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Jesse Mendez ?

Pay them. The top international talent doesn’t enter rankings tournaments because all they care about is the Olympics. Give them a reason to care about the other events. Not sure what the weight class comment even means. He’s basically saying the current international system (with weight classes, obviously) is already similar, but we should make it more fan friendly. Putting more emphasis on the team aspect could be one way IMO. Hardly anyone watches events like Bill Farrell, even though there are usually tons of NCAA champs in it. Heck, not that many Americans even watch Worlds and Olympics (even just compared to like NCAA duals), I don’t see many more if any more people watching random cards. I wish that weren’t the case, but I’d be shocked if RAF comes close to breaking even (especially considering what they surely had to pay to get the names they did). They probably won’t be succesful either but I think Claw has put the most thought into their league so far. New rules trying to make it more exciting, and a team aspect even including a draft. I know you’re the brain so maybe you still have some tricks up your sleeve, but so far all RAF has done is pay the most money to get the biggest names, and announce that the first venue will be at a school that just cut wrestling.

All us commoners just wish we could be so lucky as the Captain

"Let them eat cake."

I wouldn't know. My Captain, @MPhillips, recruited me into the commoners club

Its just what an esteemed poster on here call summer fat. Biked down and back up for pickleball today but stopped for milk and cheese ... does that count?

Fair point. As the AD I would put a lot of thought into snagging a young assistant with some star power. Someone like a Nolf.

Oof your packing on the winter weight during summer? Maybe a bike ride up to Cottonwood Pass

The thing is that the only teams with money to throw are throwing it at both coaches and wrestlers. OSU has some of the highest paid coaches and wrestlers. Same story at Iowa and PSU. The question is if you only have room in the budget for one. Would David Taylor be getting the top recruits at OSU if he was given a shoestring budget for wrestler acquisition?

yeah, we're not. we're going with the UFC model.

Oh, so the Ds are not trying to protect the children. Good of you to acknowledge that by changing your tune. I could go with "The Republicans are protecting the most notorious pedophile ring in the world". But the Ds didn't do much to shine sunlight on this either, they are doing so now only for politics. And my guess is they think it will hurt the Rs worse than the Ds for the upcoming election. That is the only reason this effort is happening now. Where was this righteous anger years ago? Free the files!!! Let them be free! mspart

Ukraine wanted to be part of NATO and there was some consideration for that. Putin didn't like that and started this war to prevent it and gain a buffer. But I think that has been acknowledged and Russia could back out and not have a NATO'd Ukraine as a neighbor. I don't think Ukraine is demanding to be part of NATO anymore. If they are, I think NATO recognizes this would incite more war. This is really a war of conquest. Russia wants control of Ukraine. Ukraine doesn't want that. Left to themselves Russia would have taken them over easily. What would the next target be? Ukraine may be lost as a result or they may be partitioned, but the war has been disastrous for both countries and it would be crazy for Putin to try this again on some other former Soviet satellite. mspart

Wokester Wingers don’t want to believe what’s real.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/europe/zelensky-nato-vilnius-explainer-intl Read the first line under what Zelensky wants. The putz demanded it then backtracked like you always accuse the Orange Man of doing

Swimming? Asking for a friend.

I would not be surprised if weight was an issue too.

You cats are thick sometimes...

I only watched the second match and felt that he had some difficulty pulling legs in off of shots. I immediately felt that he might be having some weakness in his extremities as a result of the neck injury.

"Demanding?" Yet another winger lie. Over and over.

They don't wrestle that many matches now days so I'll ask again: how do you break Cael's record?

I believe the "Maine-iac" may have been more appropriate.

I think the only way would be money and stringent rankings that force athletes to compete to earn a chance for the big prizes. Also don't think you can just piggy back on the UWW tournaments or expect them to become a real pro league. You need to have consistent meaningful competition.

Well.... Ok St threw money at the coach and got the wrestlers.... Iowa threw money at the wrestler and he decommited and is likely going to the aforementioned team... I'm going with coach.

Pretty much. Jay Den Williams from Michigan is #29 on MatScouts big board and is uncomitted.