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I had very reliable sources telling me that 2 years ago Nebraska was offering money to SoCon kids to transfer..

Im beginning to be more fascinated by people only keeping the discussions about old school anabolics and ozempic even though multiple people have pointed out that there's way more drugs available and being used

You just described most of my team.. you'll be fine

There's multiple types of substances that do many things

thats not surprising at all. Roper and Sioredas (who were ironically rivals in college) are two the most respected technicians in the country

Roper has been a BIG part of the success at UNI. I really hope the panther train can keep rolling. I like swaub

The mentality will be to just survive first match. Then business as usual. I'm well aware of the minimizing recovery time aspect... I was a poster child for doing it the wrong way when I competed. It's why I'm not 100% opposed.. But if you're going to do mat side weigh ins. You might as well do them right. Pretending that most Schools/kids doing the bad cutting won't just treat it like a more annoying version of current rules if you do it once a day is just naive.

I get 50-70 from 900. There are still teams with coaches doing their best that will be affected negatively, again. I just want the discussion to be honest, not just discarding them as details

One mat side weigh in is just the same thing we're doing already, Just closer to competition. It won't prevent the things it's supposed to. If you're going to do mat side weigh ins to prevent weight cutting. Making them do multiple throughout the day is what will actually prevent it. And if that's done, there is obvious ramifications. Doing just one mat side weigh in gives you more problems and doesn't really actually help

Not every school has 3000 kids to recruit 4 kids at each weight from. I explained it earlier.

I guess kids never vary widely in weight... when sweating and hydration they are competing throughout the day. Again, if it happens it happens. But wrestling discourse isn't capable of calmly acknowledging obvious consequences, of changes. It is almost always, either ignoring realities on the ground or saying that you're automatically just defending the bad thing. the number one response I get "eh details, details", even if they aren't "just details".

But again, I'm not opposed to it and think you may or may not have a point. But. My point remains the same. If the discussion is going to be had. Dont pretend like things like increased forfeits won't happen

Did I say something to offend you..

It's easier to do mat side weigh ins with bigger gaps yea.. BUT the hs weight classes are not Random. There's a specific percentage gap (I forget the exact one) between them. Around 2012 they changed the weight classes to remove a middle weight and replaced it with an upper weight. NO ONE liked it unless they had a weirdly high amount of big guys. Multiple officials explained there had been lawsuits about the weight gap between 171 and 189. Additionally, bigger gaps = less weight classes equals less opportunities for athletes. and it isn't at all insane to imagine a kid downing a 32oz Gatorade. Eating. Then, despite being at their literal walking around weight... "missing weight" second round of a tournament

Thank you for the literature. But that doesn't actually mitigate my overall point. The discussion about weight management automatically goes to those extremes