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While I hate quoting myself it is too late to edit, so this will have to do. I think I mis-stated something above. I think it is just the NCAA's portion of the back pay that will come from skimming off the basketball tournament. The school's portion will have to come from their budgets. But one other provision got me thinking. Part of the settlement is designed to effectively eliminate pay for play. Since the pay for play payments are by far the biggest portion of NIL as it is currently practices, that would have the practical effect of putting a cap on NIL payments which would free up NIL money that would have otherwise been used to pay millions for a QB. In that scenario it may be better for boosters to use their NIL money to help offset the extra $20+ million the schools need.

After a very quiet morning session (three sets of heats) we get a jam packed evening session with five finals and three semifinals. Finals Women's 111 free Men's 200 fly Women's 1500 free Men's 200 breast Men's 100 free Semis Women's 200 fly Men's 200 back Women's 200 breast While all of the races are important (it is swimming after all, the highest form of sport) the Women's 1500 is the biggest deal with Katie Ledecky the prohibitive favorite, though she swam a slowish prelim and was only 4 seconds better than the second best time.

The payments that @MPhillips and I posted above are for past offenses. Think of them as back pay to the athletes. Many athletes who are no longer even in college will be receiving these payments. That money is coming from skimming off of the Men's basketball tournament and will be paid out over the ten years following approval of the settlement. So when I said wrestlers may get $50 that is actually $5 per year for ten years. The ~$20+ million per year to pay then current athletes is a different story. This will need to come out of each school's budget. The schools can raise money from boosters, investors, or any number of sources, including increased tuition. PSU seems to be getting a jump start on this. I got an email last week inviting me to a webinar with Cael Sanderson to discuss the importance of fundraising.

You flatter me. Thank you for the kind words. But my money is still on Mesenbrink.

Wrestlers can expect to get about $50 on average, or less, from the $2.576 billion settlement.

All programs have a conference for wrestling

While it may seem ironic on its face, and fun to point out, it really is less so given that Biden had to get re-elected every few years, and did so in a variety of capacities/offices. Supreme Court justices never have to face even one election, which is a good thing, but should logically be combined with either a term limit, an age limit, or both.

Perhaps listen to the clip before posting. He does not say a word about term limits in it.

The liberal ethos as expressed by their cultural icon, Stephen Colbert, is that America didn't need to be great again because it never stopped being great. He even spoofed the idea with a book title "America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't".

A resounding yes. Youth will be served.

was that before or after this weekend?

Trump is going full populist while also undermining his own statements. Also known as Being Trump. Over the weekend in Nashville at a crypto conference he told the audience he would: Establish a strategic national bitcoin reserve (would require a new law) Never sell the bitcoin (then how is it a reserve?) Fire SEC Chair Gary Gensler (head of an independent agency not currently allowed to be fired by the President) Three years ago he told Fox News bitcoin was a scam and he was not a fan. Even allowing that people do change their minds his other quote has me, shall we say, skeptical. In his Nashville remarks, Trump said that he had heard from former Republican Presidential candidate and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy that the crypto community “involved” 175 million people. “So when they heard that, they said, ‘let’s be nice to them, at least until after the election.’” Once again Trump catches himself saying the quiet part out loud.

Hutton remains the only freshman UNL/275/285 to win a championship. It is noteworthy that it happened in the short window post WW2 where freshman were eligible and he did it as a 23 year old freshman. Though I am sure many of the guys he wrestled were of similar age. Only three others have made the final. John Witte for Oregon State in 1952 (and never wrestled again, moving on to football), Tommy Rowlands for Ohio State in 2001, and Steve Mocco for Iowa in 2002.

I am pretty sure it is 83%

NLWC is only claiming the first five.

And the announcer brought up wrestling during swimming. I had to wipe away a tear.

Watching Katie Ledecky swim a 1500 is amazing. She won her heat by something like 30 meters.

The settlement, if approved, is only binding on Power 5 schools. So the Ivies, EIWA, Socon, MAC could opt out of it and keep their roster sizes above 30 and scholarships at 9.9. But then they could not pay players. If they want to pay, then they have to abide by all the elements of the settlement.

It is a sad story https://johnnythompsonnum1.blogspot.com/2020/03/gone-lost-forgotten-their-best-notre.html

From NLWC email: Schedules for the NLWC Wrestlers (and Lee and Parris) *All times listed are U.S. Eastern Time. Thursday, August 8 Roman Bravo-Young (57 kg), Spencer Lee (57 kg), and Aaron Brooks (86 kg) Wrestle 5:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds (MFS 57-86 kg) 12:15 p.m. – Semifinals (MFS 57-86 kg) Friday, August 9 Roman Bravo-Young (57 kg), Spencer Lee (57 kg), Aaron Brooks (86 kg), Kyle Dake (74 kg) & Mason Parris (125 kg) Wrestle 5 a.m. – Repechage (MFS 57-86 kg) 5:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds (MFS 74-125 kg) 12:15 p.m. – Semifinals (MFS 74-125 kg) 1:30 p.m. – Medal matches (MFS 57-86 kg) Saturday, August 10 Kyle Dake (74 kg), Zain Retherford (65 kg), Kyle Snyder (97 kg), and Mason Parris (125 kg) Wrestle 5 a.m. – Repechage (MFS 74-125 kg) 5:30 a.m. – Qualification rounds (MFS 65-97 kg) 12:15 p.m. – Semifinals (MFS 65-97 kg) 1:30 p.m. – Medal matches (MFS 74-125 kg) Sunday, August 11 Zain Retherford (65 kg) and Kyle Snyder (97 kg) Wrestle 5 a.m. – Repechage (MFS 65-97 kg) 6 a.m. – Medal matches (MFS 65-97 kg, WFS 76 kg)

The realm where the college head football coach has all the power.

I think it is a matter of degrees rather than one sport only does one thing and the other only does a different thing. But the key difference between the sports that will always drive more wrestles to compete for other countries is that in wrestling you do not need to beat everyone, just the ones in front of you. That makes being there more valuable. You might get that lucky draw. That doesn't work in swimming. The way UWW handles seeding also encourages wrestlers to compete for other countries. By only seeding some wrestlers and having the seeds be akin to participation awards, it increases the chances for a lucky draw. Sebastian Rivera at last year's worlds is exhibit A.

Floating is so over rated. Even after getting "prosperous" I cannot float.

Baseball is very much an odd fit. In the MLB they play a series because the pitcher is so important that you need to see all pitchers to know which team is better. Without that it is such a weird fit.

I meant there are not a lot of US born swimmers that swim for other nations. Rather there are foreign nationals who swim for their home country but train in the US. That is especially true as some of the beat coaches in swimming are college coaches. Also, when it is a timed event where you have to beat the entire field it is less beneficial to go elsewhere. There is no such thing as getting a lucky draw ala Coon or Rivera.