Basset Recruiting Updates?

[nhs67]

22 hours ago, creek chub said:

Agree 100%. VT/ACC would be a great fit for him. His profile, both on and off the mat would likely skyrocket. In the B10 or 12, he’d be just another really good wrestler, 

Zepeda at NC State has the potential to be one of our greatest rivalries ever - especially were Bo to go out the gate and not Redshirt.

That said, I do think Zepeda is looking to slot in at 149lbs for NC State after a redshirt?  I'm not sure what weight Bo is looking to go, but he has been wrestling up 1-3 weight classes for the team (and to just plain get better without worring about weight management) since he first went up to 138lbs two years ago.

[wrestlingfan22]

2 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Not a hard cap, per se. Any deal over $600 has to be submitted to the clearinghouse for approval based on its relation to "market value". I put that in parentheses because they defined market value (value in an open market) a little different than what we think of it (whatever someone will pay). If the deal is over fair market value it will be rejected. 

There are a whole lotta problems with their defenition, though. The stock market is, by any definition, an open market, and yet there are any number of stock prices that bear no relation to the value of their assets (Bed Bath and Beyond, DJT, Strategy, and many other crypto treasury companies). These stocks would probably spit out of the NIL Go algo as overvalued and get rejected even though their prices are decided in an open market. 

yea, definitely didn't mean to imply a hard cap. Just a situation-by-situation "reasonable" cap. Personally, I hate that this will take money out of wrestlers pockets- but it will reduce the gap between the max different programs can offer, which theoretically could let less funded schools do better.

[1032004]

Do we think Forrest got a similar number from OSU as Bassett’s deal was rumored to be from Iowa?  Wasn’t Forrest’s commitment after the date needed for the clearinghouse thing?

[ScottishSteel]

20 hours ago, MPhillips said:

It should be, "Steel Town USA" if he's true to his moniker...

The post I had originally quoted we were talking about Pitt; so Pittsburgh would be the city in question - which is indeed the Steel in my name as I grew up there but my fandom does not lie w/ a Pennsylvania institution

[ScottishSteel]

18 hours ago, ionel said:

... hmm ... I thought he might be from Corby  

No offense to Corby but please don't connect me to Corby; thanks in advance

[ionel]

5 minutes ago, ScottishSteel said:

No offense to Corby but please don't connect me to Corby; thanks in advance

... but that Scottish thing?  

[ScottishSteel]

6 minutes ago, ionel said:

... but that Scottish thing?  

Just proudly Scottish; wore a kilt to prom, played the bagpipes, follows the Scottish national soccer teams etc.

[Johnyt9]

2 hours ago, 1032004 said:

Do we think Forrest got a similar number from OSU as Bassett’s deal was rumored to be from Iowa?  Wasn’t Forrest’s commitment after the date needed for the clearinghouse thing?

no idea on what money Forrest got, but he committed two days after Bo

[MPhillips]

@ScottishSteel Rangers or Celtic? Hearts maybe? Hibernian perhaps or just the National Team(s)?

[ionel]

5 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

@ScottishSteel Rangers or Celtic? Hearts maybe? Hibernian perhaps or just the National Team(s)?

I assumed he was a FC fan favoring The Steelmen.  

[MPhillips]

4 minutes ago, ionel said:

I assumed he was a FC fan favoring The Steelmen.  

I assumed that when you mentioned Corby...

[ScottishSteel]

53 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

@ScottishSteel Rangers or Celtic? Hearts maybe? Hibernian perhaps or just the National Team(s)?

Just the national team mostly; Aberdeen in the SPL but admittedly that's loosely cause life and streaming challenges

[1032004]

Bo Nickal saying the RTC in Stillwater is doing something illegal 

 

[nhs67]

8 hours ago, 1032004 said:

Bo Nickal saying the RTC in Stillwater is doing something illegal 

 

Jealous and vindictive is what he is.

Couldn't beat him.

Can't be him.

[TexRef]

On 7/8/2025 at 11:17 AM, Pinnacle said:

Belechik's girlfriend must approve then I suppose.  

I just Bono isn't the one teaching her how to sign off on kids 

[TexRef]

On 7/8/2025 at 6:21 PM, AgaveMaria said:

He is going to Cal Poly SLO because they promise to teach him Surfing & will give him his own board.

He's only going if they throw in some Mr Zogs Sex Wax

[1032004]

1 hour ago, nhs67 said:

Jealous and vindictive is what he is.

Couldn't beat him.

