Voice of the Quakers

AJ is going to get three more years because the NCAA is not going to fight any of these requests while it is trying to figure out what a post-House settlement world looks like.

I'd be worried about every PSAC school other than West Chester.

Staying open is Clarion's priority, as it is for all of the PSAC schools right now.

I remember being here in Philly when Molinaro chose down against Dake and the entire arena yelled “NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

1987 was a particularly good year for D2 at the D1 tournament. Besides Haselrig, Tim Wright of SIUE (then D2) and Roger Singleton of Grand Valley State both placed at 118 and Darryl Pope and Eric Mittlestead both placed for CSUB (then D2) at 177 and 190, respectively. I was at Penn when the decision to exclude D2 and D3 from all D1 championships was made in the early 1990s. (I believe T&F and other individual athletes were allowed to "compete up".) I remember a lot of hand-wringing about the sanctity of each division's championships. IMO, the quality of D2 and D3 wrestling has declined as a result as high-level athletes who preferred to attend D2 or D3 schools for whatever reason (campus size, proximity to home, academic program, etc.) have been "forced" to compete D1.

My advice: Coat your stomach with a cheesesteak and 4 ibuprofen before you go to bed Friday night/Saturday morning. It's not going to get you up for Session 5, but it should help with the hangover.

McGlinchey's at 259 S 15th St. is really hard to beat for low low prices.

College athletes are generally not held to academic standards at all anymore. https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/22/us/unc-report-academic-fraud/index.html https://alumni.unc.edu/news/ncaa-no-significant-violations/#:~:text=The NCAA's Committee on Infractions,University will not be sanctioned.

This attitude is why college sports will have the Power 4 conferences, the Ivy League, and nothing else in a few years.

Why should we treat athletes different than regular students? The issues we have in college sports right now is that we don't treat athletes like regular students. Schools are accepting transfers - even in wrestling - they know will not graduate and are not working toward degrees. Likewise, normal students have power of contract, but not athletes. It all has to change.

Six years is actually becoming the norm, but I don't want to see college sports go that far. If your student finds they need an extra year to finish college, they are not alone. According to the U.S. Department of Education, in 2020 43.7% of students completed college in four years, 58.7% finished after 5 years, and 60.4% took 6 years. Many students finish college on individualized, unconventional timelines. https://collegiateparent.com/academics/5th-year-of-college-part-1/#:~:text=According to the U.S. Department,and 60.4% took 6 years.Much

This is where college sport is and should be going. Most undergraduates take five years to graduate; athletic eligibility should be in line with the typical student experience. The fight over eliminating redshirting is going to be intense. What about injuries? Gap years? Religious missions? Olympic training? The sob stories will be infinite. But, we have to get rid of the 7th and 8th year seniors. The lengthening of the college career is limiting opportunities for graduating high schoolers and professionalizing college sports further than needed.

Lorenzo's! Ah, the late night memories!

53 going on 12

God bless all the wrestlers competing for 3-8. But, Friday is a long liquid day and I need my rest and my Market before Finals Saturday night.