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A few things to add here that haven't been covered: -His videos (of minors) are embedded on porn sites -Many of his most viewed videos have large portions that don't feature wrestling (wrestlers walking around during injury time/blood time) -He films and uploads videos without having permission/rights to the events Most recently he wasn't credentialed for Midlands and filmed anyway before he got kicked out by Storniolo. We've tried to strike his channel for copyright infringement because that's what we can actually prove. We're still working through it but things have gotten tricky where we've had to bring in legal.

New username, new year, new me boys.

I've seen one already...

Just want it on the record. I am NOT Midwest Wrestle from YouTube. I am from Missouri and have never reffed a match in my life.

But did he apologize? He, or someone, expressed disappointment and regret, but did he actually apologize to anyone for anything? This is reads like the genre of apology I like to call the nonpology. The black background, the sober language, the weird syntax, the feeling it was someone else's idea (doesn't the last sentence feel like something suggested he add?) are all hallmarks of the genre. At least it is not the worst form of the genre, the contingent apology. "If I offended..." And doesn't the signature seem odd? Doesn't the J in AJ stand for Jr? So why add Jr. to the end? Does he normally do that? I realize I am being uncharitable here, but he has earned a high degree of skepticism when it comes to any expression of contrition or awkward "apology", especially when it is as easy as a social media post that could have been authored by anyone. His actions and words have never matched this written statement. And he has had many, many, many opportunities to do that.

Now why you gotta bring the Jets into this. We all know they still have some work to do. “Trusting the process since 1969”

There are going to be sick people everywhere, but giving them a free pass to look at children in revealing clothing isn’t helping.

It’s so simple, quit making our sport so easy to sexualize and make fun of….

It should take exactly one instance of something like this occurring for every state governing body to begin to phase out the singlet. No HS boy wants their junk on display to their friends and family. Anyone that is a “purist” and takes issue to combat shorts and compression shirt should be shown these allegations, videos from these creeps, and if they are still against it should be considered complacent and enablers to children’s sexual exploitation. Simple as that. Could phase them out in 2 years if there was anyone in charge with half a brain.

suggestion: dm the mods here and get them to change your username.

Yeah. Specifically, he should apologize to Glazier, the referee, and his coaches, by name, for the specific things he did. His “apology” is an “I’m only sorry because it might impact my bottom line”, as written. It’s bullshit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Really appreciate all the updates

My wife asked me about the jacka*s wrestler who flicked off the crowd. She knows nothing about wrestling and this was on her social media feed.

Ferrari apologized on X today, so everything is fine, forgiven and forgotten.

My answer is incomplete, but let's give it a shot anyway.. I found this article that lists all of Sanderson's results, but there are a few complications. There are 167 matches listed here, not 159. I made a guess which 8 were not official matches (forfeits, matches against Team Excel, Iowa Central, and Cliff Keen). That still left one too many pinfalls. I am guessing the one against Ellsworth was not official, but that is based on nothing. Though it doesn't matter for this exercise, it still bothers me. There are three non-TF matches without a result listed. I found the result for one of these (1999 Big 12 final Dec 9-5), but not the other two (199 Big 12 semi vs Tom Grossman, 2001 vs. Paul Okins Mankato St). The likeliest place to find extra match terminations with three point takedowns is among the major decisions. There are 31 listed rather than the 27 @Hammerlock3 found. Two of them had a score difference of 15, though. Not sure which is wrong, the score or the classification. Let's guess it is the classification. That leaves 29 majors. Major margin of victory: 14 - 2x 13 - 5x 12 - 1x 11 - 7x 10 - 3x 9 - 5x 8 - 6x It seems likely that all of his 14, 13, and 12 point victories would have been tech falls. His winning scores were 20, 21, 21, 19, 19, 16, and 21. As @Jim L pointed out, this was before the 4 point near pinfall so it is likely that even in the 12 point wins there were at least three takedowns. The 11 point victories also involved very high winning scores: 14, 15, 16, 16, 17, 18, 20. How many of those had at least 4 takedowns? These feel like mostly catch and release type matches, so I am guessing at least 5 of the 7 turn into TFs. All of the 10 point victories were by 17-7 scores. Were they catch and release? Maybe. Let's give him 1 of those. Among the 8 and 9 point victories I am going to say only one of each turns into a TF based on re-scoring (one of two 16-7 wins, and a 17-9 win). Summing it up that gets us 16 extra match terminations. According to the NCAA article he had 61 pinfalls, 46 tech falls, 29 majors, 1 DQ, and only 20 decisions (and 2 who knows?) for a match termination rate of 67.3%. Make takedowns worth three and I think his match termination rate goes up to 77.4%. Note: someone once posted all of Sanderson's results. I do not remember if it was here or on the old forum, but if you are out there please fill in the holes and unknowns.

