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sorry, just seeing this thread. but the answer is 'yes'. Melvin is an Iowa lock.

His infatuation with breaking news before Ben's wife does is rather insane.

Hopefully that’s actually true (there has been nothing since the last post I shared from Amy). Minnow pretending to be close with the Askren family is kinda gross though

We were wrong, iran will be at worlds

Your AI is hallucinating (the AI industry's attempt to rebrand "making shiit up"). There is no way 20% are 15 or under.

Go back and look. I bad mouthed his age long before his Iowa commitment. I stand by my comment. He can vote and serve in the military as a junior in high school and there is something wrong with that.

Just because it's a "documentary" doesnt mean it is completely factual/true.

Bassett loses to Stanich - What can you expect, he's a HS Junior wrestling someone who has been in a college room for years. Bassett decommits from Iowa - He's almost ready for an AARP card.

Nachyn Mongush and Zaurbek Sidadkov won't be wrestling at Russian Nationals. As already mentioned, Sidakov is hoping for a special wrestle-off against whoever wins Russian Nationals, but he doesn't know if he'll get one yet. Brackets will be out in the next day or so - I'll have an article up with them when they're released and will be tracking all of the results over the next few days.

Agreed. Which is, I suspect, Ma and Pa Bassett's point. It's also why it's hard for me to have a whole lot of sympathy for Iowa here, even if they were in the right. Everyone knows if there's someone Tom wants (or, or that matter, someone Nicolls wants), and money's an object, then Tom/Nicolls will have a little chat, and Nicolls will make it happen. The Bassetts know that too. It isn't always something that goes through Iowa's compliance department, because Iowa can't stop Nicolls from doing what Nicolls wants to do. If Iowa had a squeaky-clean image, then I doubt this would have happened. But once you're known for your willingness to bend the rules, then you attract recruits who like that you're morally flexible. And then when you suddenly won't bend the rules for them, it's a slap in the face. To be clear, I'm not going to defend the Bassetts insisting on getting their kids' flights to Iowa paid for, if that's what happened. Nor am I going to criticize Brands for holding the line there, if that's what happened. But I can't help but think this is the kind of blowback that foreseeable when you have a history of suspect recruiting practices and financial shenanigans. I also wonder if papa Bassett missed the memo on how this works, and the need for the HC to be able to claim ignorance. Had he waited another couple days for Tom/Nicolls to confer after Tom said "no can do, don't tell me how to run my program," he might've gotten a call from an unknown number on Nicolls' burner phone, saying "Don't tell Tom, but I hear you need some plane fare..."

I couldn't disagree with this post more and find it shameful to insinuate this is all for money. It's as if you didn't watch the documentary at all because this was explained fairly simply by the other athletes coming forward. Strauss royally screwed up some of these guys' heads and it's obvious. A damn referee was touched by this guy, not just the student athletes. Are you going to shame over 2800 people in which many were raped and say it's a load of BS? Because Strauss is dead and gone the only way to get any restitution is to go after their pocket books after the university allowed this to happen for over a decade while complaints were given by others. It is even more disappointing how Hellickaon disappeared on his own guys at the end of the documentary and completely changed my view of the coaches after having watched. I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt for a while but the evidence is really damning and unbelievably shameful and spineless behavior by the coaches. I think this ultra macho 'I wouldn't let this happen to me' is a total croc and exactly what's wrong with the sport. That's the attitude that kept all this concealed for so long and allowed for so many to be abused. This is still just a sport at the end of the day and the way some people/coaches/fathers act as if their kids are going off to war is laughable. Jordan Burroughs/Ben Askren have been way ahead of the curve on this destructive mindset that your post would clearly suggest you're apart of. You call one of the guys a friend that came forward and the fact you didn't support him says way more about your actions than the courage it took him to do so... (mind you there have still been no payouts/settlement)

I love the idea behind this.

That was not skipping. That is holding back. You really have zero idea what you are talking about, but boy it never stops you from talking.

Skipping a grade is the OPPOSITE of what you are talking about. You have even confused yourself.

Minnow was posting rumors from the MMA board after Tom Ryan publicly said "Amy shared with me that the family is requesting prayers but choosing privacy at this time" - ruining HS kids announcements is one thing, this makes him a genuinely bad human being.

... can't change genetics.

