billyhoyle

Why does Cornell have so many weird schools/majors? What's up with that.

The article you linked implies that it was part of the ACC for 20 years prior to his arrival. Of course, it also highlights how he turned the program around in his time as a coach. Turning "Tarleton State," which few people outside of Texas have ever heard of, into a successful program is a completely different challenge. Why is Tarleton State the place where there is now support to start a program...Is there any chance at Texas A&M, Rice, Texas Tech, UT Austin, Baylor, etc? Or is the plan that once Tarleton state has a program, it could motivate some of the more marquee Texas universities?

You need to have a conversation with Mel Gibson. Bet you could really help his view on the world with this logic.

Given these circumstances and his prior actions at Ok state that nobody denies (irresponsible use of guns and almost killing somebody with his driving), the idea of bringing him onto a college campus once again is a very scary prospect. Any coach that makes that decision should be held accountable if he were to behave as history tells us he likely will.

Is anybody going to report on what happened here? Seems like it's a lot of speculation in terms of him being "innocent" or the accuser withdrawing the allegations (for whatever reason?). Based on Ferrari's past actions, I give him zero benefit of the doubt for anything here, but we can't really draw a conclusion unless somebody does some actual reporting.

If we want wrestling to grow (or even stay the same size) at the NCAA level, the only way is to have more events that people will want to watch live. That means duals that actually matter. The current system where 95% of the season is meaningless and the last 5% has a predetermined winner (due to lack of parity) will only lead to more programs dropping the sport. We tried the complaining approach where we whine about how much money other sports make. We tried complaining about how title IX is unfair to men and electing the “right people” would save the sport. We tried believing the lie about how wrestling teams can help drive enrollment…Sorry that’s all BS. It comes down to creating a product that makes $$$.

I'm more amazed that the guy named after Dan Gable didn't wrestle for Iowa and the guy named after Cael Sanderson isn't going to wrestle for PSU.

Is wrestling responsible for the decades of awful performance by Duke Football as well? Or was wrestling simply dormant over the past fifty years from exerting its great effects on the football team?

That’s what they get for what they did to Oregon wrestling. Good job homeless.

Wow...That is a polite way of saying they have zero interest in him. Why would they be when they have Logan Paula and other social media influencers? So what is he going to do if not Olympic wrestling or WWE? Maybe he'll make a run at MMA?

People were afraid MMA would turn into a legitimate sport and not the WWE ripoff/freak show that it is now.

Because the US has not been the best country in the world at wrestling-anybody good enough to beat them was likely much better than most competition domestically. I wonder if this trend will change if Russia’s drop off continues.

Nope. A wall is an easy and simple solution. It will completely solve the problem and and anyone half competent could build it almost immediately upon becoming president.

I have a very simple answer. We don't have a wall. I have a very simple solution to this problem. We elect somebody who says he will build a wall. Once we do this, that person will definitely follow through on the promise of building that wall. And once that wall is built, I'm sure all of our problems will be solved. Because this is a simple problem with a simple solution, a wall-and anybody who wants this problem solved can build that wall in less than 4 years, thereby ending illegal immigration. I don't know why nobody has thought of or implemented this simple solution, to what is obviously a very simple problem. There is zero chance that it is a complicated problem with a complicated and difficult answer. But I'm sure the very smart people of America will hopefully recognize that the wall is a solution and act accordingly by electing the first person to promise it.

I managed to get the secret plans of Cael and some other coaches from Spencer Lee's dad-saved from his recruiting trips. Cael's Plan: Get the best wrestlers on your team. Ryan's: Only practice neutral. No mat wrestling Smith's plan: Driver's ed assistant coach Koll's Plan: Bigger house Ayre's Plan: Smaller house Brands' plan: Draftkings NIL sponsorship for transfers

This is true-he is accountable, but I think the university failed as well. If you are running a program, and your athletes think it won't be a problem to gamble on athletics, you are doing something very wrong. Refusing to take accountability when you screw up/blaming the rules and law rather than your inability to follow them is a universal problem.

I completely agree with what you're saying here, that Brands is accountable for his actions and should be penalized with a loss of eligibility. I'd even say a year suspension is a very light penalty for gambling on your own university. Do you think Iowa or the coaching staff is responsible as well though? Clearly they failed to effectively communicate the consequences of gambling to their athletes. Do you think gambling is happening everywhere and Iowa/Iowa state simply were caught because of enforcement actions focused on Iowa, or are the Iowa schools doing a disservice to their athletes?

So what? The athletes can’t gamble or legalized sports betting falls apart. Iowa schools have made that clear to its athletes.

So you don’t want them to enforce the gambling rule because you don’t like it even though almost every university (with the exception of Iowa I guess) emphasizes to its athletes just how severe an infraction it is to gamble? I don’t understand how anyone competing at the NCAA level would even think for a second it’s ok to gamble, let alone on your own school. Somehow, this was not the case at Iowa and Iowa state.

The rule against athletes gambling has existed for a very long time-nothing hypocritical about it. What do you expect to happen when you place a bet on your own school?

If Nelson Brands is being honest in his tweet, and I have no reason to think he isn’t, he was completely failed by the Iowa coaches and compliance staff. Yes, he is ultimately responsible, but it’s the job of the coaches and admin to make these consequences crystal clear to all of the athletes. Why would he tweet something that makes his family and their coworkers look so bad unless he is being honest?

I think it depends on what the athlete did. Betting on professional sports should not be a lifetime ban-1 season of eligibility makes sense. There has to be zero tolerance for betting on your own school or your own sport as an athlete though. Permanent loss of eligibility makes sense for that action. I'm not sure what the punishment should be for betting on NCAA athletics of a different school AND a different sport though. Maybe scale it based on number of bets/bet amounts? His tweet is 100% an indictment on Iowa compliance, and possibly the wrestling coaches as well (If you buy his side, which I personally do). I don't see why he would bet on these events if he thought it would get him banned or that he couldn't be caught. I hope he is doing ok, because to go off script like this makes me think he isn't listening to the advice he is getting-and maybe that makes sense if the same people have given him poor advice in the past. State regulators would not allow wagering on college sports if college athletes were allowed to gamble as well. There would be way too much of an opportunity to influence the outcome of events (e.g. An athlete in sport A makes a deal with an athlete in sport B).

Nelson Brands is probably in the worst position out of anyone in terms of having to live with this-it is really terrible to think about how this might impact his family relationships. His opening up about the situation was a ballsy thing to do given how awful it makes Iowa athletics and even his uncle and dad look in terms of running a program. Based on his post: 1. He was absolutely right to be banned. He bet on an Iowa sporting event as a D1 athlete at Iowa. That's where the story starts and stops in terms of what is fair punishment. It's the job of the compliance office to make it clear that ANY betting gets you banned, including March Madness pools, fantasy football, etc. With the history of point shaving in NCAA athletics, this simply has to be the rule and there has to be strict enforcement for those who break it. 2. Iowa failed him as an athlete. The fact that he did not realize the punishment for gambling was loss of eligibility (what other punishment can the NCAA provide?), and that he was able to miss a compliance meeting in 2022 suggests Iowa did not succeed in educating their athletes on the NCAA rules. How could somebody whose parents run the program not know that you get banned for gambling? He attended how many years of these meetings and still was not aware of this? I don't see why Brands would lie about not knowing about the consequences of these actions.

If Gable comes back and keeps competing, there is no next generation of HWT. He'll be the guy for the next 3 cycles.

You'll never convince Iowa fans that the way the program managed his injuries was wrong. They got what they wanted out of him, so as far as they are concerned, it was a success.