AgaveMaria

I know some States tax the Athletes earnings made when they play in their State. An Athlete who gets a good paycheck apparently has to pay State taxes on earnings made while paling there. Does this apply to NIL and the payment money wrestlers & college Athletes are getting? Is this the same for Coaches and support staff? The travel with the team and work in the venues. Are they taxed, or just athletes?

They may not even beat Oklahoma State & the end of season swoon will be on full display at Nationals.

Sorry about the typo in the title. Carr looks worn out.

Watched the match & it sure looked like Carr just couldn't keep up the pace. Looked worn out near the end. Does Messenbrink have the skill & technique to get past the blocking of top guys & force action this way? Lots of action and movement doesn't always mean scoring, just action and movement. Meanwhile the opponent picks their spots & scores. Can he overcome it?

No matter what he won & looked more relaxed than his time at Iowa. Hope he wins it all.

The Rump is his own kind of hell. Paying $130,000 to a hooker, being convicted of more Felonies than Al Capone & Bernie Madoff combined & a congenitital serial liar must be difficult, but he seems to pull it off with ease. As for Snyder - Jesus boy who trys to buy whores. Just another religious john - meat & potatoes for the cops.

Does testing positive for Marijuana get them punished? Friend who is a Prison Corrections Officer regularly tests positive as do most of the others who actively patrol the tiers. So much pot smoked inside they breathe it whether they want to or not - and they confiscate a bunch of it. Policy there is 'no harm, no foul' for the positive tests because they know the reality. Second hand smoke from the users. Their reality is those users in the cell blocks are generally less of a problem than those who don't smoke it. ------------------------ So testing positive gets one banned while getting arrested as a John soliciting whores doesn't? No "morals clause" in the mix?

Does this mean that one could be in trouble if going on 20-60 day wilderness/mountaineering trips - or just that you would need to report them before taking off? When on these we were out of touch for weeks to months at a time. Now - satellite communication is available but sure wouldn't want the added weight in the packs even as some think it worth it.

I think they will. No matter how we rag on Tom he is producing some good wrestlers. Just not making it to the top often enough - but being compared to Dan Gable is a loser for most coaches when you are talking Titles.

Penn State underperformed this year. Different from past years. Will it happen again? Maybe, and maybe not. I would not count on the Lions falling down again. OSU with Taylor is looking good but we need a couple of NCAA's to see if they have that magic when the lights are on and it is all on the line. We have seen Penn State in these conditions & have a track record now. Can OSU do it?

How will he do with mat wrestling when facing a top quality rider?

I am known as a doubter. Most all religions & the dogma. Still waiting for some actuall written records about Jesus when he supposedly lived. That said, religion can help folks when they need something to lean on. Belief is a powerful tool for many with hope & peace. Do object to the types who wear it on their sleeve & get pissed when anyone questions or comments. Current kerfluffel with Snyder is on point. Look at the video & what he solicited & weight that aginst his public religious stuff. Others are similar in public displays while not having anything like soliciting whores that we know of. Too many like Jim Bakker and so many who make money on the God Train. If what you "believe" is truth it will eventually come out. If not, that probably will also. As for me I prefer the truth, no matter the source. I don't like all those who "know the truth" telling me lies to try & convince me they are right. I am most familiar with one group I post on from time to time, always checked to be accurate in what I write even if it rankles some. Some personal experience & other from written/recorded records. So, credit your diety quietly. If you have faith, fine. Live it & if you slip, live it as you believe & keep it between you & your chosen diety. If you are Jesus Trained and such & are Loud & Proud about it - don't whine when you screw up & it gets out. Too many dirty & murderous skeletons in most Organized religions that are lied about & denied when they are outed. Be loud about the belief & don't be surprised when others go after you when you screw up & it is made public. Keep your religion to yourself. Whatever diety you follow, for whatever reason doesn't belong in your Sport. Not openly. Faith is fine, keep it yours. Jesus & others may be great when you win but somehow aren't credited when your Azz is handed to you. I seriously doubt any diety gives a tinkers damn whether you score a touchdown, get a pin or eat bagels for snacks. Credit your coaches, training partners, whatever & be secure in your belief without the public histrionics.