Can't be him.

Probably, but does that mean he’s lying?

Worth noting IMO that he didn’t say anything about travel costs, he focused on the 250 mile requirement, but claims that a donor was paying for an apartment in Stillwater and the RTC thinks that satisfies the requirement but he claims it doesn’t.

[bnwtwg]

28 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

Probably, but does that mean he’s lying?

Worth noting IMO that he didn’t say anything about travel costs, he focused on the 250 mile requirement, but claims that a donor was paying for an apartment in Stillwater and the RTC thinks that satisfies the requirement but he claims it doesn’t.

What many are failing to grasp is that there are NIL deals and there are business deals. Business deals are the new bag man - operating in shadows slightly less behind the scenes, the only difference is that 2025's bag man doesn't have to hide cash from the IRS. Business deals are currently less prevalent, but with Deloitte trying to create a de facto salary cap (which is a good thing in theory [and theory only]) then these business deals will grow in volume. It will simply be a more legal but just as murky recruiting environment, with the difference being that transfers can now also enjoy the spoils that previously required a 4-5 year commitment out of high school.

[bnwtwg]

Just now, bnwtwg said:

What many are failing to grasp is that there are NIL deals and there are business deals. Business deals are the new bag man - operating in shadows slightly less behind the scenes, the only difference is that 2025's bag man doesn't have to hide cash from the IRS. Business deals are currently less prevalent, but with Deloitte trying to create a de facto salary cap (which is a good thing in theory [and theory only]) then these business deals will grow in volume. It will simply be a more legal but just as murky recruiting environment, with the difference being that transfers can now also enjoy the spoils that previously required a 4-5 year commitment out of high school.

Ex: I bet Forrest still gets a new truck just like Fix did.

Recruits are still going to have nice off-campus housing provided to them.

Starters will have no-show jobs to provide a paycheck that legally skirts NIL  rules.

Things will be more contained, but there will still be functions of the wild, wild west.

[1032004]

19 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:

What many are failing to grasp is that there are NIL deals and there are business deals. Business deals are the new bag man - operating in shadows slightly less behind the scenes, the only difference is that 2025's bag man doesn't have to hide cash from the IRS. Business deals are currently less prevalent, but with Deloitte trying to create a de facto salary cap (which is a good thing in theory [and theory only]) then these business deals will grow in volume. It will simply be a more legal but just as murky recruiting environment, with the difference being that transfers can now also enjoy the spoils that previously required a 4-5 year commitment out of high school.

I honestly do believe Bassett’s decommittment wasn’t about money.  It seems like it was more about simply not letting him train at the RTC.  Especially since I’m sure slumlord Bob would have gladly given him an apartment he had sitting empty so it wouldn’t have cost him anything.  Although maybe Iowa wasn’t too upset after he decommitted because of how much he was going to get paid.

Edited Saturday at 02:56 PM by 1032004

[nhs67]

1 hour ago, 1032004 said:

Probably, but does that mean he’s lying?

Worth noting IMO that he didn’t say anything about travel costs, he focused on the 250 mile requirement, but claims that a donor was paying for an apartment in Stillwater and the RTC thinks that satisfies the requirement but he claims it doesn’t.

And I am sure Bo Nickal is 100% in the know on today's compliance structure/rules as well as the CRTC comings and goings.

[Mr. PeanutButter]

17 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

And I am sure Bo Nickal is 100% in the know on today's compliance structure/rules as well as the CRTC comings and goings.

I'm not saying Nickal doesn't have an agenda, but the rumors about OKST RTC doing some murky stuff have been circulating for awhile. 

[1032004]

33 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

And I am sure Bo Nickal is 100% in the know on today's compliance structure/rules as well as the CRTC comings and goings.

He got fairly specific in talking about donors buying an apartment, I’d imagine he has a decent source for that. 

So, can anyone confirm if getting an apartment satisfies the 250 mile requirement if your parents don’t change their residence?  The requirements listed by USA wrestling are pretty short and vague:

https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blteb7d012fc7ebef7f/blt06815c1d8208fb85/67c62f305108fbfbf835ff0c/Regional_Training_Center_Criteria.pdf

Edited Saturday at 04:03 PM by 1032004

[happyvalet]

4 hours ago, 1032004 said:

I honestly do believe Bassett’s decommittment wasn’t about money.  

I do, but from the other side. My pet theory is Iowa sort of manufactured problems with Bassett as well as Gabe Arnold so they could cancel their contracts. 

[Greenwave]

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