Hodge Voting Is Open

[BarSeries]

Carter's (un)sportsmanship, Wyatt's pins, and the Gable win are hard to argue against. 

[okokzach]

Obviously you don't know that holding center is the truest form of dominance. 

[BarSeries]

 

[Wrestleknownothing]

39 minutes ago, BarSeries said:

 

Who says wrestling popularity is slipping?

31,209 votes cast with a day still to go. Last year total votes was 26,928.

+16%. Growth sport.

[1032004]

5 hours ago, Dark Energy said:

So, after reading up a bit and listening to FRL, seems like the Sportsmanship factor is being ignored by those that are picking Carter.  FRL folks blatantly said that this criteria doesn’t matter to them.  And they don’t see any issue with doing that.  These folks are defining the Hodge how they want to define it.  Fascinating.

Also, when I hear / read a case for Carter, very little attention is generally given to pins as a sign of dominance.  They get minimized or rarely acknowledged or discussed.  Interesting take.

Yeah I’m not a fan of people ignoring sportsmanship.  If you want people to ignore it then take if off the list of criteria.  Funny that Pyle even made a tweet saying something about how he voted for Carter “considering all the criteria.”  Well, except sportsmanship apparently.

But to his credit he did shut down the ridiculous argument about “techs being more dominant than pins” 

[Dark Energy]

They won’t admit it but I expect FRL folks  feel a lot of incentive to keep the PSU fan base happy.  So so so much of what they talk about focuses on PSU.  They self admit (good for them) that they focus on stuff that gets clicks and eyeballs.  Annoying the PSU fan base isn’t conducive to more clicks and eyeballs.

Recent FRLs post NCAAs have talked about PSU guys (not just finalists), Wyatt, and Gable in any significant way.  Barely talked about other champs / finalists.  They know who butters their bread.  
 

edit - should have included AJ.  Holy crap they talk too much about AJ … to the detriment of others that surprised big time at the tournament but are getting little discussion.  They talk about AJ way too much for me.  But again, they think it grows their audience.  Groan.  

Edited Friday at 07:54 PM by Dark Energy