Jason Bryant

Just asking. Wasn’t inferring anything negative or snarky. Just saw the link each time sans any rationale and wondered why.

Any particular reason this reply is on every one of the Pirate's Week in Previews?

One of the pains in the sport - he wrestled attached. I wish I could find the actual "rule" (if there is one) about what matches count and don't, because we are so bass ackwards in how we treat the results sometimes. He lost three matches in Vegas, so he's got those losses on his record, I don't care what tOSU says about it. They aren't the arbiter of official results.

Contacting me via my personal FB profile (and not one of the mediums I have readily available on the web for contact - e-mail, Twitter, IG or the Mat Talk FB page) and then inquiring about being banned on the board while I'm actively working the World Championships is enough for me to never want to interact with him again. I make the mistake of trying to educate when I see a confused question on the board. But then the egg is on my face because I didn't realize it was another alias and when I present facts, my factual evidence is questioned with "if true" - sorry, not sorry he's not here.

The ESPN+ streams are pretty much all in-house productions and sent to ESPN+ servers. They have minimum baselines on all sorts of things. I actually had to send them some clips when the NAIA wanted to use me for their finals stream before I started doing the PA. The in-house graphics crew mostly gets used to football and basketball, but you see wrestling have a few anomalies, such as the nuances we have with riding time, etc. I've seen varying degrees of production from hockey streams this year. It's not the easiest interface to search (like on my Roku TV), but it has that familiarity to it. You also have to get the schools to WANT to do non-revenue sports. You'll see them either get bundled in with the MMR deals or you'll see them just tossed to the site because they're not worth their time - like indoor winter sports venues NOT ticketing or counting attendance (that's another soap box).

... and a fair amount of money. No way all that should be done for free (the staff, production, talent)

... and I'm still disappointed to wake up and see no presser on it from ASU. I'm real curious the attendance (which I'll get when I start pilfering around the web for it).

Brown-McGee was one I felt too many people were just checking in McGee's favor. His style tends to clog up McGee, in fact, the two met when they were at other schools (Brown at SDSU, McGee at that place in Norfolk) and Brown beat him. So I wasn't incredibly surprised this one was that close.

One of my karaoke jams back in the day.

Streaming seems to really be suffering. That's a brand-new arena that houses the NHL's Coyotes and ASU's hockey team. I guess the non-hockey streaming tech is a bit untested.

Parco wins here and i'll give ASU a little bit of breathing room for what could materialize at 197. Negron has to avoid getting decked, though.

Only choice I made for ASU was going with Norfleet. That was the only OR I got from ASU. More question marks for Mizzou to be honest. Also thought you could view IG without signing in.

Three swings IMO and I'm going with the thought in my picks that Rocky isn't wrestling. https://www.instagram.com/p/ClEcNn_pGf6/

Long wasn't an NAIA national champion. He won Midlands at 141, wrestled the season at 149 and was reportedly booted from Grand View for violating the terms of his agreement with the coaches prior to the postseason. Grand View set an NAIA scoring record at that tournament without Long.

One of the more petty things I've done at the old board (Dec. 09-Oct. 12, just to clarify) was to actually put the word on the banned list. Every derivative was ****'ed out. People snuffed that one out immediately. I had to removed d*ck from the banned words list, because the default word kept changing Mike Zadick to Mike Zathingy.

4 of the 5 are affiliated with NLWC. Someone should ask Cael/Varner, et al.

Been supportive the 4-in-5 suggestion for years. I think Kolat was the first I heard mention the concept years ago. It just makes sense. By product is it could/would eliminate forfeits at the sports highest collegiate level, too.

So was it confirmed Max86 was yet another alias of NJDan/Brooklyn Dodger? That makes sense as to why he'd be immediately dismissive of people who actually know what they're talking about. I'd have noticed it if there was an "if true" line.

I've suggested for years that BTN pair a pro with a rookie for a season. Then you have a new crew of people who can then be versed in the sport and then train the next generation. Now that BTN proper is owned by Fox, we get their contract guys (like Ray Flores) who have to do a set # of events in their contract for Fox, and BTN events get lumped in there. I've lived in Big Ten country for 10 of the last 13 years and have gotten a call ONE time to work at Minnesota for something - the Day 1 stream of the National Duals in like 2013 just when I moved back. I would have loved an opportunity like Student U. when I was in college. I had two TV games before I graduated college - one as a sideline reporter for Comcast Sports Net and another for a locally produced women's basketball game where I had no color or even on-screen clock. That WAS my TV sizzle reel. The amount of reps these Big Ten guys get these days is so valuable.

All-Star Men's Results https://almanac.mattalkonline.com/nwca-all-star-classic/ All-Star Women's Results https://almanac.mattalkonline.com/nwca-all-star-classic/nwca-all-star-classic-women/ All-Star Locations and E/W Team Scores https://almanac.mattalkonline.com/nwca-all-star-classic/nwca-all-star-classic-locations/

College sports departments are over staffed in some places, understaffed in others. One part of that discrepancy is the promotion of Olympic/non-revenue sports. Schools will not spend money to lose more money any more than they have to. Putting stuff on ESPN+ or FloSports, usually through a conference (not school) contract will put some money back into those schools’ pockets. Much of those deals are about FB/MBB rights. Alaska-Anchorage puts its mens hockey games on YouTube for free, whereas the NCHC has its own conference streaming plan. I think Atlantic Hockey is with FloHockey. Big Ten is on BTN+ (mostly) and believe a number of Hockey East games are on ESPN+. Wrestling isn’t alone with splintering how things get viewed. Of all those I listed, I can guarantee Alaska-Anchorage is the only place that isn’t getting some type of nominal kickback from a streaming deal. Anchorage is also a D1 hockey independent, so they don’t have the luxury of a conference contract. I’ve also learned while tracking attendance, some schools won’t even “staff” that task … and wrestling is one of the more difficult sports for staff to walk in and be able to cover since it’s so nuanced. Wrestling piggybacking conference streaming contracts is better for the regular season viewing with “wildcat” tournaments picking their streaming option just being part of the landscape.

HAM-it-ee

Didn’t my former residence of PA also elect a dead guy? Wasn’t that the whole gag with The Distinguished Gentleman? Ah, I hate politics.

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