AJ Ferrari with the double fake out announcement. Haters will seethe.

[CHROMEBIRD]

  On 4/7/2025 at 9:31 PM, Caveira said:

If I run a business.   Do I need any involvement with a particular college to want to sponsor a kid?   If a kid has a presence of some kind…. A brand if you will.   The college he or she competes for could be irrelevant.  If I sell let’s say better athletic socks and want him to do an instagram with it for me why would I care if it’s unc or Iowa or Canada?

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Not all businesses are national brands. A lot of NIL sponsorships, esp in non-revenue sports, are smaller deals from regional businesses that rely on a player being with the local area team. There have been stories of sponsors complaining about players hitting the portal too quickly, like the basketball player in Utah(?) who did a tv ad for a wellness resort in his team's jersey and then transferring before it aired. 

[1032004]

  On 4/7/2025 at 9:27 PM, Dogbone said:

UNC is a good school but its not impossible to get into.  Has admissions standards similar to Michigan and other top B1G schools. Plus they make exceptions for really good basketball players, I am sure they can get AJ in, who probably has a respectable transcript. 

I assume UNC main donor/NIL person s the guy that lured Koll to comback.   I haven't seen the rumor of AJ's deal, but I would almost bet its going to be inflated more than his actual deal.

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Rumor I saw was 2 years $1.2 mil, forget where maybe Minnow so grain of salt

[Caveira]

  On 4/7/2025 at 9:49 PM, CHROMEBIRD said:

Not all businesses are national brands. A lot of NIL sponsorships, esp in non-revenue sports, are smaller deals from regional businesses that rely on a player being with the local area team. There have been stories of sponsors complaining about players hitting the portal too quickly, like the basketball player in Utah(?) who did a tv ad for a wellness resort in his team's jersey and then transferring before it aired. 

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I just added a plausible possibility.  Reality is we have no idea where Aj $$ comes from.  With that said you clearly articulate the risk on the investors side if they don’t have some sort of protection in whatever paper they are signing.  I would assume they are not paying out lump sums ?   Who knows.  It’s the Wild West.   Ha. 

[Caveira]

  On 4/7/2025 at 9:50 PM, 1032004 said:

Rumor I saw was 2 years $1.2 mil, forget where maybe Minnow so grain of salt

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That was on fb (minnows group) yes.   By “anonymous” so it’s potentially possibly 100% legit

 

Edited April 7 by Caveira

[WrestlingRash]

  On 4/7/2025 at 9:22 PM, CHROMEBIRD said:

I'd take the B1G field over AJ. He wouldn't have won 197 this year.

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he lost a close one to the champ, so he would have been in the running. I imagine seeing these guys in duals would have helped his performance at NCAAs and big 10s

[bnwtwg]

  On 4/7/2025 at 9:22 PM, CHROMEBIRD said:

I'd take the B1G field over AJ. He wouldn't have won 197 this year.

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Yeah he probably would have beat Cardenas but lost to Buchanan. But that's why they wrestle the matches!

[lisa morales]

Koll:  You have a chance to wrestle where Michael Jordan played basketball.

A.J.:  Who?

[Hammerlock3]

He just sucks.....boring phony tool bag.

[WrestlingRash]

  On 4/7/2025 at 9:45 PM, boconnell said:

This is an awesome thread title.  

He didn't fake out anybody.  The news leaked days earlier and anybody who listens to FRL knew before he said anything.  

And the haters are mostly imaginary.  More fans yawned then seethed.

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some of us have jobs and families and can't listen to every podcast in the world. And there are certainly haters, and they are certainly seething. 

[scourge165]

  On 4/7/2025 at 8:50 PM, VakAttack said:

I think AJ was named like a scholar athlete at CSUB, so i think he does well at school, despite the Flat Earther thing

 

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Oh Christ...as you serious?

This just furthers my belief that College is SOOO overrated in terms of how difficult it is to get good grades. 

Go, show up, listen to the lectures and if you're just going to get a degree, you should get a 3.5 easily. 

