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That is my concern. Ben Askren isn't a normal schmuck like us who go to the Hospital, get home, get a bill and we say, 'well gee, this should have been covered.' It's one of the bigger news in sports. So if the insurance company is going to contest it...EVEN if he were a normal schmuck, you'd appeal it and then you'd have Hospital social workers who could help you navigate this, but a guy with money and a massive following? I won't entertain anymore of the stupid 'wow.... you don't know insurance companies suck,' posts, but for them to do this-this brazenly...it at LEAST makes you wonder if it's NOT an illegitimate denial. And I hope I'm wrong.

You must be reading a different thread than me if you took my postS to come to such a stupid conclusion. I gave you the mechanism to challenge the Insurance companies decisions. I said they deny legitimate claims... I'm well aware of how they work. For a sleezy year out of College or two I worked in Insurance. Please read the rest of my posts before "informing" me of what world I live in or how it actually works.

Dude... C'mon... I don't care what they're "legally" separated from, they CAN legally communicate with each other Which ...AGAIN is why Matt Rhule, the Nebraska HC and former coach of the Panthers came and said, "you want a good QB, it's going to cost US 2M in the portal, that's just the reality." These coaches are talking to the heads of the NIL collectives, they're coordinating. The school can't push you to pay one player, the Collectives can... and MANY of those Collectives...such as the one at Miami that is giving Carson Beck a massive amount of money. Right...so now we're back to the positions and frankly, what year you want to look at. Look at least year, it was Sanders, Hunter...a CBB player I hadn't heard of who were at the top...ALONG with Arch Manning who comes from maybe the most famous Football family(or possibly sports family) in the league's history. Are you off the opinion that the large revenue sports have NIL collectives that make money? LOL...no, they DEFINITELY do not. They basically work as Charities but for...the least charitable reasons. They may end a year with more money than they had going into the year... that money doesn't get spread back over the collective. You just end up rolling it over. I'm dying to know where my money went! I put 10K in just at the start of the year the last several years(not...exactly a high roller). I got back...0 dollars. Any money they make, that just goes into their war chest. You're not making money from it. Non-Revenue... I don't think it changes. Non-revenue is more often just a couple larger donors who are more invested in the programs. I don't think we are on most issues, but on this, I think it's almost 100% race neutral. There may be some nepotism that goes into it...you have teammates who are often given money to entire other teammates. This could in theory happen with the Bassett Family(though they're Brothers). With schools like IMG pumping out 30-40 D1 Athletes a year, the only way I see it not being based on merit at this point is... who has the bigger name or connections and I still think that's in service of winning, not race.

You go on and on about anecdotal evidence and then "studies" and you are using a 2015 study(from 2017...strange they'd not use the 2017 starters) but half the starting QBs are black going into this year(actually...more than half, but it's less than white). The first two picks of the 2022 and 2023 draft...black. The first pick of this years draft class...black. So if you want to argue there's a "racial element to which positions are most valued," then...please account for that?" I mean... it's also Football. They didn't just devalue RB because due to race, they did it because it's an EASIER position to replace. QB is the most important position in Football. Who was the ROY last year? The MVP the last several years? Are you a Football fan? Because...if not, I get it, but if you are, I have to question how honest some of these questions are... this is SUCH basic stuff. The top young QBs, Jayden Daniels, Caleb Wiliams The top QBs in the NFL overall, Mahomes, Lamar, Allen, Burrows. Who's the top paid QB in the NFL? Mahomes. Top paid in GTD money? Dak. You're really muddying this conversation by oscillating back and forth between NFL QB play(which is 10-years old and even a casual NFL fan would know is antiquated)...why QB is valued more than RB and asking if there's a racial component to it(that doesn't even seem serious frankly). Lets go to the 2nd most valuable position. WR. Just like NIL and CFB, the highest paid non-QBs are ALMOST all WRs. Tyreke Hill, Davante Adams, Justin Jefferson, Jamar Chase, Ceedee Lamb, DK Metcalf... Terry McClaurin... The correlation is NOT with QBs becoming more highly valued as RBs became LESS valued, the correlation is WRs becoming more highly valued as RBs became devalued. All really moving off the College NFL deals where... you're using a year that fits your narrative but then ignoring the one that doesn't.

