Jason Bryant

This. As someone who not only uses links to send people to my own content, but also routinely shares hundreds of wrestling-related links to the platform each week, it caters to the Canva Commandos out there. Why bother posting a citation when you can just post an image with no additional context?

You know what happened by Gable-Ghadiali going first? An actual match. What didn't happen? Team loses every match going into heavyweight and they just say "screw it" and no one gets to see the match. So we got the match we wanted to see and fans didn't have to endure a bludgeoning leading up to it. I fail to see where this is even worth complaining about to be honest. You got the match you wanted to see, then three straight matches of ranked guys hitting head to head before the Camel was put to pasture.

I’m specifically referring to what I quoted. Your reply to Hammerlock saying you don’t see any evidence of what he claimed to be true. So I will ask again, what evidence do you see that what Hammerlock said isn’t true?

So where’s the evidence to support the contrary?

Yeah, Joel Bauman got a raw deal out of all of that. Now it's pretty much "give them another year" for something as much as a hangnail. I think the lost year was one thing that really messed it all up. Legit Olympic redshirts were supposed to be monitored better, because in the past, guys would take them and never show up for something as easy as the NYAC. Then it became a bit more stringent, then lawsuits and 9th-year tight ends started popping up. For Gable, he did win a World Team Trials in those two years, so he was qualified for the Olympic Trials by actual competition. Ferrari, yeah, not so much on him there TBH. It'll be Gable's fourth chance to wrestle at the NCAAs. So that's probably what gives me less problem with this than some of the other moves going around.

Some people just don't get their *I poop my pants, don't laugh at me* together in life until they get a gutcheck or a reality check. Personally, I tend to tell my story that my adult life really began at 29. Took me seven years to get my undergrad, had some personal and family issues to deal with. Was lazy in the classroom, paid for that by paying my way my last three years while working nights and announcing tournaments on the weekend. Went full-time in my chosen career two months after I graduated - hated it. Quit two months later to pursue the wrestling thing full time. I'm sure it's just amplified more now than it was back then, but it seems like we got some awfully judgy wrestling fans when it comes to the lives of our stars. I get it's a discussion topic for the boards, but at the same point, the level of scrutiny we see over someone else's life and talent isn't a trend I really enjoy. The contempt comes, at least from my perspective, that fans are disappointed that Gable didn't do what they thought he should have done.

... I was still a mess at 25, wasn't out of college yet and had some real issues making the right choices in what I was going to do in life. Anyone else ...

Hey, you mentioned Tank Girl.

There was a minute there we were all Lori Petty fans …

2.85 down the block.

Facts say otherwise on attendance. Based on your post history, you don’t seem to like wrestling very much. I hope you find joy in another sport.

No, no she doesn’t. Any rational, impartial human can acknowledge this. I don’t believe any public figure in the history of the televised world has lied as much as the Donald has. Nearly every politician lies, but he has been the clubhouse leader in this department. Neither are trustworthy, but ain’t no way there’s a politician who spews lies and falsehoods as much as that dude.

Everytime an American leaves their shoes on the mat recently, I can usually recall a match of theirs from Fargo … Dieringer was the latest.

Rodents of unusual size? I don’t think they exist.

I emailed the new SID last week and asked that very same question - no response.

LIU has some real staffing issues as a whole. They are on their third SID in less than two seasons. Tons of sports spread across two campuses.

You're assuming they aren't. I don't have any reason to believe they're just sitting back and waiting for bids to come in. Based on how I've seen Anthony Holman bust his ass to make the D1 wrestling championships awesome, I don't doubt for a second he (and his staff) is putting in the time to encourage new places to bid. Lots of moving parts and the venues we typically get are dealing with NBA and NHL tenants, college hoops postseason tournaments AND the general other stuff these venues book.

Once again, those places have to put in bids - and they have to make sense. I believe AZ and TX put in bids that involved baseball stadiums. I think before they get into the fray, the MPLS experiment should be given a fair shot to grow the sport by giving 3x the amount of people the opportunity to attend. ATL hasn't bid in a number of years.

Sites released today: https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2024-10-02/ncaa-announces-more-240-host-site-selections?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VB_20240918_Future Site&et_rid=1331960451

I feel like there's arguing about wrestling and fandom, which no matter what, you know your rival is just that, a sports rival and it shouldn't impact one's perspective on who that individual is because they went to a different school. Then there's arguing about politics, which when it gets deep into it, people seethe and hate like no other. There's levels to it - like Oklahoma/Texas or Auburn/Alabama for example, but only on a very rare exception have I been embroiled in a debate with a wrestling fan on a wrestling topic and thought to myself "that person is a complete piece of whatever." It's like the window for pleasant discourse and civility is so tiny, it's only a matter of one or two back and forths before it devolves into a muckraking attack on each other's character. That's what I don't like about it. I've disagreed with many a fellow fan over the years on wrestling topics, but the vitriol with some of these political discussions is unlike anything I've ever seen in your average wrestling topic. It gets way nasty, way quickly. There's a difference on the severity of barbs like "I wear my Auburn shirt because I went to Auburn, you wear your Alabama shirt because you went to Wal-Mart" compared to statements like "You want your children to get brainwashed by transgender illegal immigrant Satan worshipers." There's posters here I like generally for their wrestling input, many of whom I've met personally. When I see them go at each other's throats over something like this just kinda bothers me I guess. Just an opinion. I'd like to think we can act better than what these things often turn into. But again, I do now have a better understanding of why people will jump in here and rant and rave.

Noted … and understood.

As many know, I tend to stay away from political discussion because, well, it just usually devolves into bickering and eventually gets into personal attacks and potshots. My question is for those here who will post about your favored candidate/party - or more often than not - post negative things about the candidate/party you actually don't like. What is the end goal here, to convince someone that you're correct or you've exposed some type of "gotcha" that's going to change the other side's opinion? I'm generally wondering what the obsession is to constantly doing this. This might be the worst I've ever experienced in my 20-something years working on social media (FB came out my last year of college). I've had to mute, unfollow and straight up unfriend people due to the volume of schlock being posted (again, from both sides of the aisle). I do understand the value in healthy discussion and the exchange of ideas, because that's what makes discussion boards and (some) comments sections places for knowledge to bloom, but the Trump side isn't going to change the opinion of the Harris side and vice versa due to some weblink (regardless of its origin). I mentioned on another thread, this is a "people watching" part of the boards for me, but since we're all wrestling people, I figure you folks are the ones I generally interact with the most given our shared passions for the sport.

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