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Ttal NCAA athletes by school and the payout per athlete based on $20M shares annually back to athletes: Iowa, Nebraska, Penn State- 800 athletes - $25k Ohio State, Michigan - 1000 athletes - $20k Missouri - 550 athletes - $36k All are ballpark numbers and Google. Still, interesting to look at. You would need to cut a lot of sports to grow that number. I am going to guess title XI will not allow the money to go to just football and basketball.

Yeah and to be honest, as a Buckeye fan, I was pretty sold on him from listening to him in interviews. He says the right things, all the time, but you Believe it and his new approach and tactics last season backed it all up.

What schools have them and what can they do about it? What schools will have them in the future with recruits coming in? At Iowa, jammed up between 165 and 174 - seems like one AA threat will sit this year At OK State, Merrill or Carroll will need to occupy opposite weight classes for at least 3 season - possible future logjam At tOSU, Mendez and Bouzakis will need to go up next tear to make way for Davino to get in the lineup At Penn State, some blue chip recruits or pas AA's are going to have to sit - is there a way around this? There are many others

he came out completely different as a sophomore. He was a true freshman AA, but he did do it with all grit - ultimate tie breaker 3 matches in a row. Heading into this past season, I was not expecting an NCAA title until his performance at CKLV.

If Cassioppi is heavyweight and Patrick Kennedy is 174 next season, what is Iowa doing? Fanbase should be pissed. You can't let these 6th and 7th year kids take it from the future of the program. I do not like it. Good problems to have, my ass. Two big time recruits missing out on a year of eligibility. Maybe Kueter can use last year as an Olympic RS?

Feels like Caliendo is smaller than Kennedy at this point, however Pyles did say something last week about how he was hearing that neither Caliendo nor Kennedy are going down to 157. I think Kennedy should transfer to tOSU.

Patrick Kennedy is a Big Ten Champ and U23 World Team Member, but will not start at Iowa. I was expecting him to hit the portal, but it feels like that is not happening this year. We act like it is a forgone conclusion that Gabe Arnold is the starter - maybe we should reconsider that assumption.

This is the only way in my mind to get all those guys in the lineup

It's a neat concept. Guessing, but maybe the idea is you figure out the details of where you can actually score the points, and work backwards to find out how to get there. As opposed to taking a shot and not having clear direction on where to go. It's a bit of a confusing and philosophical concept to think about. I think I like it, but would need to ponder the concept for a long time about why to do it before I could commit to this approach in practice. Maybe someone has been to an M2 practice that can weigh in?

What do you mean by drill backwards through positions? I am intrigued.

Assuming Parco goes 149, it means Iowa's second biggest recruit from last year is likely to sit out due to taking Parco from the portal. There is no way you take Parco from the portal and sit him. Recruits are everything. Obviously nothing is guaranteed, but as a blue chip recruit you choose your school with an assumption that you likely have a spot at your weight. This is now something recruits have to think about before choosing a school, and take note of each program's portal strategy.

Stieber, Heil, and Nato did not attend SPG. You might be confusing some of these people with Jeff Jordan's club. I did not know about Brascetta at Maryland, though. Good call.

Yes, but a big enough age gap where it makes it irrelevant(guessing). I do not think Taylor has many roots in Saint Paris after graduating. I believe his family moved to State College. Honestly, there aren't any other Saint Paris Graham kids in college coaching besides Bo Jordan - who I did see Taylor use as a drill partner often when they were younger and smaller.

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I'm making the same point as you, you're just trying to disagree. He said he would go to heavyweight after winning NCAAs and then did not do it the next year. It's been multiple years since he said it and he is still smaller than an undersized heavyweight, hence my statement. The kid has worked his ass of for his physique, clearly, but not sure his genetics will let him get much bigger during his athletic years. He is going to fight 205 I would guess. He would need to give up on being lean to become a heavyweight. Wikipedia has him as 6 foot tall, which means he is likely not even 6 foot