Well, they're not the penultimate choice for most of the top Wrestlers now, they're the final choice. But seriously... with Lee, it was VERY publicly Iowa and PSU as his final two schools. So... in this case, that's exactly what PSU was. The penultimate school for him. I'm not at all surprised he identified more with the Brands than Cael. They did this interview with Lee a few years ago and with the PSU guys. Spencer Lee; "What's winning mean to you." A-"It's life or death. That's it, it's everything." Cael- A-"Well, it's a game and we're lucky to be able to go out there and play a game, the process doesn't change because of the tournament, we're blessed to be able to play a game and you just go out there and have fun and see what happens." So...that's a pretty big difference. It's also what I think makes PSU s damn good at winning on the front side of the bracket(prior to this years when they actually disappointed and still had 10 AAs and set a NEW record for the 2nd time in 2 years.

There's a lot of... rose colored glasses here. Kueter needed hip surgery. He didn't CHOOSE Football over Wrestling this upcoming season, his body chose for him. Buchanan-The guy was a 3X AA who'd taken 3rd TWICE in a weight with Brooks and Dean. You also had Parco, Teemer a 4X AA and a 3X AA who took a 2nd and NEITHER placed. You talk about if Gillman didn't try a "merkle," which he may not have done had he stayed at HWC...but what did Gabe Arnold do in the Wrestlebacks last year vs Parker? That was the guy who was going to "shut up Starocci," and then didn't even Wrestle him. Also, saying they would have won 2020 is...silly. Winning the B10s(as Michigan has shown) doesn't equate to winning the team title 2 weeks later. 125-Lee PROBABLY wins it. 133-Both have AAs, maybe RBY wins his first title this year instead of the following year...most likely a ~3-5th for PSU, 5th-8th for Iowa 141-A likely finalist for PSU, Murin MAYBE places. Nick Lee #2 Seed, he'd been back and forth with Pletcher, he'd beaten McKenna the year before. Max Murin-Finished up taking a sixth. 149-Lugo-Favorite PSU-RD of 12-16 maybe 157-Maybe 1 AA here, Young from Iowa...in a loaded weight. Maybe 6-8. 165-Joseph PSU 3X Finalist 2X Champ Marinelli #1 Seed, but had lost to Joseph and he'd taken a 7th, Rd12 and then 6th surrounding that 2020 season. 174-Mark Hall-3X Finalist-3X Champ if nor for Valencia Kemerer Hall is the favorite here as well 184-Aaron Brooks -Good shot of winning the title. One loss to Ventz who he beat and it was a weak weight. Iowa-Freshmen Assad-likely DNP 197-IOWA -Warner-Likely AA-4-8 PSU- Rasheed Beat Warner and lost to Warner- Rd of 12 type HWT-Cass Top 5 The Tournament almost certainly comes down to how future NC's RBY, Lee and Brooks do as well as how big matchup's at 165 and 174 go. Iowa has claimed this "title" despite not actually having won it because they were seeded to do better? Ok...well, one of the two teams has traditionally won the big matches, one hasn't. Iowa is NOT "still Iowa." The Iowa Hawkeyes were the most feared program in the Country. Teams were AFRAID to Wrestle them. They did what PSU does now. They got Freshmen into the finals or beating multiple time AAs, they did it at a time when there were fewer scholarships by getting guys to give up scholarships(by working camps and paying their own tuition). Guys WANTED to go to Iowa. Guys transferred from Syracuse and elsewhere, the entire Midwest wanted to Wrestle for Gable. They had an aurora, a mystique to them. That's gone and it doesn't seem like there's any indication it's coming back. In fact...they mostly just look like the same program as they were in 1995, but what worked in 1995 does work now. The scrambling, the offense, it hasn't evolved with the rest of the sport. Iowa is important to the sport as a whole and...they're a team competing for 2nd place and I never imagined I'd see Iowa fans just saying, 'well....we're still good...we're usually the 2nd best team.'

I think Jordan Burroughs would be a... good coach. I don't know that he'd be Cael or DT's level... but he'd attract a LOT of people. I don't particularly care about Iowa beyond what it means for the sport. And it's just good fro the sport to have a contender to PSU or beyond that, just a strong IOWA Program. People who don't follow Wrestling know of Iowa Wrestling. JB would bring in a LOT of recruits... but what's equally important is building out that staff. I'm sure JB could bring in some good assistants. I'd have said Snyder, but more time needs to pass. I now know what QV is with a prositute because of Snyder...

