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All good points and I agree. My issue is this shouldn't be a Safesport violation at all. Excluding someone who engages in a consensual sexual act with an adult, compensated or no, isn't making anyone safer. I'm not familiar with the typical penalties, but if it's true that this sort of violation only results in a warning or probation, then that's all the more reason they shouldn't have this mandatory "interim suspension" which is deeply harmful to both the athlete and to USA Wrestling, which is going to fare worse at Worlds as a direct result of Safesport's ill-considered policies, delays, and unjustified "interim suspensions."

Best successors to Brands that come to mind are Metcalf-Ramos-DSJ. Maybe Gilman one day in the distant future. They're all sculpted from the same Hawkeye Wrestling mold and carry Gable's wisdom, but also understand the flaws of Iowa Style and have stepped away long enough to know how to make the room, culture, and wrestling better.

How does Bartlett not know he needs to open up at this point. It's cost him so many times.

it appears that comey believes comey should be prosecuted

Didn't realize that the tournament organizers thought it best to run half the quarters separate from the other half. I thought those were prelims.

Forfeit city right now

The quarterfinals are done, bro.

Shades of Snyder, "Look at him, walkin' around, grabbin' his you-know-what"

Why are we shutting down mat 2 in the middle of the quarters...? Edit: We're going to run consis in the middle of the quarters? Wtf is going on. Who organizes these events? Edit: I was wrong.

He was clearly getting ready to do a chest wrap for 4.

its called the Downey neck pinch now. he took the throne when he made a whole arena tired just by looking at him 40 seconds into his match with starocci at the OTT.

Repeat of NCAAs

Rare HWC sighting, but takes the loss. Guess he can’t find any training partners at home.

Unrelated to anything in this thread, every time I have read this thread title my brain has said "Nothing you idiots Uncle Chael's dead he's locked in my basement". I feel like Uncle Chael would enjoy some Eminem.

the HWC reps really don't seem ready that acclimated to freestyle.

SafeSport investigates all charges & allegations of athletes under its umbrella for Code violations as standard practice. People often think of the SafeSport Center as some sort of federal agency or criminal court system, but they're an independent NGO. The absence of criminal charges or a conviction doesn't always indicate that there are no SafeSport Code infractions. The standard of proof SafeSport uses in its investigations ("preponderance of the evidence", as in civil proceedings) is not the same as standard that criminal courts use ("beyond a reasonable doubt"). There's also no statute of limitations. Conversely, SafeSport doesn't have the teeth to actually throw someone in jail, fine them, or impose penalties beyond revoking an athlete's eligibility or membership in their national/affiliated sports org. SafeSport definitely has lots of room for improvement, and I totally agree that they're slow, overburdened, and bureaucratic but at the end of the day they're an administrative nonprofit, not a court or justice system. For the Snyder investigation, we know from the criminal charge that there was a Code violation. SafeSport will likely do their own due diligence to ascertain its extent and contact the Columbus Police for details of their case (ensure that there were no minors, illegal substances, violence, trafficking, etc. involved); then will seek assurances that he's accountable and not a risk to anyone else participating in the sport. Who knows how long this will all take, but unless there's something serious we don't know about Snyder, I expect that he'll check all the boxes and will receive a warning or probation.

What? (Using the Vulcan neck pinch on him?) D3

Barraclough-Caliendo is fire

@Husker_Du let us say $#!+

I was just happy they started the next match immediately. I was really, really worried that Green was thinking about leaving his shoes on the mat. If you go back and see him after the match next to the chairs it looked like it. And I don't want to live in a world where we don't have Greezy at 70.

for sure. I love Henson, he's a maniac

fair enough, just saying its henson's fault green couldn't move.

High schooler beat one NCAA Champ. Has another one next, and possibly another after that. Cool *I poop my pants, don't laugh at me*.