Jason Bryant

Just something to be aware of. There was a poster who would go on TheMat, BWI, HR and the wrestling boards who would try to slide into these ticket threads and scam the hell out of people. Ol' Bob is just reminding folks, since it's that time of year.

Old Dominion had 8 wrestlers of color in their starting lineup when the AD dropped the sport. One of which is now at ASU. Some people can get uptight talking about diversity and always "making race a topic," but when college presidents want to beat the drum about first generation college students and their acceptance of all types, then they cut the most racially diverse team on a campus, you can best bet they don't want to hear about that. ODU's president has yet to reply to me about his predecessor allowing that to happen. Wrestling is for everyone. All shapes, all sizes, all colors. We really do embrace that in a lot of ways. There's still some stereotypes and tropes that exist in the sport that get repeated too often, mainly out of laziness. There are still groups looking to do things no one who looks like them have ever done, or most recently, like Tamyra Mensah-Stock, became the first to do. Our differences make us unique. Our differences also bond us. No matter how good or bad we were, we are wrestlers, right?

Speaking of Atari … these were delivered from back home last week. Still gotta spend the time to get the consoles working/plugged in to see if they work.

I flew into Memphis on Friday, then back out Sunday morning. I drove back from Little Rock on Saturday night and stayed in a hotel about 5 miles from the airport. I drove to Little Rock in between. I didn’t see/hear much of anything in my time there, other than what I’d just see pop up on the local news when I returned on Saturday night. I was supposed to have dinner downtown on Friday, but only found out about what was happening when I called Rendezvous (bbq joint) to see if they took reservations. Closed early and I asked “should I look up what’s causing your closure?” Their response about why they were closing early seemed cautious. I got through town without any street blockages or witnessing anything. I did read they blocked one of the main interstates out of the city into Arkansas for a bit long after I’d gotten out of town. Seems like there was limited issues of unrest. Weather was poor, so that may have kept people in. Just a relatively brief first person account of what I did and didn’t experience in Memphis this weekend.

More so than a couple of ACC teams ...

We have so many nuanced rules from one level to the next. It’s one of those IYKYK things and that isn’t always a good thing.

How much context can you drop in a three minute standup? Hardly enough ... jeez people.

Well, it would make so much more sense if WVU was in the ACC for wrestling.

Well, it would make so much more sense if WVU was in the ACC for wrestling.

I asked them and they only have things mic’d up there for NCAA events (and the occasional USAW). They claim the producer could amp up the audio on their end - and they will pass the information through.

You're not wrong, but I want to make it clear that it isn't the fault of USAW or TheMat in this instance. I'll drop a note to their comms office to see if that is even available (which it is, I've seen them do it before, I've held the mic in those pressers before).

Those media days are run by the University of Iowa. USAW has no control over it. HawkeyeSports does the video and provides it to the media.

Kerkvliet beat Cassioppi at the All-Star Classic, hence, InterMat put Kerkvliet ahead of Cassioppi. What's not to get? It's not an official bout, but I won't repeat it again.

Media outlets are well within their rights to pick and choose what events they consider or how they consider things like injury defaults, etc.

Because media outlets are well within their rights to pick and choose what events they consider or how they consider things like injury defaults, etc.

The All-Star Match doesn't influence seedings. Media outlets are well within their rights to pick and choose what events they consider or how they consider things like injury defaults, etc. The only place they officially aren't supposed to influence a ranking would be the NCAA coaches ranking. And yes, I'm taking the bait.

Will be borrowing this for a throw in comment at NCAAs ...

That wasn't the University of Wisconsin, it was the Milwaukee School of Engineering, a D3 school. Speaking of, if you want to help them out: https://together.msoe.edu/project/35597

Fine line there. Very small population of people that start channels with the intent of getting the most will not try to market this thing for views in some manner. YouTube has toughened up it's monetization structure, so there is a lot less pirates trying to cash in on viral vids (think all the Stevo knockoff vids). Topic where I can see the fan benefit, but then there's that point where I've had stuff straight ripped off over the years (almost weekly) with zero credit or if there is credit without asking, it's like "oh, I gave you credit." Well, you didn't ask permission. I hope the library grows, but the right way. Screen grabs of stuff produced by others, for example, is where I have an issue. Reposting stuff from BTN or ESPN channels takes money out of their pocket, kills their analytics and actually HURTS the sport because it takes metrics away from brands that actually can show tangible growth and look at those avenues for future investment. But that's a tangent here.

Also represents the general disinterest in ownership of digital property. Yeah, I'm the grump on this topic.

My sister got bit by a moose once.

Ever since ODU blocked my incoming emails after trying to get the school president to respond to my questions, a lot of my emails are going to spam at school addresses when I send to any more than one person. It’s been problematic since oh, I don’t know, I use my email to conduct business with schools. Stupid.

It’s not a poll, it’s tournament points. There’s a difference.