The "I saw Gable do it" is not an excuse to pop your top. Nor is the "I saw Bo spank the heiny" an excuse to go all dominatrix on your opponent like Arnold did. We need to hold inappropriate antics accountable, not just by the refs, but also coaches, parents, and fans.

Some initial thoughts from a legal perspective. 1. From a criminal standpoint, in bringing this to authorities, you need to do more than simply point out that there's a ton of views by people who clearly have prurient interests. Its too easy for the photographer/ videographer to say, "It isn't my fault that these people exist. They're going to naturally go to whatever website has the highest quality videos and that happens to be mine." You need to marshal forth facts that he's tailoring his content to them and engaging with them, and you need to focus on the videos of minors, where your argument is strongest. Point out: (a) How if you click on the "popular" tab on Youtube (so it organizes videos by view count), almost all of the video stills (thumbnails) includes an image of the (minor) wrestler's crotch. Not a coincidence. (b) Specific examples of camera angles, camera focus, and the choice of which wrestler to follow during breaks, that evidence they are not focused on the wrestling but the wrestler and their anatomy. (c) Efforts by the videographer/photographer to seek out specific wrestlers who previously appealed to this community. Are there efforts to seek out the interview of certain wrestlers, or to take multiple videos of their matches, that is not explained by their prowess as a wrestler but, rather, by the viewcount of their last video by prurient elements? (d) Examples of interaction between videographer and commenters that further the notion that he is seeking to indulge their desires rather than showcase the sport of wrestling. (e) Find links to his website on adult websites, and seek ways to trace them to the photographer. Encourage law enforcement to find out from Youtube the identity of the URLs from which traffic is resolving. (f) Find examples of his work on adult websites. If no DMCA takedown notice has been done, why? Is it being licensed, and/or a royalty paid? (g) There are other things that can be done too which I won't mention, but an experienced investigator would know. 2. From a parental standpoint: (a) First and foremost, be careful about what forms/waivers you sign for your kid. If it includes filming or likeness rights, cross it out, or ask in advance to know the name and contact info of those who will be given filming rights. You are the first line of defense for your kid. If you DO sign it, keep a copy -- take a picture with your phone. And you see your kid's video online, contact the tournament organizer to see if you signed a waiver, get a copy of it, and demand to see the list of persons to whom credentials were given. (b) Copyright laws won't help much since you probably don't own the copyright, but if the video wasn't shot by whoever is hosting it, contact the person to shot the video, demand to know what permissions they gave, and demand they do a DMCA takedown notice. Similarly, if the video was shot without authorization of the event organizers, contact them with a demand to enforce their rights against unauthorized filmers. (c) Research and use child privacy laws in your state. This is going to be highly state-specific, as federal rights are more circumspect. Some state laws are more robust (e.g. California's CCPA, updated by the CPRA). Whatever form you signed, don't assume it includes a right to put a suggestive picture of your kid on the internet and profit from it. (And if your state has a crappy child privacy law, talk to your legislator.) (d) Research and use right of publicity laws in your state. Again, this is highly state specific, and more narrow and less useful than privacy laws, but may be useful if your kid isn't a minor, and may give a path to civil suit. A copyright defense isn't necessarily a defense to an image appropriation. 3. Reach out to your state AG's office. They have their own menu of options and may be able to pursue the photographer/videographer, whether criminally or civilly, based on some of the above avenues.

