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I am going to guess, no. The NCAA rule says "A student-athlete under a drug-testing suspension from a national or international sports governing body that has adopted the WADA code shall not participate in NCAA intercollegiate competition for the duration of the suspension." And Brooks was not under suspension given that he was allowed to participate in the trials. Now let's say USAW decides to take away his titles. I would guess any suspension would be from that point forward. A retroactive suspension would not be punitive in USAW's eyes. There was nothing I saw in the NCAA rules about losing an NCAA title due to losing an international title.

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The free year was 2021 for everyone. Only 2024 could be considered an Olympic redshirt. So by process of elimination 2023 had to be a regular redshirt.

Good stuff. But is it the same Ochir? He went 1-1 at Worlds last year losing to the guy who lost to the guy who lost to Rivera. And he obviously did not do well enough in his regional qualifier to avoid last chance. The issue for me will be that the matches come thick and fast at a weight Zain has to cut to make. What kind of recovery will he experience.

Congratulations on your sobriety. Keep up the great and hard work.

Did anyone say always?

All I know is Pop, Sanderson, and Taylor are costing themselves a shot at a 60 year old ex-swimmer who never met a carb he didn't like, be it liquid or solid. That is called opportunity cost, my friends.

The entire board, save for maybe @VakAttack. Come for the wrestling talk, stay for the drama.

Exactly. If it was Brands bringing him in, changing his mind, and then changing it back, that would be one level of desperation. But if it Brands changing his mind back AND then convincing the AD to change her mind, that would be a whole other level of desperation.

The real question is, does this make Iowa even more desperate to the point they welcome AJ back with open arms?

Wothy of a new thread

Swap threads for standards

I have seen Jax Forrest and Bo Bassett mentioned as M2 guys. The thing about Kasak and Haines is they are in the middle of a logjam, especially with Starocci coming back. If not them, then perhaps some other would be starter. Or maybe one, or more, of their vaunted second or third string guys like Cochran or Barraclough (already in the portal).

I do not think that is accurate. A number of current wrestlers (Kasak and Haines) and incoming recruits go through M2.

I'm thinking you should circle ISU at Iowa or Okie St at Iowa the next time they come up. Either of those should get the crowd in a fired up mood.

In trying to parse the rule, I have gone back and forth on this. But now I am leaning (just slightly) that maybe (possibly, not sure) it could be retroactive (?). My reasoning is that it is voted on by "The Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement, or a committee designated by it,". It is the word reinstatement that gives me pause. But the sentence finishes with: "shall have the authority to waive this provision by a two-thirds majority of its members present and voting to permit student-athletes to participate in..." Which seems to be a forward looking statement. So I think I could be convinced of either.

Transition updates is pretty open ended. It could mean many things, including: Transitioning financial control of the club Transitioning coaching control Transitioning club members to other clubs A wise man once told me one man's confusion is another man being intentionally vague.

I know the rumored NIL payment from PSU related / connected entities would be an argument against what I am about to say, but I get the distinct impression that the PSU coaches will be happy to see the back of Starocci.

A stretch, but I like it.

@Jimmy Cinnabon's response will be to start another thread to rebut this thread rather than respond to this thread.

And a few PSU people I know say he is the nicest man in the world. My sense is he is universally liked and respected.

Just catching up on this thread. I know you have said several times that you have never been to Iowa, but you have also posted pics of yourself at other sporting events outside of your home state. So my question is, as a diehard Iowa fan who travels to sporting events, how in the hell have you never been to a meet at Carver Hawkeye? Having been there twice for Iowa/PSU, I cannot recommend this enough. The atmosphere is electric. I would recommend any fan of wrestling, not just Iowa wrestling, get ye to CHA.

In a book she called No Going Back she is going back to delete stuff she made up. I imagine her publisher is real happy to be eating the cost of a reprint. Truth is stranger than fiction.

Kristi Noem's publisher just took the passage about meeting Kim Jong Un out to the quarry and shot it.

The NCAA has a rule where anyone suspended by a national governing body that follows WADA guidelines is also suspended from NCAA competition. Given that Brooks wasn't suspended by USAW while in college, that ship has sailed.