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None of them would play Israel. There are several muslim nations that have forfeited to Israel in sports. It isn't just Iran. I don't so much have a problem with forfeiting. They are only hurting themselves in the end. I also get it. It's easy to say politics shouldn't be part of the Olympics, but more difficult when athletes compete representing their country in their colors playing their national anthem when they win. Doubly difficult when there is a war or dispute at play. If Russia had not been banned I would total understand why a Ukrainian athlete might op to not wrestle/compete against them. Hard to put aside the whole war thing.

No idea. I didn't see the story. Searched filth Olympics and it brought up stories on the triathlon and the dirty river where the swimming section took place.

What was the filth that was presented?

Who is McCoy? and which Sanderson are you talking about?

No he didn't.

More national champions from the high school class of 1987 came fro wrestling not on that list than on it. Angle and the Brandses combined for 7 national titles thats one more than the ASICS AA selections. They also have 10 AA finishes. It would be interesting to see if the # of AAs or national titles from a recruiting class coming from the top 100/50/20/10 recruits has changed over time. Essentially it would be a measure of whether the rankings have improved or gotten worse over time.

The Sunkist Kids match was at 84kg which probably favored Pendleton as he was at 84kg for the 2008 trials and Askren was at 74kg arguably with one foot into retirement. Pendleton was close to retirement himself, but did another quad finishing 3rd at the 2012 trials. https://content.usawmembership.com/articles/20939

That's what I was doing - going by age. If Taylor was at his best in 2022 and 2023, Yazdani potentially still has years to reach a new peak. When your peak is best in the world and your trough is second best is the world it can be difficult to tell the location of the actual peak. The other argument in favor of Yazdani over Taylor is that Taylor had a very limited prime and all these head to head matches all happened during Taylor's prime which skewed the head to head record in Taylor's favour. If Taylor and Yazdani had met each year from 2015-2024 the record could be more even. But when Taylor wasn't good enough to compete with Yazdani he was either not on the team or retired. If Yazdani had taken a couple matches off Taylor before his hit his prime or after he started to decline it would change the head to head perception significantly. All in all Taylor was only undisputedly the best in the world three for years 2018, 2022, and 2023. Returning to the OP topic if Yazdani wins this year then Yazdani was the best in the world 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2024. Multiple Olympics, multiple weights, and an age level title too. It might be enough for some. He'd probably need one more still to pass Taylor in my estimation. If Yazdani goes on a run of 4-5 more titles it really isn't debatable and he is one of the greatest freestyle wrestlers ever. All Taylor did was block him from being universally seen as the best ever.

I dunno. Was 2017-2023 the prime of Yazdanis career? Or was it the prime of Taylor's career? If it was the prime of Yazdani's career then Taylor spent the majority of his prime (2013-2019) losing to a variety of guys and only won a single world title (2018). I think 16 prime freestyle losses for Taylor vs only 5 for Yazdani. Yazdani won two world titles during his prime (2017 and 2019). If it was the prime of Taylor's career then isn't it too early to pick the better wrestler? Yazdani could be approaching the peak of his prime now. Yazdani's prime would be 2021-2027. When do you consider Askren's peak? Pendleton beat him in 2005 and earlier. He also beat him in freestyle at Sunkist Kids in 2009. I guess if his peak was limited to 2006-2008 that could be true.

Hell No!

Was it smart for LeBron to try and monetize his free agency announcement? Was it smart for Amazon to hold some wide open bidding process for their HQ2 to try and get more money out of the sites that had all but selected before even announcing the bidding process?

Here is an article on flo about how some of the USA's best did at junior nationals. It's focused on individuals that won world/Olympic medals so Fried isn't on there. https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/5067700-how-did-wrestlings-best-fare-in-fargo And here is an article on each states most successful wrestler in Fargo. https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/11106177-every-states-most-decorated-fargo-champion Schlatter sits on top for Ohio with 6 Fargo titles. Note sure how many were at the cadet level or in Greco compared with Fried's 4 junior freestyle.

I think the Brandses arrived in Iowa City at the nadir of Gable's tenure not the peak. Their senior year in high school Iowa failed to win NCAAs for the first time in 10 years. The streak would extend to 4 years without a title before Iowa won during their redshirt junior season. This is not true. Terry lost in the state final as a senior after winning as a sophomore and a junior. Tom set that record his junior year when he won his only state title. Tom didn't wrestle in the postseason as a senior because he was suspended by the school for sexual misconduct. I would say that neither Brands ended their high school career on a high note. On the national stage Terry was 5th in Fargo before entering his senior year and Tom was 4th. After their senior year in 1987 Terry placed 3rd and Tom was 5th both at 123lbs. Those finishes might have been a little late to play into recruiting hype. I wasn't following wrestling in 1987, but I suspect that despite their outstanding records they were not the biggest recruits in the county that year. Top 20 maybe top 10 would be my guess, but that could be biased high based on what they ultimately did in college. Other 1987 high school grads that went on to win multiple NCAA titles include Kurt Angle, Jeff Prescott, and Matt DeMaray.

