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So each conference has 24 teams, minimum? I wonder what the NIL money is like in Kurdistan.

Funny how the article didn't mention how his grades were. Forgot, that doesn't matter. Honestly, why do we even bother to pretend that these are student-athletes?

I don't know of any such list, but the definition of "fully funded" is a task unto itself. Several years ago the NCAA finally allowed schools to blend need and no-need (9.9) funding; until then a wrestler could receive one or the other, but not both. I know of a 3x All-American at Lehigh who received no 9.9 funding at all, because his need-based and academic aid were more than he would have gotten through no-need. Now that's not a problem, for institutions willing to blend the two. Three months ago I had a conversation with an EIWA head coach whose school will not permit it, so his wrestlers are still stuck with no-need (I didn't ask if he has the full 9.9) or need-based/academic aid, not both.

The NCAA rules are found in all kinds of nooks and crannies, so there's always room for question. That said, everything I've seen refers to the eligibility of the athlete, without reference to the team. Five years to compete four seasons is the rule. The exceptions to the rule are greyshirt years, Olympic redshirt years, military service, religious missions, and however many hardship years the NCAA is willing to grant in the event of injury or (evidently) something out of the athlete's control. And 2020-21, the COVID year that didn't count. A couple of years ago on The Mat forum I posted that someone entering college in the right year could stretch a career out over 12 years, without military or religious service. But transferring from one school to another doesn't stop the "five-year" clock.

If you go back far enough there were three, and defeated finalists had to wrestle off after the finals against the guys who had lost to the champion. Some finalists wound up not placing, strange as that may seem these days. There were six placewinners through the 60s and most of the 70s; when they first went to six a wrestler had to lose to a finalist in order to wrestle back and there were usually fewer than 32 wrestlers in a bracket -- when Mike Caruso won his first title in 1965 there were just 20 entrants at 123 and the 6th place finisher ended up with a record of 1-3 in the tournament .... his greatest accomplishment may have been drawing Mike as his first opponent. By the late 1970s brackets were usually full and often had five or six pigtail draws (from which the top seeds were not exempt -- Mike Frick went 6-0 both times he won). Full wrestlebacks didn't come in until the 1990s and seeding was spotty -- many worthy wrestlers went 0-1 and barbecue (doesn't have the ring that 0-2 does). Awarding eight places (I'm not sure that the 7th and 8th placers received trophies in the early days; may have just been certificates) seemed more appropriate given the size of the tournament.

The guilty always claim to be innocent. Of course, so do the innocent.

Clark's WNBA contract will pay her $76,535 this year. That's why WNBA stars play overseas during the off-season; the salaries suck.

Older brother Erik de-committed Cornell first.

Well, this is confusing. Good thing the Ivies are going off on their own next year, otherwise there could be three Nate Taylors in the same tournament. 2024 Recruiting Commitments Penn Nate Taylor 48 Greens Farms Academy CT 184 Penn Luke Simcox 59 Central Mountain PA 141 Penn Davis Motyka 75 Wyoming Seminary PA 125 Penn Nathan Taylor Kingsway NJ 133 Penn Paul Ognissanti Blair Academy NJ 165 Penn Calvin Lachman Quakertown PA 285 Penn Ty Wilson Dublin Scioto OH 157/165 Penn Caden Bellis Tioga NY 165/174

That's what I remember. I recall thinking that "Roger can still recruit".

I thought that was a dorm at VMI.

Looks like a set from one of Kate Beckinsale's vampire movies.

There was a discussion about this on the old Wrestling Report forum years ago when they first doubled the bonus points. A 5th-place finisher could score more points than a champion (I think we were talking about EIWAs specifically, when a champ earned just 12 placement points). Most agreed that there was too much emphasis on bonus points. Examples this year -- at EIWAs Ryan Crookham won and earned 20.5 points; had 1.5 bonus points. Kelvin Griffin finished 3rd and also earned 20.5 points; he had bonus points in all five of his wins, 8.0 points total. An NCAA champ earns a minimum of 20 points -- 16 placement, 4 advancement. Vito Arujau won and earned 24.0 points (4 MDs). Meyer Shapiro finished 3rd and earned 21.0 points (10 placement, 3.5 advancement, 7.5 bonus), so he earned a champion's points in finishing 3rd. There's no right or wrong here; it all depends on what you want to reward. If bonus points are reduced, we'll see less aggressive wrestling.

If it catches fire?

Anthony D'Alesio wins Long Island U's first-ever Div I championship bout at 184.