Secondary market prices will drop significantly once the tickets are released to the schools.
Face value seats given to the school are listed at just over $400 for upper deck.
Barr is going to win the weight. Anyone picking Iowa's staff with upperweights over Penn State's staff with upperweights in March has learned absolutely nothing in the last 15 years.
They can't do this. They have absolutely no legal jurisdiction over what a booster pays an athlete. none. zero. zip. zilch. They cannot regulate it. it is illegal.
Every year in December: "Penn State is showing vulnerabilities!"
Every year in March: "Penn State has broken the sport! Nationals aren't even fun anymore!"
Ticket demand for the NCAA Wrestling Tournament goes up every year. This year, Penn State alone expects 25,000 members of the Nittany Lion Club to put in for tickets. That's more than the capacity of the arena.
A huge difference between Penn state sending out two guys who never wrestled a national tournament for anyone else in MM and Kerkvliet and Iowa and michigan basing their entire programs now on poaching older kids.
For me, in terms of folkstyle, Zain Retherford was the best folkstyle wrestler. Incredible in all three positions. Pushed the pace, was physical, could shoot and score to both legs, great short offense, and committed crimes against humanity on top.