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“I am set to commission into the United State Army on 5 May 2023 into the Chaplain Candidacy program.” Quote from his LinkedIn page.

From themat.com mspart

a couple things: 1) regardless of what weight he goes (i don't see him ever making 197), i don't see any possible way AJ is eligible this year. a) he's not enrolled/accepted for the fall semester b) i don't think there's a way he's up-to-date with his progress to graduation. he's been out of school for so long. it's possible (kids do it with gap years). but i don't think he'd be back on track for Spring '24 unless he was taking classes either now in the fall. 2) Gable-to-Iowa has legs. i'm not saying it's happening or a foregone conclusion, but i heard it months ago and - the last two weeks - from several people. 3) i'm on pins and needles with the gambling thing. 4) That being said - My take 125 Ayala dec. Howard - IA 3-0 Toss 133 Nagao dec Teske 3-3 141 Woods dec Bartlett IA 6-3 149 Van Ness dec Voinivich 6-6 157 Franek dec Haines IA 9-6 Toss 165 Messenbrink dec. Kennedy dec 9-9 174 Starocci dec Calliendo PSU 12-9 184 Truax dec Nelson PSU 15-12 197 Brooks md Franklin PSU 19-12 HWT Kerk dec Cass. PSU 22-12 not close and that's giving toss ups to Iowa. fwiw - AJ Ferrari would never beat AB.

Why would you want them coated in waterproofing material?

Serious question. Are Iowa fans not paying attention to wrestling insiders who are all saying AJ is not only too big to go back down to 197 but also he doesnt want to because his goal is to fight light heavyweight in MMA. @ionel are you and I the only two who have heard this by multiple sources?

They aren't contradictions. NIL the way it is working now is that yes... these kids are getting paid... at certain schools or in certain situations. The Penn States, the Michigans, the Iowas... these schools can pay out the ass. In fact they can pay more than what these kids are actually worth. What he wants and is asking for is a standard system in which every kid gets what they're worth, not just the kids that are justifiably exploiting the system as it is currently designed.

First look at Zahid at 97kg:

Already happened:

I caught wind of this from a tweet by @Husker_Duin which he informed a tweeter follower that AJ would never make 197 again

We need help? You are the one clearly running around with your panties in a twist - letting your emotions fuel very stoopid takes... like... all the time. My 12 year old Granddaughter is 95% more emotionally stable than you 85% of the time. It's equal parts embarrassing and cringe. Nobody has even said the kids don't deserve to get paid. In fact the post you are replying to from WKN has zero opinion in it. He is telling you what was (is) factual.

Well ... what's the market rate for showing up at a five year old's birthday party? If there is no market data maybe $100k is reasonable. And we can't compare it to the $100 you'd normally pay a clown, cause clowns are scary.

That isn't him. By definition, he is correct. You are ignorant to the processes and politix of it all. I wouldn't take that as an insult. What it actually means is that you simply just do not factually know. 95%+ of the gents here are also ignorant on the subject.

@Idaho This is you

I mean... no...(yes)...

there is no controversy... but... yes, first year to have it at national duals... it has been at thing at the state level for 2 years...

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No the money went to buying a kid a car or paying him for a summer job where he didn't have to show up for or cash on a recruiting visit or pay the parents directly. It didn't go to the university.

Iowa isn’t winning a match after 141. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Previously this was either criminalized or the money went to the very wealthy institutions. Now the money goes to the labor who are responsible for the actual product I watch, which I'm fine with.

AJ isn't going 197 again and even if he could would Iowa fans be ok with him wearing orange?

No. Obviously he'd be an improvement but they're already counting on pretty big points from Cassioppi, so he really only adds maybe 7ish points at the tournament. AJ would be a bigger impact with their current hole at 197. But even with AJ + Gable, their best case scenario in a dual against PSU is probably 4 wins, which is kinda crazy.

Previous years, a former staffer was handling the social media graphics. That person doesn't work at USAW any longer. There have been two new hires and the most recent has been thrust into two back-to-back weekends. Maybe the simple reason is they're just now getting to it after having to get people up-to-speed on the events-related part of the gig. I've been in the role, so I speak from experience in this type of situation - not everything is some underlying agenda or conspiracy.

What we did was smoke it for about 2-3 hours. Until all the smoke stopped being generated. Then we took it out and cooked it the rest of the way in the oven. It came out great!! I have been really surprised by this little smoker of mine. Not one thing has been ruined using it. It is making me look like a genius in cooking. I assure all of you, I am not. mspart

Even you can't be stupid enough to think I'd be the least bit concerned with what someone would view as a "snide remark in a chat room" if my nephew were shot in the line of duty. I would be "pissed as hell" at the moron with the gun that shot my nephew and at the gun and ammo manufacturers who empowered him in return for company profits. Oh yeah, and the paid-off politicians who perpetuate the cycle. You have a nice day too, Chief.

This reminds me of a story I heard. A man was on the west coast walking on the beach and was talking with God. God told him he could have a wish. He really loved Hawaii and thought it would be really nice to build a bridge to Hawaii. So that is what he wished for. God said that was an impossible wish and to ask for something else. The man thought about it for a moment and said he would like to know how women think. In response, God asks, How many lanes do you want? mspart

Basically the NCAA's whole argument previously was that more of the value is in the name of the school, not the specific players. By having these offers illegally tied to attendance at a certain school, they are pretty much being proven correct.

