billyhoyle

There is no way to let athletes make money off of endorsements without it being abused like this. The disaster that is NIL was obvious since day 1. Once the idea of a free college education was devalued to the point where people viewed college athletes as needing significantly more $$ on top, the entire concept of NCAA sports became pointless. I agree that the courts forced this on the NCAA, but there is no way more to have a functioning version of NIL without socializing it across all athletes regardless of team, which would also be illegal.

People like trashy content. If you don’t, don’t watch it.

They never gave him time to heal. Every single year it was get him onto the mat by NCAAs, and sometimes it was having him wrestle despite having torn ACLs. It was the single worst mismanagement of a college wrestler’s health that I’ve seen, and as a fan of his, it has been sad to see. You’re right though that now it may be too late. I hope not, but he may never be the athlete he could have been had things been handled differently.

It seems like you're trying to play a semantic game, but I don't think you understand what the word heal means. The word you are thinking of is regenerate. Obviously, the human body does not regenerate a new ACL once it is torn, but many athletes have shown that you can heal from a torn ACL through reconstructive surgery and physical therapy to strengthen the surrounding muscles.

Jordan Burroughs and Ronald Acuna seem to be ok.

If Spencer Lee didn’t wrestle through torn ACLs for the past five years and took the time to heal, is he going to Belgrade?

Tired of these attacks on Cornell. Everyone knows he sent those kids to community college to help them with their education so they could graduate in 7 years.

I think this is fair until the point where there is an official public accusation (maybe a reporter writes a story about it). Until then, going the "He who shall not be named" route seems appropriate.

How expensive is it to pay a couple people in Azerbaijan to stream an event with their phones? 10 years ago, Flo was doing a service for the community and $150/year was a great deal. Today, it is horribly overpriced given the content they offer and where technology has gone. The exception is if you like watching youth/HS wrestling. In that case, Flo provides an incredible wealth of content. Otherwise, $150 for WTT is pointless. Add in that a VPN, which is legal, can be purchased for much less money than a Flo subscription to watch the exact same feed that Flo is broadcasting for worlds.

I always thought the shoes on the mat tradition is way overdone. It made sense at the Olympics like Rulon did after he won a medal, where he knew it was over and it was a truly iconic moment. Doing so at Final X without some deep thought about whether or not to keep going doesn't make sense. Same thing when people do it in the consi bracket of the olympic trials...it just seems like a strange moment for it. If JB decides he is done, I'd love to see him be invited to Nebraska and leave his shoes on the mat at halftime at one of their duals. Even if Taylor ends up more accomplished on paper, JB is the most iconic wrestler since John Smith IMO and really brought USAW wrestling back from a bad place.

This is hilarious. I wonder if they replayed the video of Martin from the Okstate/Iowa dual after this saying he takes full responsibility and it will never happen again,

JB gets a similar level of respect from international refs and fans, which helps him there too. I also think his style is very well suited for international competition. Marsteller could get it done, or he could just matchup favorably against JB. We’ll find out.

Brooks has no idea what he's talking about-it's sad to see such ignorance on display. Everybody knows God prefers overhooks. No false prophet, no underhooks. Also something that I've been wondering-we already saw from Tebow that God is a huge football fan in the fall (and not a fan of the forward pass). It's clear from so many wrestlers that his winter sport is wrestling..What sport does he watch in the Spring?

Flo makes a lot of sense if you are a fan of HS wrestling. Otherwise, it's not worth the price given the lack of content and poor reliability.

What does Baby Gronk think about this?

Impressive call here.

Extra year of eligibility per knee surgery.

You heard of this thing the 4-point nearfall? Well this is going to blow that right out of the water, listen to this: 5 POINT NEARFALL Think about it, you walk into a wrestling match, you see 4 point nearfall sitting there. There's 5 point nearfall right beside it, which one you going to pick man? And we guarantee just as good a match as the 4-point nearfall.

The Ivy League has this really pretentious rule based on the notion that their student-athletes should be going to college primarily for their education. Many of the ivy leaguers are arrogant enough to think that taking classes at their fancy university is better than doing so at the local community college. Cornell wrestling is out to disprove this by showing that you can go to community college first, and then seven years later graduate with the same degree.

They will definitely increase, and that's a good thing.

It's closer to the international style because of the 1 pt escape. So the net value of a takedown is 2 points, assuming you can't ride. the 2-1 ratio of takedown to escape was always stupid and overvalued the ability to score near the end of a period.

There is next to no incentive for wrestlers to train in Greco. You're better off being a very good folkstyle wrestler and getting a college scholarship than a world class Greco wrestler from a purely value standpoint. So NCAAs is actively draining anyone who might be talented away from pursuing greco. On top of that, given the option of training folkstyle, free, or Greco, most people will pick the discipline that involves a decreased likelihood of getting thrown on your head. At least for me, getting slammed on my face made me dislike Greco fairly quickly.

This is the most blatant case of false advertising since my suit against the film The never-ending wrestling match. I can't believe they are suing over missing weight at a high school tournament. That is really some next-level "my Dad is a lawyer" bulldozer parenting.

Best: Luke Lilledahl, Finesilver, I'm assuming they couldn't catch him? Best wrestling name to me at the moment is Luke Lilledahl-hoping the nickname Lillehammer sticks. Worst would be any wrestler named Hunter or Gunner. You aren't scaring anybody with those names-nice try.