LOL...yeah, we should be talking about 8th graders and the height of immorality because they... sit out a year! That...THAT'S the horse that needs more kicking!

Eh, it's your call. We had a thread about the biggest threat regarding Christian extremists and it turned into a prolonged discussion about Pol Pot in which "El Luchador," linked a 1998 article from his depth that he didn't read and claimed that was proof the "Leftists" were the real threats. Then insisted that Ethnocentric Nationalists aren't part of the far right nor re fascists. So basically, he thinks anyone who is bad is a "Leftist." You can if you'd like, but I don't think it'd actually serve a purpose. Jimmy would reply a LOT, I wouldn't read them. Scout would just post something unrelated from X and the people on the right who are honest would just ignore it or like mspart, 'they're all bad.'

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have consistently identified white supremacist, Christian extremists, and anti-government extremists as the most significant domestic terrorism threats in the United States. While these ideologies are often associated with Christian nationalism, the agencies have not specifically labeled "Christian extremists" as the primary threat.hsgac.senate.gov+1hsgac.senate.gov+1 Key Findings from Federal Assessments FBI and DHS Threat Assessments: Reports from 2021 and 2022 highlight that racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists, particularly white supremacists, pose the most persistent and lethal threat. These assessments also note an increase in violence from anti-government or anti-authority extremists, including militia groups and anarchists. hstoday.us+1files.gao.gov+1files.gao.gov+3fbi.gov+3whitehouse.gov+3 Senate Homeland Security Report (2022): An investigation found that the FBI and DHS had not effectively tracked or reported data on domestic terrorism, despite requirements from a 2019 law. The report emphasized that white supremacist and anti-government violence are the most significant terrorist threats facing the nation. hsgac.senate.gov+1hsgac.senate.gov+1 FBI Director's Statement (2020): FBI Director Christopher Wray stated that the agency's top priority is preventing terrorist attacks, from any place, by any actor. He noted that the nature of the threat posed by terrorism—both international and domestic—continues to evolve, with domestic violent extremists being a significant concern. fbi.gov Understanding the Threat Landscape Christian extremist groups like the Army of God have been involved in violent acts, such as anti-abortion terrorism, they represent a segment of the broader domestic terrorism landscape. The FBI and DHS focus on a range of ideologies, including white supremacy, anti-government sentiments, and other extremist beliefs, when assessing threats.en.wikipedia.orghsgac.senate.gov

Is he also an antisemite now? Suddenly there was a big switch among the MAGA right. Despite Trump supporting Israel, there's a lot of "Isreal controls the United States," talking points suddenly(well, since Oct 7th 2 years ago).

I have two very close relatives. One is 25 years in the FBI. My Uncle had long hair, he was a hippy, kinda a stoner. But he shaved his head and got a hat like Walter White had in breaking bad. He looked JUST like him. He was traveling with my Aunt in their RV and they stopped in New Mexico and he looked just like Walter White with the Gotee and hate, shaved head. So he took a couple pictures and posted them. His son called and made him take those down because they were glorifying a drug dealer and would reflect badly upon him. Not long after that, he re-posted a meme with Ellison from Minnesota and Tlalib and Omar(both of whom had 72% or more in their races) and quoted Bin Laden about how "we will take America down from the inside." Now...I don't like Tlaib or Omar all that much(Ellison was a good, reasonable man IMO). And then his own personal post, "Just like Bin Laden promised, they're taken them down from the inside. How are we allowing this to happen. The other one was in the Navy 20 years and very high ranking, he talked about approving Afghan interpreters getting Temporary Protected Status...(which we're taking away and sending them back to get slaughtered)... He never said how much say he had, but he just talked about a few guys YEARS later and how they helped(he was in Intelligence, he wasn't on the ground so far as we know). But he agreed and he liked it. Yes, I think Muslims are a bigger threat in the Middle East due to a number of issues, partially how the US has used them, how they've been to War, how they've interfered, but mostly... they come from theocratic Countries. I've found that Muslims in the United States are just happy to be here.. And the statistics bear it out, the Christians IN AMERICA are far-far more likely to want to take down the Country or commit acts of terror.

