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Injury or no, I'll chalk today's results to the ol' "early in the quad irrelevance" and predict that he'll be good for a run at 2028. I, too, thought the runway was pretty clear for Spencer to win a World title this year, and he clearly puts a ton of pressure on himself, so my biggest worry is that this weekend's somewhat meaningless L will turn him into a head case. The sport has not been kind to Spencer when stakes are high, but then again, it's has not kind to 99.999% of us. Maybe he should talk with Tony Ramos' sports psychologist or take a year off and climb some rocks somewhere. He's been grinding nonstop since he was a kid and could use a bit of a break.

You mean a sport-specific salary cap? Or that there should be a minimum or lower limit? Most D1 programs are already capped at the department level and that ends up limiting what wrestling can offer. Bigger issue is likely the P2 disparity and for wrestling, the B1G vs. everyone else

That was when Robb was recovering from flesh-eating bacteria. I remember he kind of hit a wall during the regular season, so it's possible that Antrell was staying within striking distance of 157 in case Robb wasn't good to go and he needed to make the descent. IIRC Bubba Wilson was also up a weight from 165 that year.

Sucks for sure, but I also feel like we've been conditioned over years past to not put a lot of weight into early quad Worlds lineups/results so I'm pretty much at the ehh w/e phase now

Maybe some of that sweet Barstool money will trickle its way down to wrestling? Portnoy is kind of an idiot, but it would be nice to have more Big XII wrestling coverage

What if RAF one day ended up being a feeder into MMA? Dunno if that would piss wrestling fans off, but Dana White has been investing in BJJ development. He could probably concoct something interesting with a combat series facing BJJ and RAF league champs against one another for a shot at the UFC. I really don't know how MMA works, so I'm just spitballing.

Thanks for the update. I was wondering what that dude JO was up to these days. I'd love to see JO vs. Yianni. No idea what their weights are though.

I agree that we may not have even seen Amit at her peak yet. Adeline I think was a bit older when she had a child, but was still in her prime IIRC. On the other side of the hump, the Alo sisters, notably Teshya, were on the rise before pregnancy and other life things took over.

Dylan Palacio vs. the last person he shіt talked on social media Dylan Palacio vs. Mike Kemerer disguised as a homeless person Joe Smith vs. Chandler Rogers Baylor Fernandes vs. Mitch Mesenbrink, no TF rule Braden Davis vs. the president of Teke Kyle Dake vs. Fluoride

Asics all the way. BRUTE was a great shoe back in the day too.

Did Sadz get cleared for Worlds? I thought I saw somewhere that he may not be able to travel but couldn't tell if it was him specifically (and if so, what's the deal?) or the entire/multiple wrestlers from Russia. Also what happened to Yamashіta? I thought someone mentioned previously that he beat Aoyagi at Japan's nationals or something

What if he removes his tattoos?

8 hats? In this economy??

When was the last time anyone in the world dominated 65(ish) kg year after year? Early career Chamizo comes to mind, though I don't remember when he moved up a weight and maybe doesn't have enough hardware to be considered dominant. Fadz?

"forget"

It migt be more like you don't need to be a weatherman to see which way the wind blows

I'm also bad at 'rithmetic and have no idea what that means, but I'm fairly sure it has something to do with stalling

Agreed. The adjustment must be tough, esp with a language hurdle. I thought he looked completely lost in his match last year. Granted, he was thrown into the fire and it's just one data point. Six months is also an eternity in college sports time and I'm sure we'll see a big jump, but he's got a lot of muscle memory to overcome. He'll be a solid next man up since Figs has been battling injuries and will need a bit of load management

Easy there, I am proud to say that I can proficiently read and write at a 5th grade level. 6th if you don't get too crazy with the syllables

Yeah, spill the tea!

Yeah, participation and reach matter but freestyle seems to be more popular in higher revenue markets and it has gender equity, both which are very attractive to the IOC

I agree that if the Olympics wanted to get rid of Greco the spots wouldn't be reallocated to the other styles, but that's not exactly what we're talking about here. Rather, if the UWW wanted to use GR as a bargaining chip, it could propose cutting Greco in exchange for 9 weight classes for MFS & WW with 16-person brackets or perhaps 10 weight classes with 12- or 13-person brackets. Current 6-6-6 (MFS-GR-WW) w/ brackets of 16: 96 competitors per style, 288 total, 72 medals Propose 10-0-10 w/ brackets of 16: 160 competitors per style, 320 total, 80 medals Propose 9-0-9 w/ brackets of 16: 144 competitors per style, 288 total, 72 medals Propose 10-0-10 w/ brackets of 12: 120 competitors per style, 240 total, 80 medals Propose 10-0-10 w/ brackets of 13: 130 competitors per style, 260 total, 80 medals Propose 10-0-10 w/ brackets of 14: 140 competitors per style, 280 total, 80 medals A 9 weight, 16-person bracket would be no change in the eyes of the IOC, and a 10 weight 12-person bracket would reduce the size of the competitor pool (a key metric for the IOC) so much so that it would offset the 8 additional medals. 10 weights with 16- or 14-man brackets would likely be non-starters unless some other compromise was made (shorter matches, fewer medals, less time between matches & sessions).

Does this mean you'll stfu with the fake "PSU's going to lose" bullshіt posts for the next couple of seasons?

Folks will find loopholes if they really want to, but I believe the honus for reporting deals is on the athletes, not the sponsors or schools. My impression of the clearinghouse rules/NIL Go system is that they rely on honest self-disclosure by athletes, educational outreach, and the threat of audits and loss of eligibility to work as designed. And who knows if the clearinghouse will have the bandwidth to effectively review deals as they become increasingly complex (e.g., compensation in equity, crypto/NFTs, financial derivatives, revenue sharing)