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I think I saw that Hidlay will be repping us at the upcoming ranking series tournament. I'd rather see AB get in some needed reps (and points) but maybe he doesn't want to give opps a feel so soon before the Olympics. I assume he'll be at a Grand Prix or some other tune-up tournament though and that his status is fine?

How ironic would it be if not getting the OSU job ends up being a blessing for Coleman? With all the proposed changes coming in college sports, I hope he finds himself a fulfilling career running a club or something.

Dang. I've been a frog in boiling water about this. There have only been 7 D1 team champions over the last 50 years, and it's not even close outside of Iowa and PSU: Okie State won 7, Minny 3, ISU 2, ASU & tOSU 1 apiece. I guess we focus so much on individual titles that there's an illusion of parity that isn't really there.

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It'll be funny if Gilman tries to fight the Iowa lineup after the dual. What a turn of events that would be

I agree with what you are saying, but in this instance it's about the schools' revenue rather than profit

I think it has to do with the Ed O'Bannon appellate case? Not sure.

Good on Dake for continuing to do what he loves doing. I wonder if he'll make his guys develop sun calluses and shield their heads from electromagnetic radiation while sleeping. Roy Williams would make his basketball players spit in a river before a game, and do all sorts of superstitious things.

The other difference being that he's smaller than Spencer Lee.

It means bad news for all programs outside of the B1G and SEC, and for non-revenue sports across the board. Probably very bad news for a lot of athletic department staff. The settlement is $2.8B over the next 10 years in NIL backpay to athletes. All D1 athletes going back to 2016 are eligible to join the settlement class and receive a share. The NCAA will be paying 40% ($1.12B) of the total cost. P5 schools will pay 24% ($672M), and the rest of the D1 will be on the hook for 36% ($1.01B). Outside of the backpay, schools will need to setup a revenue-sharing framework with its athletes. Details TBD, but power conference schools are making plans to share 20% or more of their media revenues with players every year. This will further separate the Big Ten and SEC, who has the fattest media deals, and complicate things for everyone else. IIRC the B1G contract comes out to about $80M per school. The Big12 and ACC are about half that amount. And non-P5 schools won't have much of a pie to share. While it keeps the NCAA intact, they are going to have to run pretty lean and make cutbacks like the athletic departments. At this point, I guess anything is on the table to make the numbers work: shortened seasons, smaller roster sizes, higher ticket prices, fewer trophies, more outside sponsors, discontinued sports, staff reductions, delays in facilities upgrades... hard to imagine wrestling coming out of all this in a better spot. College sports is broken.

Don't worry, Clarissa is there!

PK too, although I'd take Kennedy over Brands if it ever comes down to them wrestling off for it.

A certain forum poster's kid could also fill the spot

Maybe it'll give him the opportunity to focus on actually teaching wrestling and not get caught up in a lot of administration, recruiting, NIL, and fundraising. I can't imagine Davis is even close to being the oldest D1 active coach, but he is older than John Smith who just retired.

Nice pickup for the Hawks. Kinda sucks for ASU and Rotchy.

I feel like Hamiti is right there already. Looked like he got hurt late in the MM match, the way he hobbled off the mat.

Back for U23s? Where would Nelson slot into the lineup? Siebrecht - Cal - PK - Gabe - Glaze - Keeter is looking pretty tough.

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Looks good. One question, what was the story behind Alvarez leaving? I wonder if he has transfer remorse. IIRC he left before Ol' Johnnie announced his retirement.

Ah yes, that's a crucial bullet point

Rarest bird

There's also Jamill Kelly who I believe never was never a state or NCAA champion but won an Olympic medal. I think that's pretty rare in freestyle, but not 100% sure

Also feels like Cenzo has relocated quite a lot since graduating.

Looks like Cenzo heading to UNC to coach at the THWC. Solid pickup. Koll, Ramos, Darmstadt, Francois, and Cenzo all in the room ain't too shabby!

Thanks... I remembered an interview where Cassar said he couldn't even qualify for states when he wrestled in high school, but it looks like he qualified and won a title during his senior year