That really was a terrible call. I don’t know that I’ve seen one that big before with so little time left. Congrats to Aaron, but wow that’s a gift with 6 seconds left from the ref

That was a bad call in my book.

They should never host these things at a college. Let alone psu. Zahid got screwed. And we all know him or David would medal. Nothing against brooks. I'll b rooting for him. But he shouldn't b going. I'm zahid I'm livid.

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He admitted that he grabbed it

then why he didnt take the challenge?

Zahid didn't get robbed, he choked.

Zahid threw the brick back change my mind

There was so much pressure on Valencia that he returned the challenge without thinking My uncle is also a referee and he said that the referee gave one point by mistake or intentional

@@nimail He’s a grown adult. “Without thinking” isn’t a valid excuse in court or on the Mat. Come back with a better excuse that flies in court.

Yep

No I think he did that all on his own

@@user-fg3he4bd5b Yup.... had nothing left and was going out anyway.. Brooks should have finished it sooner, but Zahid was spent.

And he screwed brooks on the first takedown

Not if he grabbed the singlet.. also zahid just pulled a zahid he always gasses

Exactly! Wtf was that? How many points did the ref just gift to AB

The golden child was gifted a win

Clearly you don’t watch a lot of freestyle wrestling if you back straight out they almost always stop it

@@williamsmoltz1079 Everyone on this post is literally going against the ref and Zahed, he denied the challenge brick because there’s an obvious singlet pull, he had a caution first half of the match but didn’t get on the clock for passivity, caution and passivity are one in hand they work together, he got his second caution which results in a point. Y’all think that’s he’s the first this has happened to? No! N won’t be the last

Agreed

He would’ve lost to DT..

Then another ref gave Brooks the match against DT. It was clear that USA Wrestling wanted Aaron "passivity" Brooks to represent the U.S in Paris.

Agreed

A ref gave brooks the DT match? lol what were u watching DT had nothing for brooks he dominated him both matches. DT didn’t even get to legs once

Nothing said to Brooks about negative wrestling when he was backing away the last 10 seconds, even though Zahid was warned earlier. We know who they wanted to win.

@@dannymurphy3907 Agree, I thought the same thing.

You cant make that call there. Its insane

Not true

No where near true…

And the score was 1 to 0 at the time. Part of the job of the ref in freestyle, is to induce scoring. Therefore, with only 1 on the board, someone’s going to get called for passivity.

Getting put on the activity clock seconds after shooting a deep, committed shot is ridiculous.

​@101662napo he had just taken two shots. The shot clock is stupid

I absolutely agree, however with how the rules are written, if no points scored in 2minutes of a round, a passivity clock will be started. They called passivity on Brooks the first round. If no points scored in the 2nd round by the 2min mark, then it almost always goes to the wrestler it didn't go to in the first round unless there is some SERIOUS levels of passivity going on. This isn't a solid rule that it goes to the other wrestler, its more of an unwritten standard that everyone just follows. Its absolutely stupid and awards a wrestler for being passive in the 2nd after being passive in the first, but its also a standard that wrestlers and coaches know will happen, so its kind of something you expect to happen.

Obviously you can and Zahid didn’t want to challenge it.

@@philipj.sherman2987that last part isn’t true

@@lukeebes4275 why wasn't it challenged then?

they clearly threw the brick then wanted to challenge. They weren’t allowed to is BS

@@jceepoker3256 No Zahid threw it back and dint want to challenge it cause he knew he grabbed it, he didnt get robbed, he robbed himself sadly

It’s a rule. You can’t grab singlet. That’s wrestling. You do it you loose a point pretty simple.

What a fucking stupid rule. At least make it a warning first. Fingers get accidentally caught and a whole match deciding point? And the ref has the audacity to call it in the final seconds?! What a douche!

@@jakobfolmar6604 bad call.

This is the type of situation that gave us a bad rap to the extent the Olympic Committee almost dropped us several years back.

Terrible call. I feel for zahid.

indeed, it is strange seeing a great wrestler looking well fed.

