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Clearly I'm referring to a different post

I don't think any legitimate sources have confirmed or denied that OKST is paying for Jax's travel to and from Stillwater. Likewise, there haven't been any confirmed sources that have said the Bassett's were expecting their travel to be paid for, and/or who's expenses they wanted covered. The only things that seem to be facts at this point is that Jax has been spending a good amount of time training at Oklahoma State, and when Bill reached out to Brands wanting Bo (and likely Melvin and Keegan) to have similar training opportunities at Iowa, he was told they couldn't due to a compliance issue. If the numbers that Bo was supposedly going to make through NIL at Iowa are remotely true, a few planes tickets seems like a pretty trivial reason to decommit from a school you have been heavily endorsing since February. Especially when you're a family that flies all over the country year round to attend every major tournament.

Altering your wrestling career in such a big way, over such a small thing, is WILD. But, as I said, maybe better for all parties involved. The Bassetts sound like they might be a handful, and maybe BB can add something new to his repertoire elsewhere.

Oh....NM, I got. The Ayatollah Khamenei. Yeah...he's kept a pretty low profile...shockingly.

You want to try that again? "I made a post specific to 62000 murder in Nigeria." Did this happen in your head or in the real world? By since YOU posted a video about Syria, why would you be confused someone "brought Syria into this?" I mean, NONE of this makes sense as the original context was clearly Churches in America and our Media not covering it, but lets ignore that since you're trying to make a pont. Where was the Nigera reference...and WHAT the hell was it!

What the

He previously did an analysis of 3TD on bonus points

That's kind of where I am. I'm generally a fan of the Bassetts, but Bill himself has a history of recruiting violations, leading to sanctions against McCort that were among the most extreme in state history, and him being removed as coach for a spell (while Jax's dad took over, LOL). From the reporting so far, it isn't hard for me to see him saying, hey Jax's flights are getting paid for, ours aren't, you gotta make this happen." As for Brands, he seems just hard-headed enough to take offense. There's reports he yelled and said "don't tell me how to run your program," or whatever. Not confirmed, but tracks with Brands' personality. It wouldn't shock me if the tenor of Brands' response was as much an impetus of the Bassetts backing out than the actual position he took, which may well have been defensible. You have to wonder if Brands couldn't have salvaged this by taking a less confrontational tone, tell him he'll insist they either explore all legal options or take it up with the NCAA. He could've even said he'd have someone from the AD's or GC's office call him, so Brands doesn't have to pretend he understands the legal nuances of it all. I'm guessing there was a clash of egos here, and Brands opted not to swallow his pride. On the other hand, I have a hunch that that the Bassett parents don't really understand how permissible it is to have travel expenses paid. I personally have a very hard time believing that there's a carve-out for it in NCAA recruiting, as it's an exception that would swallow the rule. My own guess is that some third party donor is paying Jax's expenses on the down-low and that, if a complaint were filed, OSU will be like "zOMG, we know nothing of that, but in any case, we can't stop what our silly donors do." My guess is Bill will learn the practice isn't as widespread as he thinks it is. Ironically, this may limits Bo's choices to PSU, which they can drive to, or OSU, so long as they're willing to keep the "free travel" gravy train going. Of course this is all rank speculation, but hey, that's why I'm here.

He just broke down what Wille said on his podcast.

On the Iowa board there is talk (somewhat confirmed by @Husker_Du) that his travel was being paid for by a mid-40’s female “friend” that recently passed away.

Yes...about a Church in SYRIA that was attacked... Right...so when TF were you talking about Nigeria! Are you drunk and or high right now?

And I made a post specific to 62000 murder in Nigeria.

This is a story from today.

Ok...you want to know what a Strawman is?? What...in the hell does THIS have to do with anything? At the same time the friggin Barbary Pirates were taking slaves, we were JUST coming out of a War in which we'd spent hundreds of years using the Bible to justify slavery...so not only is this a "Strawman," the thing you don't understand but keep whining about, but it's the WORST possible one at that!

Yes - I was shocked that a donor (even if he's the biggest one) is allowed this level of access/control over wrestlers. Scary, frankly.

And now he just randomly posted a 15 year old video of Bill Maher and Hitchens. I could never explain to people how stupid some of these conversations get! They are SO stupid and Scout/"El Luchador," which...I should warn you, not his real name(he felt the need to make that point a few times now) but I'd NEVER be able to convince people they were real!

Yeah, wtf was that all about? Referencing his mental health challenges last season?

OMG!! This is getting HILARIOUS! When were YOU talking about Nigeria! It was SYRIA stoopid! "bringing Syria in to this made no sense to me." Meanwhile...the video you posted...! Are you trying to be a parody of an idiot! Why did you post this and then get confused about "bringing Syria in to this?

a 99lber freshman placing 4th at PA States up at 106 isn't too bad, no? He's ranked #7 at 106 while being undersized. He likely wouldn't have even been able to compete in high school last year if he's still able to make 99. Man, the holdback whining is so worn out.

Uh, YOU brought Syria into it.

Lol, wut?

Anyway, my hot take is that Bassett decommitted because he doesn't want to have to shovel his own snow this winter

You're just being thick now. You POSTING IT is how "everyone knows," and you claimed you NEVER said you were "always strapped." You're doing it again! Like when you argued Pol Pot was a domestic terrorist threat! You're just digging! Put down the shovel... you're going not gonna be able to climb out!

Has it been confirmed that OSU picks up Jax's travel tab? I figured a kid whose family moves him from North Carolina to McCort and to tournaments and camps around the country has some money to send him to Stillwater

In all seriousness, he might have been a good partner for some of their women’s wrestlers…