Imagine hearing a cackle in the distance and it gets louder and louder…

I just don't get why the Insurance would not pay for the transplant. There are a whole set of reasons they won't and the only possible one would be "experimental," or some type of non-authorized procedure. All the rest...that I know of, medically neccessary, his ability to care for himself, be able to get care to support himself financially...comorbidities, none of those would be applicable. But whatever...Dana White is donating 300-400K from what I've read and the Wrestling community is... pretty good about taking care of their own, so whatever BS reason insurance won't cover it, I'm thinking they can make up the rest. All the rest of the information is great and...the most important though.

This wasn't a documentary about Jim Jordan so the defensiveness is very telling... Jim Jordan was highlighted in the same manor as every other person that was in an authoritative capacity that chose to do nothing. Not only that but they did note he was contacted to give his side of the story and chose not to. The defense of "culture was like that everywhere" is a terrible defense of wrong doing and laughable to be honest. Lastly, and if you watched the F'ing documentary, all these people explain why they didn't talk about it and how Strauss went after certain types of athletes and how they were scared to lose scholarships or fall out of favor and that's just the ones that didn't report, there were several that did including on other teams. While the wrestling team was center stage, there were many other men's sports affected by this and the Dr literally had a locker in each of the men's sports lockerooms which is wild... Your hypothetical questions and objections are answered in the doc and it's ridiculous that anyone is sitting here defending how heinous what this guy did all because some of you guys have a man crush on Jim Jordan...

Have to wonder how being with JB all week for the Alliseeisgold camp is playing into this process. JB seemed to really enjoy his time in stillwater and is obviously not the biggest PSU fan. Bo also has a camp in stillwater in the next few days.

It doesn't give raw numbers because the author doesn't have any. It doesn't measure variation in outcomes among groups. It measures variation in expectations among groups. Those are two VERY different things. And it states BIPOC expectations are 1.6x higher than white athletes. Nothing to do with outcomes. And the gap in expectations cited was $400 between men and women based on an $800 expectation for men. What they measure is not even rounding error. I did not mention the others because after clicking on this one I did not feel the need to click on the others. One bad example was enough. I have cited nothing of my own because the only claim I am making is that the claim you made is not supported by the study you cited.

Because the study has no information on what they receive. And because the study is massively under-represented in the sports that receive the most. Another point the author makes is that for non-revenue sports it is important to have a social media presence, but that does not seem to matter for revenue sports. The obvious reason is that with a huge television presence, revenue sport athletes do not need social media to cash in. Then it comes down to what positions are most valued. Quarterback, wide receiver, rush lineman. So whatever the intersection of racial mix and on-field production for those positions are, is the real determinant. Any study that does not cover or account for those things is deeply flawed.

Pat Mineo is bad for the sport. @PMineo22, if this is you, I wanted to make sure you knew my thoughts on the topic as I am not on Twitter.

Why would you want to?

I'd be shocked if they gave one to Mongush. They usually only give wrestle-offs to the exceptional - Sidakov, Sadulaev, Uguev. Pavlov did beat Mongush at last year's Russian Nationals and the two had a close match at the Yarygin this year (it was 7-5). But I agree that Mongush has been better internationally.

2 pastries locked in knot is a pretzel.

This kid is annoying. And of all the young guns making noise these days (Jax, Blaze, Duke, etc.), I'm predicting Bassett is the most likely to underachieve, relatively speaking. He's Daton Fix 2.0, at best.

Now the opposition in Iran needs to finish the job. It’s hard to see the regime have much credibility after this. How can they get their ass handed to them by “puny little” Israel with no real response, have the US put the nail in the coffin, then agree to a ceasefire imposed by the US and go back to chanting death to America, death to Israel? Even the most die hard supporters are hanging their heads right now.

It's ugly, but honestly, Nicolls just saying the quiet part out loud. This is the new reality, where wrestlers aren't just beholden to their coaches, but also to their NIL sponsors. In some ways, even more so. The coach can make you run sprints or do pushups if you screw up, but your NIL sponsor can work the levers in the NIL agreement to minimize your comp if you don't perform to your sponsor's expectations. What's more, many boosters who pay big NIL bucks aren't doing it because it's economically sensible (as it usually isn't). They're doing it so they can have a sense of power and control over their favorite sports team, and/or because they want to be able to brag to their buddies about it and be seen by them as influential. So the quiet part is getting said out loud more and more.