He comes across as more relaxed than when at Iowa when we saw him last.

Truth be told the Minnahana mascot is actually a Ground Squirrel.

George Washington may have said it best, if not first: “Religious controversies are always more productive of acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.” To prevent such controversies, Washington ordered Continental Army commanders “to protect and support the free exercise…and undisturbed enjoyment of…religious matters." ------------------------- Washington’s friend, the widely heralded polemicist Thomas Paine tried ending the controversy. “I do not believe in…any church,” he declared. In a call to arms against what he called church-state tyranny in early America, he insisted that “every national church or religion accuses the others of unbelief; for my own part, I disbelieve them all.” -------------------------- John Adams, who had signed the Declaration of Independence, inked his presidential signature on the 1796 Treaty of Tripoli affirming to Americans and the world that “the United States is not, in any sense, a Christian nation.” The 23 members present in the U.S. Senate (out of 32) ratified the document unanimously. --------------------- The idea of a Jesus figure sound nice but the reality of those who are believers is the biggest reason to stay away from it.

"legally innocent", for now. The record paints a very different picture, though not the lousy one some of the news headlines are trumpeting. He is a John & got caught. He isn't running a string of call girls, unless there is a lot more to the story that has not yet been made public. Husband & father who cheats & lies. Still, a damned good wrestler.

BuckyBadger wrote: They are calling out the hypocrisy of what he says and preaches to others and how what he does behind closed doors goes completely against it. If he wasn’t so outspoken about lifestyle, morality, the right path, then I’d be with you. ------------------------------- He's a "Christian". Jim Bakker Catholic Priests Mormon molesters so very many others. Want to bet he will be a "Miracle of Forgiveness" type & eventually go on the preaching circuit talking about how "Satan had me but now I'm saved"? As for "no problem with consenting adults" - in general it is right. Big problem is when you start going to hookers you stand a very good chance of ending up with someone forced into the life. Too often working off some kind of debt to dirtbags who take advantage of them. It isn't like many in Nevada in the Counties where prositution is legal, licensed and inspected. Even there you have problems. Face it, the Golden boy has feet of clay & has been lying to us - but worse is lying to his Family.

Mormon belief is that Jesus was a Polygamist, married to at least three women who are mentioned with him in scripture. Married & had kids - otherwise how could he have the full life experience?

Maybe he can get advice from Donald Trump - we now he pays off whores. Or Robert Kraft, the guy who owns the New England Patriots. Both rich & "successful" guys who pay for sex.

For now it is like Bobby Douglas vs Dan Gable. Bobby beat him a number of times. A few years and a more mature Gable & we know how good he became. Lee is ahead of him now & it will be a few years before that changes.

He would do better eating Garlic Pickles and hoping his breath scares opponents. He won before & would not defend it. Catching lightning in a bottle twice is not likely.

"Who are the guys that at their absolute best, could have beaten anyone at any time including those GOATS?" No one on the list would have taken John Smith when Gold was on the line. Many tried for years but when he was going for Gold at Worlds and Olympic games he always got it done. Some hard fought matches along the way but he had another gear no one could touch.

Every State that has High School wrestling should have at least one State Sponsored University with a wrestling program. Not doing so it a clear message to the kids that they & their efforts do not matter.

Febuary 2019 is the last time Oklahoma State beat Iowa in a dual meet. New coach David Taylor's first effort was a good one but his guys met an Iowa squad ready & willing to scrap with them. Will they do it this year? Will a year in the room & getting "his guys" into the rotation make the difference? Tom Brands loves handing it to the Cowboys. Will his guys do it again this coming season?

Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry stated it well. "A Legend in his own mind."