Also...this; https://www.reuters.com/sports/report-uncs-rj-davis-uscs-juju-watkins-have-most-nil-deals-2025-04-02/?utm_source=chatgpt.com JuJu Watkins has been hyped up like Clark. So the most NIL are a black woman from USC and a black CBB from NC.

Lets START by remembering these are ESTIMATED deals. We found out after Angel Reese and Caitlyn Clark, the greatest women's CBB player of all-time was making less than the "Bayou Barbi." Now, my issue with this list; You're taking a YouTube video that is ranking the 10 BEST players in the NFL draft. Look at the ranking of the 10 BEST every year...and then look at the Mock Drafts. You'll have as many as 4-5 QBs going in the top 10 picks. BEST and Most important are very different... but this guys list is also just AWFUL. This is just a lazy list off ChatGTP but who are going to be the highest paid? 1-QBs from the The top programs(or at least the most well funded program...UT is the #1 Athletic Dept in the Country in Revenue). LSU, Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Miami, Tennessee, Clemson...the typical powerhouses. 2-The BEST of the BEST at other positions. And when I say these are just estimates, I know Kayden Proctor, the LT from Alabama is at LEAST in the top 10. You remember what Matt Rhule said about the poor QB play at Nebraska? "If you want me to go out and get a good QB, I'm going to need at least 2M or he's going to go somewhere else." Nico Iamaleava is a clown. He tried to force Tennessee into paying him more and ended up stuck in the portal and I think he ended up at UCLA. And this list by the time the draft comes will DRASTICALLY change. Sanders was high on this list last year. Right behind Travis Hunter. This list is bad as Nussmeier is the favorite to go #1 as Arch Manning is expected back and is leaves off the QB from South Carolina...Lanoris Sellers or something like that...a Jalen Hurts type QB with a better arm(as a College QB). But Miami has UGA transfer Beck. Drew Allar at PSU has been one of the top prospects since HS. Clemson QB Cade Klubik Arch Manning since he was one of the most highly pursued QB in CFB History... THOSE are going to be the guys who get the most NIL money. It was Caleb Williams two years ago. That you think this is about a social media following... I mean, I don't know if you're a CFB fan, but that's ridiculous. No...I don't. I think it's a ridiculous question, but again, that's a NICHE sport, but...what Women have dominated endorsement deals for the last 20 years? The Williams Sisters and Simone Billes. So...I guess I do know the answer. Yes. They would. Who was the top paid Women's athlete 3 years ago? The year Caitlyn Clark, the VASTLY superior Basketball player but less attractive athlete or Angel Reese? Angel Reese...she was making 1.5M despite the fact she is...so bad at anything but rebounding. Dunne is a COMMPLETE outlier. Lets go to last year; So #1 QB from the MANNING Family. #2 Black QB from the Sanders family(but also from Colorado which doesn't have the money the top programs have). #3-The first non-QB. Travis Hunter. Why? Because he was the best player in CFB last year. #4-The starting QB for Texas. #5-the #1 overall pick in the NBA draft and one of the most hyped Basketball prospects in years(domestically, Wemby was up there with LeBron in the last 20 years). #6-Black QB from Alabama #7-Black QB from Miami #8-AsianQB from Oregon #9-Samoan QB from UT...who cost himself money. #10-Carson Beck...who was lured away by Miami(who has the largest NIL collective). #11-1st Rd draft pick Jaxson Dart #12-Drew Allar QB PSU-The #3 overall recruit and a top 5 projected draft pick #13 Garrett Nussmeier QB LSU and the projected TOP PICK in the draft. This should be obviously by now. This year... who are the top? Manning remains #1(3rd straight year). Beck, who'd led UGA to SEC Title Games and the CFB playoffs took the money from Miami Jeremiah Smith, a FRESHMEN last year at WR DJ Lagway, a guy who sat behind Graham Mertz last year LaNorris Sellers, another FRESHMEN who is in the top 5. So #3, #4, #5 are black. If you really don't think this is a meritocracy... you're living in the past. This isn't the 1960s Alabama team refusing to play Black CBs. This is a multi-billion dollar industry. These programs...and the people running it WANT TO WNI. You're going to see this change year to year. Why was Carter Starocci and Gable Stevenson the highest paid Wrestlers? BECAUSE THEY WERE THE BEST(well...Gable ended up losing, but you get the point).