I'm not. It's the for-profit healthcare system. Ben is doing well for himself, but he's not Jeff Bezos. You need to be a higher class of wealthy to absorb something like this.

All of the ones he did... at the time. Same for GHW. Same for Clinton. Same for GW. Etc. etc. I don't play favorites. BUT we're living in the here and now. As interesting as history is, we've got a whole lot of bad on our hands right now - happening based on the actions the current administration is taking right now. Not a great time for serious people to try to bring up old political BS talking points. That'd be the wrong focus.

True. Can't argue with that. We shall see soon enough. Hope it's not another forever war in the making - that'd be bad all the way around.

As a fancy boy trying to give me homework... look it up yourself. Here's a link: Merriam-Webster: America's Most Trusted Dictionary

Wait... you "have someone clear your driveway of snow". WTF!? Are both your arms and legs broke? Here I thought little 'JimmySpanks' was at least half a man. Disappointing.

I am starting to come around to the counter-intuitive. If you want to increase risk taking, lower the score for a takedown to 1.5. If you only get 1.5 and a reversal is worth 1, you can no longer run and hide after a single takedown. A single stalling point loses the match. If you want to be safe you need more takedowns to build your margin. I am beginning to believe they went the wrong direction if they want to promote scoring and risk-taking.

Corby: Bill wanted the kids to train in Iowa City like Jax is in Stillwater and pay for his flights and Iowa compliance said that's illegal.Bo can only train in Iowa City for a camp for a certain # of days he doesn't live within 250 miles of Iowa City. Bill kept insisting they FIGURE it out. And Tom told him and and his wife don't tell me how to run my program. They said he YELLED at us . Most people who want power take being told no as being YELLED at. Iowa isn't paying HS kids and other programs are. Other programs are giving HS kids vehicles as well. Jax made final x and Bo lost at U20 and Bill couldn't handle it.

Doug Schwab ain't moving the needle.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/israel-iran-live-updates-irans-khamenei-punishment-israel/?id=123109706 Trump announces a cease fire between Israel and Iran. This is great news if it holds. mspart

In all seriousness, he might have been a good partner for some of their women’s wrestlers…

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/23/nx-s1-5442317/israel-iran-russia-conflict Thankful to our allies who are there to celebrate our totally justified bombing of a country we were secretly at war with and joining in the fun by wasting their bombs to bomb a site that we very definitely already destroyed due to our perfect military precision strikes.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/russian-leader-claims-multiple-countries-prepped-provide-iran-nuclear-weapons-following-us-strikes Those fools are going to be getting these low grade nukes from Russia, not anything like our superpowerful advanced nukes! A classic de-escalation thru escalation technique by the Fearless Leader. #Statesman #TrueGenius

Not sure what everyone's debating here. He literally told us God told him to de-commit. No reason to read into it any more than that. Kinda sucks God didn't tell him where he should go instead but He's probably busy with the Iran-Israel war right now.

Horrible first post, sorry. You think Hellickson would have gotten fired for reporting that Strauss was repeatedly groping athletes? The fencing coach did report it, and she didn’t get fired. Even if DiSabato is a “turd,” all evidence says he is telling the truth about the abuse, and he inspired others to come forward. The abuse happened, so tOSU should have to pay.

DEFINITELY NOT A LOCK LOL

That looks exactly like a post from a 3rd grader. An angry little bugger who doesn't have the intelligence or language skills to turn his emotions into words. Don't settle for that. Chin up. Chest forward. Time to attack your limited language skills head on. Take more time to post (it isn't a race) and put more thought into it (intelligence matters.) Use your words. Whenever you are doing one of these things... xxxxxxxxxxxxxx hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh tttttttttttt... You need to remember that you're simply being an idiot with the mentality of a 3rd grader. Everyone else here already sees it that way. There's a reason you're the only one who does it.

Again, Costner is hit and miss for me. Wehn he is bad, he is bad. When he is good, he's ok. I don't avoid films with him, I just laugh at his attempts to do anything other than Keven Costner. I love Robin Hood, but he was horrendous in it. Tried an accent and then dropped it. Really poor performance. However, Alan Rickman and Morgan Freeman were really good in it. Heck, John Little's wife was better than Costner. Just my opinion. mspart