I couldn't do it. Eight years out of high school and I was married with kids. Granted, I married young and had kids young, but at some point most people would think it is time to do what all their peers are doing.
That said, I have no issue with someone taking whatever time the rules allow.
Thought I would post this here as there are a lot of questions about whether wrestlers will take an Oly RS. Every time I read one of those questions I wonder if that is even an option for a particular wrestler.
Criteria to qualify for a 2024 Olympic Redshirt Year
There are six ways to qualify for an Olympic Redshirt Year
• Only required to meet one criteria:
1) Past National Team members • Top 3 from the Senior World Team Trials or Olympic Team Trials
2) Top 8 at the April 2023 Senior US Open
3) Top 8 at the December 2023 Senior US Nationals
4) Top 3 at the 2023 NCAA I Wrestling Championship
5) NCAA I Champion from a previous year AND top 2 from the 2023 U23 Nationals (must accomplish both)
6) Previous U17, U20, U23 World Medalist (UWW)
Numbers 3 and 5 are still to be determined. Number 3 is an odd one in that it happens after the start of the season.
2024 USAW Oly RS Criteria
He announced his retirement from college wrestling
https://www.on3.com/college/wisconsin-badgers/news/austin-gomez-announces-forgo-final-season-wrestling-wisconsin-freestyle-world-olympics/
The field needs them to turn into 2015 Missouri.
Based on seeds, MIZZ was expected to win by 10.5. Instead they barely made the podium, 28.5 points behind Ohio State.
Going into the 2015 tournament Edinboro was expected to score about 34 placement and advancement points based on their seeds. They actually scored 60.5 (75.5 with bonus added in).
Their projected finish was 14th based on their seeds. Their actual finish was 3rd.
And they did it with only 6 wrestlers.
My detailed data only goes back to 2010. Was there a more overachieving team prior to 2010?
This is not the reason for a push to consider alternatives to the US dollar as the world reserve currency.
The US dollar's hegemony over all economic activity is. The government that controls the world reserve currency, has great control over the world. No one looks at the US as a bad investment because of our tax or spending policies.
That the US government can control foreign banks is a perfect example. Even though the US has no regulatory authority over these banks themselves, they can effectively control a foreign bank by blocking or threatening to block access to all dollar denominated systems, like wire transfers.
It is all about power and control.
I'm a PSU fan who went to a small liberal arts school in the midwest. Never set foot on PSU's campus until this past fall.
And the there is @VakAttack who has never set foot in Iowa (or at least last time I asked).
All shapes. All sizes.
I am sure Erik "The People's Choice" Hinckley knows the answer.
https://themat.tv/all_videos/54016-97-kg-rnd-of-16-erik-hinckley-us-army-vs-danny-chaid-california-rtc?page=17188