Based on the free market ideals Ben claims to believe in, you are worth whatever somebody will pay you.

I haven't watched today's yet but he has a point. I think in the past he's been in favor of athletes earning money from brands/companies etc. based off actually doing advertisements, etc. for them. But he's against "collectives" and whatnot just handing out cash for going to a certain school. Yes, you can make the argument that an NIL deal is worth "what someone is willing to pay," but in reality, 4th & 5th place finishers are not bringing in $200k+ of revenue or whatever the rumors have been. I think his follow up point is usually that after a few years and they realize they're not getting much return, that the money could dry up.

America is going to go by railroad to paris right across the pacific...

"non-big" schools are having to get creative in staying competitive. Obviously they have to be good at developing the talent they bring in as recruits. They have to find those non-starters on bigger teams that can come in and start and be developed as well. They also have to figure out how to bring in a grad guy who can improve your team (i.e. a returning NQ) that isn't going to cost a lot of money. It's definitely a lot harder work for 90% of the teams to stay in the picture than it is for the top 10% teams.

I think it'll be something like this: At "top schools" 1) Get recruited on scholarship --> make the starting lineup --> Get NIL 2) Get recruited on scholarship -> don't make starting lineup -> Be "room guy" on scholarship 3) Get recruited on scholarship -> don't make starting lineup -> Transfer to where can make starting lineup on scholarship At "not top schools" 1) Get recruited on scholarship -> succeed -> transfer to top school for NIL 2) Get recruited on scholarship -> don't succeed -> pull scholarship to use on non-starter transfer from top school/ next recruiting class This was basically what I was talking about on the tax thread.. making collectives not tax deductible was a gift to athletic departments.

At "top schools" yes - At other schools, no. A known struggle for many sports programs has and will be larger donors redirecting funds to NIL rather to the program in general. It will also be interesting to see how the tax aspect will play a part in how a donor will donate.

I read that last line fluently.

ugh...

At top schools, scholarship athletes will be the “room guys”.

It might be how it came out almost 3 weeks after this month started… mayhaps someone had to tell them, “hey, USAW… act like you give a damn!!!!” or not…

What is your problem with the tweet?

T-44s? T-54/55s? T-72s? Some other crap that should be in a museum? Because that’s about all they have left. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oregon State Beavers coming in at #15! That's the highest rank we have had in a while... several top 100 guys on there and a few fly under the radar types.

I think it's cool Willie promotes his own stuff on the very forum that he saved from the trash heap at themat.com so we all could have a place to continue to discuss and banter. I'm guessing about 99% of us are okay with it.

Covid turned 4 in 5 to 5 in 6 temporarily.

i try not to pimp my content. actually not sure i've done it on the new boards here previously. was just trying to start a convo.

I hear you on this one, but it’s also a fine line because we need to keep this line of earnest discourse alive, otherwise everything becomes sterile tap dancing innuendo and sideways mentions of internet rumors like the Flo podcast is now. Unspoken innuendo and raised eyebrows is the most disgusting version of discussion and reporting, and as off-putting as foul language may be, especially if you are trying to listen with younger wrestlers, frank conversation is at an increasing premium everywhere.

It's hard to believe that any garden-variety takedown is now the scoring equivalent (or greater) of putting another wrestler on his back for the required count. One is considerably harder than the other. This rule change is just silly, IMO. Thumbs down.

Wrestlers are cheap, but Flo is an expensive streaming service. It is objectively true. What other streaming service is priced $30/mo? The only sports that tolerate Flo are ones with fan bases that are too small to be served by real broadcasting/streaming options. Do you think FC Cincinnati fans were happy when Flo got the rights to stream their games? They were charging $30/mo or $150/year (some people got a discounted $99 yearly rate) to local fans of the worst on field team in MLS to watch 4-5 home games per month for 7 months. A total of 34 games. Now that AppleTV has the streaming rights to all MLS teams one can purchase MLS season pass and with it the ability for watch every single game in the league for $99.99/year or $14.99/month. More for less without Flo's technical difficulties. Do you think Cycling fans in the US are excited that Flo has the rights to broadcast UCI events here? It is cheaper to pay for both a VPN and GCN+ and watch from a country where GCN+ has the broadcast rights than it is to subscribe to Flo. Do you think OSU wrestling fans are upset their matches are now on Big 12 Now/ESPN+ and not Flo? Do you think a fan of any Big Ten team would prefer their team's matches were distributed on Flo vs BTN? Streaming services that are cheaper than FloSports - NBA League Pass, MLB TV, MLS Season Pass, ESPN+, GCN+, BTN+, Hulu (I hear they have live sports), Amazon Prime, Netflix, Peacock, Max, Disney+, HBO Max, Paramount+. Flo only makes sense in terms of value if you are using it for more than 1 vertical and that is almost certainly the exception. FC Cincinnati fans were likely to only use Flo to watch Flo's substandard broadcast of FC Cincinnati games and for that alone it is a very expensive option.

@ionel Why do this to yourself...

I don't think Penn State can fit another body in their building unless they fire the janitor