Wrestleknownothing

You added quotes about an entirely different topic. Not such a great memory after all.

Just stop making stuff up then claiming that you remember "y'all" said it.

What you know, but will not say, is that every single one of those quotes is about college wrestling. And if you are trying to say there is no way Starocci is in the conversation about the Mr. Rushmore of college wreatling, then you are a fool. Still no one has every said Starocci is on the Mt. Rushmore of wrestling.

Why do you always feel the need yo do this? Can you name a single person on this board who has Starocci on the Mt. Rushmore of wrestling? You say you can remember this so I am sure this won't be challenging for you, right?

Kentucky turns its athletic department into an LLC in anticipation of the House Settlement being approved: https://swimswam.com/university-of-kentucky-transitions-athletic-department-into-an-llc-ahead-of-house-settlement/ And of course, it is a swimming publication bringing us the news.

Strange. When I click the link there are two pages. Anyway, here is the full Division 1 manual: https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/reports/getReport/90008 The hardship waiver rule begins on page 62 and the criteria table begins on page 68.

That's my point. He says only a serial offender would know what he and Snyder know. I still don't know what it means. And don't want to, either.

I will take that as a yes.

Is that the voice of experience talking?

Seems more like SOP for a first time offender.

Medals for what?

https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2025/05/15/iowa-wrestling-transfer-portal-sammy-alvarez-hawkeyes/83568993007/ Answers many questions. He does not yet know if his application for a medical hardship for 2024 will be granted. If it is not granted he will sign with HWC.

This line of thought needs to make its way into the free $400 million airplane conversation.

The box of rocks is awake.

HVI says due to injury

That tracks. Perfectly.

I stand corrected. Those are some odd takes. I am not sure how you can argue against his genius. And I am not saying that he knows how to build a rocket, write code, or make electric cars. I do not think he knows any of that. But he sure knows how to build companies that do those things.

Not a chance. I am afraid of what I might find out.

I am not aware of anyone calling him stupid. And I am empathetic. He earned the payout, and the court blocked it for very technical reasons. The numbers are staggering now (~$94 billion as of yesterday), but that is only because the value of Tesla has skyrocketed since 2018. When they made the deal the options were at-the-money and contingent of some very tough hurdles (turn Tesla into a $650 billion market cap company at a time it was worth $59 billion), which effectively made them worth $0. So pay the man what he earned. But the only efficient way to pay is to win the court fight. Reinstating the original option plan does not incur a massive cost for the company (they were worth $0 from an accounting perspective), or a massive tax rate for Musk. Replacing the 2018 option plan with a new one of equal value to the current value of the 2018 plan is massively expensive for both parties.

Not totally Twitter per se, but Twitter adjacent. As Tesla's stock price slid while Musk was away, their board has struggled with how to pay Musk. This matters because they need to regain his attention and interest, but he has said many times that if he cannot get paid what he was promised at Tesla back in 2018, he may be too distracted by his other interests, like SpaceX, or XAI, or DOGE. Well, it doesn't seem like DOGE is that interesting to him anymore, but XAI sure is, now that it is combined with Twitter. The 2018 pay package was shot down by the Delaware Chancery Court (twice) and that decision is under appeal with the Delaware Supreme Court. As Tesla shareholders you have to be pulling for a win here even though it will involve some pretty big dilution (~9%). Reinstating the 2018 package has a much better tax profile for both Musk and the company than replacing it. To replace it would cost Tesla something like $50 billion accounting charge and subject Musk to a 57% tax rate because the options are so deep in the money at this point. Alternatively, if he doesn't get paid by Tesla look for him to spend way more time at XAI.

Been gone a few days. It is hilarious to come back to find that the self-styled brilliant forensic accountants during the Biden years are now dumb as a box of rocks and cannot understand how money works. Keep up the good work.

It is at the bottom of the second page

A couple things: The rule reads "contests or dates of competition", so two duals in aa single day probably counts as two. The rule: 12.8.4 Hardship Waiver. A student-athlete may be granted an additional year of competition by the conference or the Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement for reasons of "hardship." Hardship is defined as an incapacity resulting from an injury or illness that has occurred under all of the following conditions: (Revised: 1/10/92 effective 8/1/92, 1/14/97, 8/1/97, 4/26/01 effective 8/1/01, 11/1/01, 4/3/02, 8/8/02, 3/10/04, 5/11/05, 9/18/07, 11/1/07 effective 8/1/08, 4/24/08, 7/31/14, 6/30/22 effective 8/1/22 for injuries and illnesses occurring on or after 8/1/22) (a) The incapacitating injury or illness occurs in one of the four seasons of intercollegiate competition at any two-year or four year collegiate institutions or occurs after the first day of classes in the student-athlete's senior year in high school; (b) The injury or illness occurs before the first contest or date of competition of the second half of the playing season that concludes with the NCAA championship in that sport and results in incapacity to compete for the remainder of that playing season; and (c) The injury or illness occurs when the student-athlete has not participated in more than three contests or dates of competition or 30 percent of the maximum number of contests or dates of competition of the playing season that concludes with the NCAA championship as set forth in Bylaw 17 for the applicable sport plus one contest or date of competition, whichever is greater. 12.8.4.1 Administration of Hardship Waiver. The hardship waiver shall be administered by the member conferences or, in the case of an independent member institution, by the Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement. (Revised: 10/28/04, 4/20/09, 7/31/14) 12.8.4.1.1 Review of Denied Waiver. An institution may submit a denied hardship waiver to the Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement. The committee shall have the authority to review and determine whether to approve the waiver based on circumstances that may warrant relief from the application of the legislated waiver criteria. (Adopted: 4/20/09, Revised: 7/31/14) 12.8.4.2.3 First Half and 30 Percent of Season Denominator. The denominator used to determine the first half and 30 percent of a season is the maximum number of contests or dates of competition of the playing season that concludes with the NCAA championship as set forth in Bylaw 17 for the applicable sport plus one contest or date of competition (see Figure 12-1). (Revised: 6/30/22 effective 8/1/22 for injuries and illnesses occurring on or after 8/1/22)

As promised: https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/bylaw?ruleId=104793&refDate=20250511

Yeah, maybe I have worn out my welcome here. Time to take a break.