If you're Pre-Med, or in Engineering, then sure, but just that 4 year degree? 

[ionel]

  On 4/7/2025 at 11:22 PM, scourge165 said:

Oh Christ...as you serious?

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He's majoring in Criminal Affairs.  

[bnwtwg]

  On 4/7/2025 at 8:50 PM, VakAttack said:

I think AJ was named like a scholar athlete at CSUB, so i think he does well at school, despite the Flat Earther thing

 

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The person who claimed he's a flat earther ALSO believes the earth is flat and the edges are surrounded by ads that lock out the screen just sayin

[NoTweats]

  On 4/7/2025 at 8:14 PM, whaletail said:

If nothing else, I thought academics would be an issue at UNC. 

I'm not sure where any NIL money would come from either. No fan support that I've ever noticed, and no prior NIL acquisitions to speak of.

Makes me even less confident in the numbers being thrown around elsewhere, as it's hard to imagine AJ turning down that kind of money to attend UNC.

 

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Academics an issue at UNC,  that is funny,  maybe you should google their academic scandal.   18 years of fake classes...  

[ionel]

  On 4/7/2025 at 11:32 PM, bnwtwg said:

The person who claimed he's a flat earther ALSO believes the earth is flat and the edges are surrounded by ads that lock out the screen just sayin

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How do we really even know that a basketball is a sphere versus our vision was created to see it that way and it's actually flat ... think about it.  

[scourge165]

  On 4/7/2025 at 11:32 PM, bnwtwg said:

The person who claimed he's a flat earther ALSO believes the earth is flat and the edges are surrounded by ads that lock out the screen just sayin

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So...what you're basically telling me is...he made the argument AJ Ferrari is a flat earther to bolster his absurd opinions...inferring this person actually views Ferrari as an intellectual? 

That is certainly saying something. 

[Hammerlock3]

  On 4/7/2025 at 11:29 PM, ionel said:

He's majoring in Criminal Affairs.  

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yeah but whats he doing in school

[ionel]

  On 4/8/2025 at 12:30 AM, Hammerlock3 said:

yeah but whats he doing in school

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... practicing his major.  

[Hammerlock3]

  On 4/8/2025 at 12:31 AM, ionel said:

... practicing his major.  

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too bad they don't have cringy cheeseball program.

[bnwtwg]

  On 4/7/2025 at 11:45 PM, ionel said:

How do we really even know that a basketball is a sphere versus our vision was created to see it that way and it's actually flat ... think about it.  

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mhZBLUyybo&pp=ygUVdGltZSBpcyBhIGZsYXQgY2lyY2xl

 

 

Edited April 8 by bnwtwg
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[ionel]

  On 4/8/2025 at 12:33 AM, Hammerlock3 said:

too bad they don't have cringy cheeseball program.

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that's his minor.  

[AgaveMaria]

  On 4/7/2025 at 8:54 PM, MPhillips said:

I believe it's possible to be smart and ignorant at the same time...

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Are you referring to the Orange Peril in the White House? Don't you realize the J middle initial stands for jenius?

[Caveira]

  On 4/8/2025 at 1:02 AM, AgaveMaria said:

Are you referring to the Orange Peril in the White House? Don't you realize the J middle initial stands for jenius?

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Do we need politics on the wrestling board?   I vote we do not.  

[Boring]

  On 4/7/2025 at 7:18 PM, ionel said:

I heard CP say he should go to 

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They have a pretty good football team, I hear. Probably better than OU or OSU at this point. Well, definitely better than OSU. 

[ionel]

  On 4/8/2025 at 1:12 AM, Boring said:

They have a pretty good football team, I hear. Probably better than OU or OSU at this point. Well, definitely better than OSU. 

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... that's not saying much.

[ionel]

  On 4/8/2025 at 1:12 AM, Boring said:

They have a pretty good football team, I hear. Probably better than OU or OSU at this point. Well, definitely better than OSU. 

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... that's not saying much.