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Should 28 minute matches be legal?

Main event is Dake/Zahid, for sure, but I’m most interested in Duke/Yianni. It seems like everything’s finally coming together after a few bumpy years for Yianni, and PJ is on a tear. Carr/Mesenbrink should be the most fun to watch, but I’m expecting a blowout. Great time to be a wrestling fan!

Wanna say here that I haven’t attended church in nearly a decade, completely believe in separation of church and state, and have not downloaded the Bible app, even at my grandmother’s insistence. but God is on our money, in our Pledge of Allegiance, and used as a reasoning tool for policy. We are, ostensibly, a Christian-focused nation. (We Are.. also Penn State) I don’t think Christianity should be everyone’s answer, but if it’s someone’s.. power to them. Whatever helps them sleep at night. Literally, in Dake’s case, it seems. Any harm in proclaiming that when asked about how he keep’s going?

7 notifications on a Sunday? I’ll leave it, thank you

What do people want wrestlers & athletes to believe in, if not their faith? The United States is a Christian-focused country, and a lot of its upper echelon will proclaim their faith as their driving factor. Is this not probably the same in other countries with their corresponding religion? Instead of going to a dark place and becoming an asshole during a rough patch of life, he leaned on faith. Do we have to hate that?

Actually, the IOC changed rules on this after acclaimed artist T-Pain, on his track “Blame It (On the Alcohol)” once said: “I'ma take a shot of Nuvo, shawty, didn't you know / It's goin' down, we can go and kick it like Judo”

I love these videos. I always hope I’m gonna run into a guy doing these. Just as long as he’s not homeless

You get a lot more interesting stories at the club and NAIA level. As a young adult, you have a lot more things to think about than a sport; kids to feed, dreams to pursue, families to uplift.. D1 doesn’t allow much grace for that. I really do wish there was more holistic coverage in wrestling. We have space for it as a fringe sport. Would love to hear more about the guys that can’t necessarily live the sheltered lifestyle of a full time career, but still get after it.

Glazier taking out Ferrari has gotta be the biggest upset outside of 125lbs so far, no?

Didn’t watch it yet, but found this from yesterday on a quick search:

A lot of these athletes are working while wrestling. Chris Campbell was working full-time at a law firm when he medaled at worlds. They ended up finding out through a news clip, and then subsidized his training leading up to the Olympics!

Clarissa Chun turned a first year program into the top ranked program pretty fast with a young roster. Who wouldn’t be excited to end up in Iowa City?

The more inclusive term would be ‘Italianx.’ Please get with the times.

I beg to differ. Those sharpie signatures are gonna last forever. Got a few dry erase boards to prove it.

I’ve been hearing more and more career stories as the season gets rolling, and it made me wonder about the community here. Did you wrestle in college? What was it like for you, both the wrestling and the lifestyle? I tried to walk-on to the NCAA team, quickly discovered meal points and boxed wine, then joined the club team by the end of my first semester. Didn’t compete too much, but was happy to fall in love with the sport in a new way!

We’ll make you one next season.

Watched my first live basketball game last night. I could get used to hearing a crowd full of THREEs!

I was surprised to see Nahshon gassing up at 65KG, but I’m glad he got it done!

The USA Greco results, or using the gentlemanly titles?

I’m not one to say what losing 5kg feels like.. but he looked like an Olympic champ last week. I’d love to see him give Sebastian a Silver next year.

At least Latin America includes a 65kg spot at the Olympics. (Fwiw, i think we’ll have that spot secured pretty easily.) Outside of recent success, I think a lot of resources and skills have trickled throughout the hemisphere thanks to the RTCs, and I appreciate that! For every Sebastian Rivera in Jersey or Darian Cruz in PA, I’m sure there’s four younger ones with the same name in Arecibo that will have more - and better - opportunities to wrestle in the future.

That's fair. I'm letting recency bias take over. It's crazy to think that Kyle Snyder's younger than David Taylor, yet took over his weight a few years earlier.

Who else gets that fourth spot right now? David seems like he fits on this list already.

You know, after seeing people rightfully shame August Wesley, i was expecting a lot worse of an effort from Anthony. Dude has a lot more wrestling chops and heart than other non-Olympic caliber athletes that went to represent a smaller country. Let him be 58th in the world or whatever it is that will fill in the quota spots at the end of the Olympic qualifier list. Fine. What’s the issue? Are we going to start posting every time the farm boy from Michigan that’s wrestling for Team Jamaica does something, too?

Cutting weight has kept more kids out of wrestling than a singlet ever has.