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That was all I saw as well. FWIW, I don’t believe it was “taught,” just in the library

I believe it was claimed to be an NIL deal

Willie just gave it legs in the other thread

Cassioppi could ORS right?

I don’t think anyone’s projecting he will except in the dream that he wrestles as a true freshman

They kinda do. PSU had a guy on their roster a couple years ago who didn’t even qualify for states (yes, it’s “states”) in NJ

He might be able to place at the Soldier Salute

Isn’t the out of state tuition at PSU somewhere around $50k a year these days?

Not unless they get Gable which seems unlikely. Franek has a shot against Haines, but Bartlett also has a shot against Woods, and Ayala/Howard is a tossup.

Charitable donations is probably a good comparison. That's basically what a 4th place wrestler getting $200K would be...

No. Obviously he'd be an improvement but they're already counting on pretty big points from Cassioppi, so he really only adds maybe 7ish points at the tournament. AJ would be a bigger impact with their current hole at 197. But even with AJ + Gable, their best case scenario in a dual against PSU is probably 4 wins, which is kinda crazy.

Can you provide some other examples where "we do this all the time in society"? I know it happens, the closest I can think of is maybe memorabilia, but I'm not sure if it happens "all the time," at least not to this extent where people are paying many times more than what the overwhelming majority of people would pay for something. Some would probably argue real estate but I'd disagree with that except for maybe a few exceptions.

Basically the NCAA's whole argument previously was that more of the value is in the name of the school, not the specific players. By having these offers illegally tied to attendance at a certain school, they are pretty much being proven correct.

I haven't watched today's yet but he has a point. I think in the past he's been in favor of athletes earning money from brands/companies etc. based off actually doing advertisements, etc. for them. But he's against "collectives" and whatnot just handing out cash for going to a certain school. Yes, you can make the argument that an NIL deal is worth "what someone is willing to pay," but in reality, 4th & 5th place finishers are not bringing in $200k+ of revenue or whatever the rumors have been. I think his follow up point is usually that after a few years and they realize they're not getting much return, that the money could dry up.

Looks like there is no expiration date on being an age level world medalist https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Wrestling/PDF-Files/2024-Olympic-Redshirt-Criteria.pdf

Is there any expiration date on the qualifying result, assuming he hasn’t done something recent to qualify as well?

Just talking about wrestling here?

There was one episode where they were talking about J’Den Cox being married to Whitney Conder. I forget exactly what they said now but definitely a little cringey. I do enjoy their wrestling talk though.

OK after looking closer at the math I think you’re right that Iowa is likely above Michigan now, although they probably match up a little better with them in a dual than the tourney

Thanks. So what’s the difference between those?

Based on my limited understanding of freestyle, this seems like a fair interpretation. Semi-related question (for anyone), what is the difference between just a “caution” (I’m pretty sure that’s a thing?) and a “caution+1”?

Would he still be able to compete at Worlds?

Maybe he loses to Gilman in the room?

Ha! Thanks

Where do you find the projected place and bonus points? I just see the 65