We've been yelling about this for decades. There are weirdos out there that no one can fix until they actually cross lines. Thinking awful things is not a crime until they actually assault. And there are the weirdo enablers governing this sport who are too imbecilic to figure out the simple solution.

I respectfully disagree with you. There are pedophiles everywhere. Churches, schools, etc. Claiming that singlets is the reason there are pedophiles videoing kids matches/reffing is like claiming that women get raped because of the clothes they wear. I say BS!!!! The reason there's pedophiles around our sport is because they're freaking sick in the head, it has nothing to do with the singlet. Period. Don't justify these people being sick in the head by giving them the out of 'singlets'. I don't buy it.

Anyone who feigns outrage at what brooks said just hates religious people in general. You can't be religious and acknowledge the legitimacy of other religions than your own.

I’ve always used CoMo when referencing Columbia Mo. Might be a local/Missouri thing, idk.

I'm betting you wrote that intentionally, but yeah ... betting Iowa only program willing to gamble.

Exactly.... my post was sarcastic... He gave the most generic AI copy and paste apology ... but a lot of desperate (not all) Iowa fans will accept and defend this apology and pretend it's all okay and that he paid his debt. I am reading a lot (social media) that he needs a second chance.... more like 7th or 8th. He can still change, give him a chance.... personally I think he may be worse now than before - like the guy didn't learn his lesson at all from his previous troubles.

He learned it from Bo Nickal.

Gabe Arnold is not AJ Ferrari. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Meh, I think it’s fair to say that was an apology. But I’m sure someone else made him do it and may have written it. But a little weird that it was a “story” or whatever which goes away after 24 hours I think, and Pyles said on the actual post there was a Scarface image or something which is odd. I believe AJ stands for Albert James and his dad is AJ Sr

Yes, most likely sans clothing.

The victim's status is clearly only mentioned to try to lessen the perceived severity of the crime. If he was a US citizen would the crime been worse? I also need to see a link before I really believe this story.

He also has the Queen song playing in the background. But he changed the lyrics slightly to I am the champion of the world.

Judging from how low he tried to go on that split... he need to practice some more (ya know, stretch out his legs further.) When he hollers several octaves higher than normal, he perfected it! D3

Staged by who? For what reason? If the claim is it was by AJ to get attention from the WWE or something, surely he could have waited for a bigger stage than the Soldier Salute right? I don’t think it was staged at all. I’m not surprised this happened, but I am surprised it happened in literally his first tournament before even joining the team, and against an Iowa wrestler…

Let me translate in midwesterner: Ope let me slide by ya here. In western: Oh hey excuse me.. hehe beep beep. In Texas: Looks like the Focus family is transferring again. In east coast: JETS SUCK SCREW DA FUHRAHRIS I WAS OLWAYS A LAMBUHGEENI GUY ANYWAYS

Everyone knows he's a blind squirrel throwing darts who won't stfu.

D3

McAlester State or Anamosa State

I gotta think, like Chittam, a large portion of high school blue chippers and their parenrs don't want to be around the Ferrari's I think keeping them will be detrimental for future recruiting with more and more blue chippers steering clear of them specifically.

Would that still be your choice if you or your daughter were Muslim, or you had Muslims in your family? Honestly, I like Brooks, a lot, and respect his religious views, but I'd need to know his proselytizing wasn't going to put undue pressure on my kid to conform to his worldview to be contemptuous of other religions. Otherwise its disqualifying. I don't think DeSanto deserves to be lumped in with A and B. Three or even two years ago, yes, but to my eyes, he has grown and matured a good bit.

yeah....starting to doubt ferrari is the best 197lber who ever lived

My point is that no community is immune from this behavior and people will defend those who do it in all those communities. It is a big problem that needs to be addressed. And yes, legal action is the best way.

Really? There weren't these types of issues in Italian NJ towns from organizations like the Boy Scouts of America or The Catholic Church? What about that coach at Bergen Catholic in New Jersey who was defended even after extremely creepy text messages came out? I have no clue what the solution to this problem is, but it's a huge problem and no community is immune from it. Maybe there can be some type of civil legal taken that can be taken against these people if their actions are not considered criminal? If it's not currently a violation of civil law, maybe we can try to lobby states to pass laws limiting how video content of minors is shared?

