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Call me old school, but I'll take the guy who got 8th at the senior US Open over the guy who got 3rd at NCAAs. Two good examples if the criteria were in place this year Would you rather take (forget about the ACL in this hypothetical) DJ Hamiti who was 8th at the 2026 US Open and is NOT qualified or Pat Kennedy who got 3rd at 174 and IS qualified Would you rather have 8th place Jacob Cardenas with proven rankings tourney medals or NCAA 3rd place Stephen Little? If the point is the strongest talent pool then the seniors are getting hurt more than the college guys are getting helped.

Rankings tournies are already limited to three per country, selected by USAW Next year that changes to two per country, and USAW is getting ahead of the changes by moving up the selection process. USAW selection changes all but say out loud "WTT finalists are going to the rankings tournaments. We aren't having a Zain Pan Ams moment again." But that also removes the rest of the ladder from attending rankings tourneys. Guys can still attend non-rankings events (Deglane, Spanish Grand Prix, etc) but this is the downstream effect of the changes. On the bright side, this means that, in theory, there will be more high-level participants at the senior level and less of the Taylor/Dake go to worlds then don't compete for another 364 days types (again, theoretically).

I don't know how senior guys will make it since the 2027 US Open is off the board. You placed at the Open in 2026 or you don't go to OTT is my first read, which I guess improves the field at Farrel?? NCAA medalists will have a better chance than senior wrestlers, make that make sense.

Nah he's only the second best at that too

Byes for oly weight 2026 medalists to the finals but nothing for non-oly weights (such as bye to semis as was done for the past two OTTs) is a move

They will both need cold spray by the 3:30 mark and I am here for it

I finally got around to listening to this particular episode and @Husker_Du's mental gymnastics going from "these libtard judges are ruining the NCAA with five years for a very specific group impacting 8 total wrestlers in the whole NCAA unlike the years sandwiched around them!" and "Knox was given a judicial injunction at his relief to let him wrestle!" by a Republican judge was certainly something to behold.

This is great I am stealing it from you. However, the term should be used for 2011 to present because that group only accepts the beginning of wrestling from the time Carl moved to PSU.

It's a hard line but as a society we must eradicate greco even if the expense is domestic assault of a pregnant individual

I'm not the prosecutor, but 35 to life seems reasonable.

That might be the most backhanded compliment LJB will never see

Angry updoot

Few years too late. Could you imagine the numbers a Chase Singlet-ary ad would have done before every heavyweight match?

Schrödinger's eligibility

No way! This is the longest I have paid attention to the World Cup in my entire life!! Oh...

Rowley is S Tier

Let's break this down real quick. On one hand, we have Kadi on home soil who is ascending and is the overwhelming favorite to win a world title and many predict will begin a long, generational run that is beginning his training peak for said worlds On the other hand, we have an offseason Zahid who has returned to usual cardio form, has taken domestic and international losses this year, and will be travelling to the other side of the world. I understand how amazing Zahid looked last year when he finally got his spot on the team and put it all together for what was the unofficial MOW performance. But this is a what have you done for me lately sport. So naturally he is going to tech Kadi 11-0 first period and Kadi is going to beat Dake off the scales at worlds.

I would rather see only two u17 medalists than give so much as one unique visitor click to that section

In all seriousness, I would never say this to his face. I hope he turns a blind eye to my words because he would kick my old ass into oblivion. That said, not too sure how his camp feels about RAF turning him into a ginger. Udmurtia is long ways away from Dagestan and... yeah...

This guy will be make a great Managing Director one day because he can see around corners and knows what's coming from all angles

It's not the allocation system that is different, it's the schedule and rankings invites + only two total competitors per country across six weights and three styles allowed to go participate in last chance. I'm telling you for a fact that December 2027 is being very heavily considered. The goal is to get the best squad asap in order to qualify the weights asap by sending the best wrestler, in return USAW has a better idea of how to stack-rank who gets to go to the oly last chance tourney. As a greco guy, this works heavily in your favor because GR is the least likely to qualify at any given olympic weight.

Olympic Team Trials is very likely to be in December 2027

The turnaround from 27 worlds to OTT is going to be interesting. Guys are going to go from peaking directly into peaking. Potentially will be a recipe for disaster if we want to send the best squad to LA. Reminds me of when Yazdani finally got one over on Taylor who just won an olympic gold - the body can only peak so much in this sport and same for the mind. Long-winded way to say I hope they permanently tighten the delay window.

That literally could not be further from the truth lmao