No one has mentioned Dave Schultz. His senior year he won the Great Plains Championships pinning 2x NCAA Champ Chuck Yagla at the event. He wrestled in the Tbilisi tournament finishing 2nd. Those results were both in freestyle though he also won the US senior open in greco. In terms of accomplishments in high school Schultz and Carr might be at the top of the heap. Cejudo is close too. He won the senior open in high school and also beat NCAA Champ Jason Powell whilst in high school. He lost in the finals of the WTT to Sammie Henson. Has anyone else won the senior open/WTT/OTT in high school? There are probably 10 or so guys who have placed at one of those as a high schooler - Blaze, Kolat, Forrest, Stieber, Valencia. Fried? I think Snyder and Pico didn't really start winning on the senior level until they had graduated.

I think the suggestion was that he takes DiBiase's nickname, "The Million Dollar Man," rather than Ted DiBiase. Taylor has a history of stealing nicknames. Magic Man - he took that from Cal Naughton Jr.

It has been quite the turnaround by the Big 12. It was not so long ago that they seemed like the Power 5 conference most likely to be consumed by the others. Nebraska went to the Big Ten, Colorado to the PAC 12, Texas A&M and Missouri to the SEC followed by Texas and Oklahoma announcing their intent to do the same. Now the PAC-12 is nearly gone and the ACC looks vulnerable. Grant of rights would be in addition to the exit fee. The exit fee is for leaving the conference, but the grant of rights gives the ACC the broadcast rights to the member schools home games until 2036. So $100 million plus the ACC has the broadcast rights to the home games. I'm sure that agreement will be challenged in court and ACC schools will be unlikely to sign such an onerous agreement in the future given how their revenues have lagged behind other conferences.

Not saying they should make a change, but when the topic of this thread, Kolat, was at Lock Haven they finished 5th at NCAAs. They had 4 AAs and 1 champ. Their ceiling is a little higher than what they are producing.

I think the schools are an essential part of what makes NCAA sports the cash cow that they are. My guess is that NCAA football and basketball generate far more revenue than equivalent minor league programs (AAA baseball, AAA Hockey, G league basketball, arena league football, and XFL/UFL). NCAA sports have a built in fan base of students and alumni. The largest institutions have upwards of 500k living alumni. It would be foolish to terminate the affiliation or start and unaffiliated team, but of the schools want out it could happen. What most schools put out isn't a profit/loss statement for each teams. It's a more of an internal budget. Almost all spend the money they are allocated at almost all institutions. They are all non-profits. That's how they work. There is no profit incentive. If they didn't use all the money in the budget no investors would get to keep it. If they didn't spend all the money they were allocated that is more likely the result of being allocated all the revenue they produce and under projecting that revenue than the team being profitable. If private equity gets involved there will be an incentive to turn a profit. It will be amazing how quickly power 5 teams that struggled to "break even" as non profits suddenly started turning a profit if they are ever managed by private equity. Wouldn't even have to drop programs to do it. But they would be more profitable if they did...

Private equity could be a huge problem for anything that doesn't generate a profit. Private equity gets paid based on increasing the value of the investment. If you cut off a part that costs more than it generates it would seem that the overall value has increased. Some pretty historic programs still reside in the Big 12 - OSU, ISU, ASU, and WVU. Losing even one would be the biggest program drop in years if not ever. No school that has won a team title at the D1 level has ever dropped the program.

This was the match he won at the 2009 NLO. Beat PSU backup Tom Reynolds when he was in 8th grade. *Tom Reynolds L, 3-6 dec. Chance Marsteller,

Marstellar entered the Nittany Lion Open in middle school. He defeated a PSU backup I think. DNP but he was in middle school.

Glad he's doing well after surgery. ID at a pharmacy will depend on the state and also potentially the pharmacy and drug being prescribed. The last prescription I had filled did not require ID. A lot of the things might require ID some places but not universally, similar to voting.

Funny, but a passport is not the issue for those crossing illegally at the souther border, its getting a visa.

This isn't a TSA requirement for a domestic flight. If auntie lives in another country they need an ID, namely a passport.

Poll workers are paid where I live though not much. Probably would be difficult to recruit people to do it if they were held strictly liable for accepting/processing an ineligible ballot in the say way PA holds liquor license holders responsible for serving underage patrons. I suspect the government wouldn't do that to itself. They often write laws private business and citizens are required to follow, but they are exempted.