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LOL. Out of curiosity: Why do you think that PSU/NLWC pays big money for transfers? How much money do you think they paid Mesenbrink?

Well, it looks like you might get your wish. Hopefully a significant drop off in fires and Texas wheelchairs. https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/proposed-change-would-close-72-of-the-pike-national-forest-to-dispersed-target-shooting

I clearly said USADA. USADA is responsible for administering WADA code in the US, to US athletes. They cite WADA in the article. Here: We have seen an increase in inquires at USADA about the use of Intravenous (IV) Infusions for this purpose, and would like to assist athletes and medical personnel by offering education. In accordance with the WADA Prohibited List (Category M2 Chemical and Physical Manipulation), all IV infusions and/or injections of more than 100mL (~6.8 tablespoons) per 12 hour period are prohibited, except for those legitimately received in the course of hospital admissions, surgical procedures or clinical investigations. Further down: Some reports suggest that administration of IV infusions, including dietary supplement and vitamin cocktails, are being provided to athletes for recuperation, recovery or lifestyle reasons. This medical practice is prohibited at all times without prior TUE approval. WADA has justified the inclusion of IV infusions on the Prohibited List given the intent of some athletes to manipulate their plasma volume levels in order to mask the use of a prohibited substance and/or to distort the values in the Athlete Biological Passport. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here’s USADA’s documentation on it. https://www.usada.org/spirit-of-sport/education/is-it-prohibited-or-dangerous-for-athletes-using-iv-infusions-for-re-hydration-and-recovery/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Aaron Brooks, who just completed his final NCAA season and had a handful of senior level freestyle matches … underperformed? The guy was seconds away from beating the winner of his bracket and took a decisive bronze medal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Absolutely forbidden except as medically necessary. To treat an infection, insulin, etc. It’s literally referred to as the “No Needles” policy. https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Athletes/Fight-Against-Doping/Beijing-2022/IOC-Needle-Policy-for-the-Olympic-Winter-Games-Beijing-2022-EN.pdf Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well, actually, the men got their teeth kicked in by several countries . The US men had one (1) individual gold. Italy, Hungary and France had more men win gold than we did. We were on par with Ireland, China, Australia, Romania and Germany. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That’s a crazy pin call. No change in position for 20-30 seconds. I guess they got bored? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The smile from Dake at the end. Awesome comeback. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Are you suggesting that he is a persona non grata now?

Rouge/red. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And 7 v 7 flag football. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Stomped Femke Bol into the ground. That was awesome. For all of the hype of a "rivalry", it's pretty one sided and Bol hasn't been anywhere near her the last two Olympics.

They are on opposite sides of the bracket...

I remember Zahid grabbing Brooks' singlet twice but only giving up one point, and Brooks being robbed of a TD and given a 1 instead, and Zahid still lost. But, yeah, Zahid totally beat Brooks.

If they had 55, like they do at Worlds, she could go there. Or 57kg. But, yeah, unless they split the difference between 50 and 53 with a brand new weight class, I'm not sure how adding the non-Olympic weights back in actually helps her.

https://uww.org/event/paris-2024/brackets

She’s so good at that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes. They were suspended for a while, actually. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

From the linked article: “On Wednesday, Augé said Walz served in the Minnesota National Guard from April 8, 1981, to May 16, 2005, after transferring from the Nebraska National Guard. "While serving in Minnesota," she said, "his military occupational specialties were 13B—a cannon crewmember who operates and maintains cannons—and 13Z—field artillery senior sergeant," she said. "In Nebraska, he served as a 11Z—infantry senior sergeant—and a 71L—administrative specialist. He held multiple positions within field artillery such as firing battery chief, operations sergeant, first sergeant and culminated his career serving as the command sergeant major for the battalion.” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m aware of how military promotions work. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

LOL. There are hundreds of GWOT-era CSMs and First Sergeants who never completed their required schooling before getting out. Yet, they were still selected from their peers, promoted, wore the rank, and did the ***ducking** job. I’d bet you a mortgage payment the guys who wrote the article yelled at their troops for having their hands in their pockets when it was 15 degrees outside. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

“Was only a master sergeant”. Well, no. He was a First Sergeant, which while a parallel E-8 rank, is a higher level than Master Sergeant. Saying that he never rose above Master Sergeant is not true. Then, he was selected for, promoted to, wore the rank and served as a CSM. While he failed to meet the terms of his service obligation and was in fact demoted to Master Sergeant, the authors of the article do, in fact, refer to him as CSM multiple times. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There's a no-needles policy in place, so if that happened, they're all getting the boot. Also, I refuse to believe that an athlete that was anywhere near 50kg (aka, 53-54kg) couldn't make 50kg safely. I'm also wondering if they resorted to some less-than-legal means (see: needles and IV saline bags) to get her rehydrated again after the Day 1 weigh-in.

I feel like Myles Amine draws into a pretty decent shot at a Bronze at every Worlds or Olympics.