PortaJohn

It's because many of us are purposely not feeding his troll posts. I broke the rule by posting but only to help others like yourself to find the wisdom and just put his threads on mute

-from 1st page: "O/U to medal at 6 weights 3.5" -kept it real. set a good over/under on the medal count. But then I got caught up in the excitement and finished with this... """*** I believe this might be a team that might even be better than our 2020 Oly team and it's by no means crazy to think we medal at every weight and bring back a lot of Gold """

Folk (US) wrestling morphed into what it is today centuries ago. I believe it was first officially wrestled in college early 1900's in the Ivy league schools. @cowcards, @Jason Bryant, & @gimpeltf are the guys on this forum that might know the actual histroy

Most countries also pay incentives to win Gold and a lot of the wrestling countries (including transfer countries w/Russian wrestlers) pay out. This is what I found based on 2021 figures compared to 2024 US Gold medalist receive only $37.5k. There is an article on Forbes on this subject but it's behind a paywall. Maybe someone on this forum has access to it Iran - $295k Azerbizian - $235k Georgia - $318k Bulgaria $99k Hungary $150k Greece $100k

In my perfect world we would have a system where we'd keep college wrestling as is but incentivize high school wrestlers that are freestyle studs (example Meyer Shapiro) to forego College Wrestling and train at a RTC on a college campus so they can still obtain a college degree. The four to five years of folkstyle competition does hinder our development in freestyle at a very important age. Look at 97kg. Snyder lost to two studs. One a 22 year old and the other a 21 year old

Heard the BonBon district is really nice

NJ or NY?

What's the turn around on that jump. Thats almost 10 pounds. A solid a year in the weight room plus half a year to adjust?

Individual Medley is a definition that the US State Department came up with because Americans couldn't understand the concept of meters

IM means in meters. so 400IM is 400 strokes in meters or the 50 meter IM freestyle is 50 meters of swimming with atleast 50 strokes in those 50 meters. Its a European thing

I know. But a man can wish. Or he somehow fills into 65 but that might be a bigger wish

There's a lot to be excited about for the future of Team USA at the Olympic Weights. Our crop of guys coming up (hs & college) are good. We've consistently medaled at the U tournaments. 74kg will be the easiest to reset. Nolf is a solid replacement for the near future if needed and we have Keegan O'Toole coming on to the scene shortly. Mesenbrink medaled twice at U20's. Silver then Gold. And we can't forget Meyer Shapiro. His results speak for themselves. 65kg Near future Jesse Mendez and Alirez will elevate this weight class. Maybe Yianni D reappears but the weight issue might be a real thing. 57kg If Vito can continue to make the cut or if Spencer Lee decides to continue we are set at this weight. 86kg Brooks needs to stay at this weight. He's built for it and I'm not a fan of the Brooks to 97 rumors. Trent could be a solid replacement and Starocci is another alternative but I think he goes the Bo Nickal route 97kg Snyder has a tournament or two left in him. I wish someone could get into Zahid's ear and convince him to make the commitment to move up. Might take a year but his frame screams 97kg and he'd be a real threat. 125kg Parris has room to grow and Kerk will be a nice addition to the weight class after he fully transitions. Problem with Kerk is getting him motivated and keeping him healthy And then there are the crop of young guns in high school and underclassmen in college. Let's be clear. USA has never had this much depth at freestyle.

Only because so many were not biting on your poll I went ahead and took a bite

10 out of 10 for Style and Originality

Jim Bob for the country folk and CinnaDole for the city folk