Looks waaay bigger than Brooks

Bro stepped out before the contact lmfao. Even if it wasn’t a takedown that’s still 1. Hush

@@xzjayz7925uh well he lost by 1

Everything brooks is good at the Russians r better. Zahid or taylor were better candidates. They screwed zahid. Should not have this event at psu. W that said I'll b rooting for brooks. Likely won't medal

@@briancobbin1412totally agree brooks is too defensive, he’s gonna get ran over

That penalty point was deffly unjustified, even international refs wouldn’t have called the singlet grabbing unless it was clear as day effecting the action in the match

@@khyvongrace2672 You don't understand English. You can only use the word even there if both calls were the same but the ref ehre called it and you are saying international ones would not. Plus who cares about international refs anyways, what would a great ref call there that is important. Also the rules state that a singlet grab is illegal regardless if it effects the action and on top of that there was no way to say that one didn't effect the action. So you are saying a bad international ref ignoring the rules wouldn't make that call ok got it thanks.

correct, he did not finish the match

From the rulebook. Passivity: penalty for not actively scoring points or attempting to score points. Any attempt to avoid wrestling - by blocking, by pushing, by going out of bounds, by “playing the edge” can be deemed to be passivity. In matches where neither athlete is scoring many points, passivity can be called to help stimulate scoring. Passivity is not to be confused with “fleeing. Zahid had not offensively scored any point in over 3.5 mins of action when he was put on the clock. Learn wrestling

Exactly!? Wtf

Relentlessly negative wrestling 😂

@@dannymurphy3907 that is how most freestyle wrestlers wrestle from what i saw.

Yeah yeah yeah….shut that shit up boi

Aaron literally got fucked over many times in the match. He should've won 9-6 AT LEAST

Shut up

Penn state is a big reason why the sport is on the up swing. You're a hater. Nothing more

This comment didn't age well considering Brooks went on to beat Taylor.

Yeah he had a little tug on the shoulder part during the last shot, slow it down to .25 and watch zahid taped hand. It was only for a split second

In the last Olympic cycle, this same referee rigged a match in the Olympic team trials finals. Look it up. Match 1 John Stefanowicz vs Joe Rau.

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@@Vlad_cod 🙏🙏

Tournament is over

Yes

There’s nothing wrong with the officiating. You’re just a baby and want everything given away. Valencia has only himself to blame for losing.

I’ve watched almost every match, I’ve only seen an issue with a couple of calls. It does take two out of three to make a call. If something’s out of whack, it will be challenged.

Idk Philip that ref seemed a little shady to me

@@philipj.sherman2987spoken like a PSU fan

In the last Olympic cycle, this same referee rigged a match in the Olympic team trials finals. Look it up. Match 1 John Stefanowicz vs Joe Rau.

I think you are right.

Are you autistic?

Don’t be a Karen

I have no horse in the race. Do you? I have a life.

well he didnt want them to review the challenge for some reason

Continuing action is kind of hard to call when the ref gets in the way and there is no ability for the defending wrestler to defend...

Did he grab the singlet?? If so it’s a point

@@williamsmoltz1079 it wasn’t just the accidental singlet “grab”, it was also the passivity point (right after Zahid got deep in on a shot to a stalemate), and also the unnecessary stalling point. Add in the singlet grab and that’s 3 points the ref gifted AB. Fckn terrible

In the last Olympic cycle, this same referee rigged a match in the Olympic team trials finals. Look it up. Match 1 John Stefanowicz vs Joe Rau.

@@thoughtbubble7546 yo wtf?! How is he allowed to ref AGAIN?

@@salvajeasp757 He was given the "Referee of the year" award a few months later by his son, who is high up in USA wrestling.

In the last Olympic cycle, this same referee rigged a match in the Olympic team trials finals. Look it up. Match 1 John Stefanowicz vs Joe Rau.

Tell us you are a penn state homer without telling us..

@@LittleIggy2010 Tell us you are a penn state hater without telling us..

Yeah they should ignore the rules if the guy is winning. That would be fair and balanced huh.?

​@@jakobfolmar6604 it's hard for me to explain this to a person that's not about the scrap life. Let the boys scrap! Guy clearly was pushing him away and the singlet was pulled. But right on, win by a technicality. 👍