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WS is showing Williams as the starter now but it could be Alvarez at 149 next year. VV showed some promise, but I don’t think little brother was competing at OSU level. Find out in November.

Isn’t this what the people wanted?

But you have to be able to prove it.

The coach can’t be involved. But it sounds like the kids are making more than he is, anyway.

Isn’t that going on already? I was trying to make the point that if he’s going to the highest bidder, then that could be a bid to stay where he is.

He’s got a match that prevents him from making it. That money can be offered to stay as well as transfer.

No. I’m saying Elmer is a good wrestler after two seasons at XSU and he enters the portal. It is possible for a businessman from the city XSU is in to say “if you show up at my place on a certain day next winter and sign autographs, there’ll be money in it for you.” Kid knows that if he transfers away he can’t make that commitment.

That’s my understanding as well, but we also can see how it’s actually working. If the local dealership/outlet offers money to appear and sign autographs, it’s pretty easy to understand that this won’t be available if you’re not in the area.

The way I understand it, NIL can be raised or offered to any athlete at any time. So any of the interested parties of the current school could offer NIL to match or better what is available to the athlete if he transfers.

The hottest. So is the sidewalk.

I think it’s when you walk out of the tente.

This is just getting ridiculous.

I don’t know about now, but 9th grade used to be a different division than high school in Oklahoma. Occasionally, like if the high school didn’t have anybody at a certain weight, a 9th grader could wrestle up, but it didn’t happen very often. City high schools didn’t include 9th grade, but most rural schools did.

Can the guy on top really stall unless the guy on bottom is as well?

Interesting? That’s one way to put it.

He’s one of Bob’s buds.

No Navy?

This is sad to watch. Will the NIL deals be better for PSU rejects than starters?

Guaranteed?

I believe viewership would be increased if it wasn’t so dominated and segregated by pay per view. If I pay for espn+ I can watch a few Big 12 matches, with commercials. But there are a lot of BIG10, PAC12, ACC, matches that I can’t watch live, but some time later I may find a replay. At the same time that a 1 vs 2 wrestling dual is on a pay per view that I can’t get, espnu is showing a division 2 women’s basketball game that has mostly a regional interest. If you want more people to watch then make it easier for more people to watch, only to find that the premier matchup isn’t going to occur because one, or both, of the wrestlers don’t wrestle.

https://www.mattalkonline.com/podcast/mat-stats/mat-stats-10-jason-bryants-plan-to-renovate-division-i-wrestling-conferences-sow22 Has this received any favor?

Very troubling story.

But just the ones they attended, right?

Didn’t the Ferraris wreck a few schools before AJ made it to college?

Right.