It's not obvious to me. It's obvious to me that POSITION and marketability plays a role. People tried to do this with Angel Reese and Caitlyn Clark, suggesting Clark got paid because she was a "pretty white girl." Someone then pointed out that'd be like saying Larry Bird got deals because of his good looks. But even then, that'd make more sense as it was Boston in the 1980s. No, sports is a meritocracy now. It's just like the NFL. Running Backs aren't making less because they're primarily black, they're being paid less because the position has become undervalued. These schools want to keep the best players. If Jerimiah Smith, a guy who'd probably be a top 3 WR in the NFL RIGHT NOW...wasn't good, he wouldn't be getting ~5M in NIL. But he's a freak WR. He's like a mix of Julio Jones and Calvin Johnson. The ONE area I can't speak with as much confidence would be Women's niche sports. We all know why Livvy Dunne getsa paid. Are there Black Gymnasts who are as attractive and as high profile that aren't? I don't know. I know Simone Billes and Serena Williams made a massive amount of money in endorsements(and continue to).

Do you lack the ability to pick up on ALL context? Go back and read the thread, what post did I agree with? Explain to me where I made ANY inference that there was ANYTHING wrong with that? Why are you the only one that needs every position explained?

Cool. I don't know what you're babbling about today, but you still...shockingly couldn't answer the question. Who said; Just asking who ever made this claim... You guys sure like the "liberals say...." and then...kinda make up your own little theories, don't ya?

Yeah, 95 to 106 is 11 pounds. I know that Math can get difficult, but...not 9 pounds. And that's over 10% of his body weight. That's a BIG difference. That's a 150 having to Wrestle ~170. You asked me on another thread why I cared so much about a cease-fire. Why do YOU care so much about a kid being held back a year so he's ready to compete or MORE ready to compete given everything that's at stake for some of these kids? Live changing NIL money. Just 200K at 19 years old is tens of millions if invested right by retirement age. You have an odd metric for "deplorable."

You were part of a thread in which I was literally arguing they should have used more MOPs if they were not certain they could stop and completely destroy Iran nuclear facilities with this strike. So again, you have to be...just comically stupid or asking this question as a precursor to another question. There's not a chance this is a sincere question. So just get to it already. This is like the 5th time you've asked something I've addressed probably 20-25 times, including in conversations WITH YOU.

Read the thread. Read the last 2-3 pages. I've been SO abundantly clear on this, it's not a "valid question," it's a stupid game you're trying to play. You'd have to be Scout/Jimmy-level stupid to not understand at this point.

Yeah, no, I get that. I'm saying if you push back, they can't deny you and they're certainly not going to deny you in a high profile case that's on ESPN. I worked in health care for a period of time. I understand how corrupt it is. They still can't just deny a legitimate claim... So whereas I understand they may deny treatment for normal people from time to time, they need to have a valid reason for denying a transplant as Askren is certainly going to have the resources to challenge the Insurance company.

Why do I care? THIS is the extent of what I said about it; And gee...lets think. Why would I possibly care about a cease-fire as opposed to escalating the conflict? Man...you got me. Just...silly, huh?

Wonderful. Do you have any point or are you just going to keep asking stupid questions like "do you think Iran should have Nuclear weapons?" As for the asinine and pedantic, argue with Trump; https://x.com/i/status/1937486228229697823

Yeah...that is is a simple question. When you change a word and ask of out nowhere "6-12 hours in prolonged," I didn't know what you were asking. But yes, by definition...it is prolonged. Do you know what "prolonged" means? So I said...with no political bend to it, that I find it odd we're saying we're going to have set a cease-fire so you can launch off another attack...and then Trump said the same thing. So again...what are you even arguing? The definition of words? AGAIN...some of you really need to figure out what the hell you're even arguing. You also just asked if I thought we should allow Iran a Nuclear Weapon...and you're asking ME about MY reading comprehension?

Oh Christ... I've posted probably 50 times about what I thought about the bombing and of Iran. If you're still asking this stupid ass question, it's rhetorical or to set up another stupid question, so...please just get to it.