choice of position (depending on when this happens it can get a little complicated). If you call for a 3rd injury time out the match is over due to injury default. You only have one minute and 30 seconds of total injury time during those two timeouts. If you run out of time and cannot continue the match is over. Injury default. If there is blood it is a whole different set of circumstances.
