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Let's have a single thread for discussion. This will help those of us without Flo to follow the action. (UWW+ allows people to purchase streams of specific competitions. My understanding is that Flo bought the rights to UWW streams in the US but requires a yearlong subscription for any access at all. I do not appreciate that.)

57- Han 61- Uguev 65- Amouzad 70- Ibragimov 74- Aoyagi 79- Kougioumtsidis 86- Kadiev 92- Hidlay 97- Tazhudinov 125- Zare

I really love what RAF has done: focused on entertainment, which is what money-making sports must do. It seems to me that there is a way to have a high-stakes competition while also having multiple entertaining “cards.” The National Duals could be changed into the following format: multiple cards in multiple locations over multiple weekends. Winners (judged by weight class and team) keep going, losers are out. Tournament scoring. The final card would hopefully look like an all-star meet. I have to assume ESPN would be interested in something like this. Is this just a mini NCAA tournament, but drawn out? Yes, but it’s also a great idea. Think about the NBA Cup. This is a golden opportunity to improve the experience for spectators.

Penn State 125 - LL 133 - Blaze / Ono / Desmond 141 - Blaze / Ono / Desmond / Davis 149 - SVN / Davis 157 - Kasak / Duke / Sealey 165 - MM / Kasak / Duke / Sealey (James gray shirt?) 174 - MM / Kasak / Duke / Henckel (Haines ineligible?) 184 - Welsh 197 - Barr HWT - Mirasola

Is J James gray shirting next year? Does it depend on Haines’s eligibility? I believe the appeals court’s recent ruling means he’d be ineligible and I don’t know whether the Supreme Court will consider the matter…

Zahid out scored his opponents at worlds last year 49-0. He is our best wrestler and our biggest lock to make the team.

57- LL 61- Blaze 65- Woods 70- Zain 74- Carr 79- Haines 86- Zahid 92- Hidlay 97- Snyder 125- Wyatt

James 8-3 over Caliendo TF over Sealey is crazy. Wow. Is he 17 still? I thought he might RS, but who knows now. He’s obviously ready to go.

The fan vote currently has Barr in sixth place. If it stays that way, the fan vote has lost all credibility.

Dan Gable did not make a world-level team either in college or the summer after college. JB won a world gold the summer after college. To my eye he was world-championship caliber the year he won his Hodge. Levi is only 21 and lost in the world finals last year 3-2. I’m not sure how you can doubt he’ll ever win gold, but you’re certainly entitled to your doubts.

John Smith and Steveson are among the very best 2xers. Off the top of my head I can’t think of other 2xers (aside from Haines) who were world-level medalists while in college. I’m guessing there are others. Neither Dan Gable nor DT made a world-level team until they were out of college.

He’s among the best 2x champs. Not many college wrestlers are reigning world silver medalists.

As Conor McGregor said, “Winners focus on winning. Losers focus on winners.”

It is. But you have to think of it as sports psychology. They are explaining what keeps them dialed into such a brutal and difficult sport. You don’t need to take what they say seriously beyond that.

A lot of attorneys would say nothing publicly, but file a complaint with an authorized oversight body. A lot of non-attorneys would say something publicly, but not file a complaint.