The cheezy lurching style with the half baked kneeling/stalling tactics are a bad look. Shoving an opponents head down at the end and getting shoved back - answering with a girly punch and one finger Salute? Then the redneck trash hairdo... Yep, He's Iowa!

Do you think AJ practiced the move in front of a mirror?

All times Eastern, with local times in parenthesis. *-indicates event is believed to be eligible for a one-pound weight allowance Monday, January 1: Appalachian State, Bloomsburg, Brown, Bucknell, Chattanooga, Clarion, CSU Bakersfield, Davidson, Drexel, Duke, Gardner-Webb, Indiana, Little Rock, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Oklahoma, Stanford, The Citadel at Southern Scuffle, hosted by Chattanooga, 10:00 AM Tuesday, January 2: *Appalachian State, Bloomsburg, Brown, Bucknell, Chattanooga, Clarion, CSU Bakersfield, Davidson, Drexel, Duke, Gardner-Webb, Indiana, Little Rock, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, Oklahoma, Stanford, The Citadel at Southern Scuffle, hosted by Chattanooga, 11:00 AM Virginia Tech at Missouri, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) Wednesday, January 3: Lindenwood at Purdue, 1:00 PM Thursday, January 4: Michigan vs. South Dakota State at Sioux Falls, SD, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) Friday, January 5: Air Force, American, Army West Point, Binghamton, Campbell, Drexel, Franklin & Marshall, Harvard, Hofstra, Kent State, LIU, Lock Haven, Maryland, Navy, Penn, Pittsburgh, Presbyterian, Princeton, Sacred Heart at Lehman Open, hosted by Franklin & Marshall, 9:00 AM Bellarmine at NWCA National Duals, hosted by Northern Iowa, 11:00 AM (10:00 AM) SIU Edwardsville at Edinboro, 6:00 PM American at Michigan State, 6:30 PM Oklahoma State at NC State, 7:00 PM Northern Illinois at Rider, 7:00 PM Arizona State vs. Iowa State at Chandler, AZ, 8:00 PM (6:00 PM) Cornell at Ohio State, 8:00 PM Penn State at Oregon State, 8:00 PM (5:00 PM) Saturday, January 6: *Bellarmine at NWCA National Duals, hosted by Northern Iowa, 10:00 AM (9:00 AM) Northern Iowa vs. Wyoming at Nebraska, 1:00 PM (12:00 PM) Gardner-Webb vs. Virginia at Richmond, VA, 1:30 PM Wyoming at Nebraska, 3:00 PM (2:00 PM) George Mason vs. Virginia at Richmond, VA, 3:00 PM *Ohio at Michigan State, 5:00 PM Northern Iowa at Nebraska, 5:00 PM (4:00 PM) *Rutgers at Penn, 7:00 PM Sunday, January 7: Edinboro, Morgan State at Bobby Kauffman Open, hosted by Edinboro, 9:00 AM NC State at Hofstra, 11:30 AM SIU Edwardsville at Buffalo, 1:00 PM *Rider at Rutgers, 2:00 PM Columbia vs. West Virginia at Atlantic City, NJ, 2:30 PM Virginia Tech at Cornell, 3:00 PM Arizona State at CSU Bakersfield, 5:00 PM (2:00 PM) California Baptist vs. Iowa State at Walnut, CA, 5:00 PM (2:00 PM)

Will the double bird splits become a thing? OMG, I hope not! D3

Yes.

The same "book it" as no Iowa wrestlers will miss any time due to gambling Fauxbon?

Hard to deny they have put culture on the back burner. Its kinda sad when someone makes a deal with the devil and then realizes there wasn't any upside.

Success has little to do with my point. The program is welcoming the circus in out of nothing more than desperation. Now, wherever Iowa goes to compete, the former allure and awe they were met with is reduced to “what rancid shit are the Ferrai’s going to do today?” That’s a sad state of affairs, and it’s an all time low for a historic program.

From the looks of it AJ punches like a girl. Maybe that is really why the DQ?