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Today, we have a serious problem in all high school sports. And that growing predicament is athlete profanity.

Who is responsible for such inappropriate behavior? ThatƵs easy: every adult who is involved directly or indirectly with sports Ƶ the parents. the coaches, the officials, the event organizers and even the school administrators.

Bill Welker served as the ƵSSAC wrestling rules interpreter, clinician and supervisor of state tournament officials for 28 years (1989Ƶ2017). he was a member of the NFHS National Wrestling Rules Committee from 2012 until 2015.

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