“Religious Mission”

FlyingLion

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One has to wonder if Cael has a specific church in Happy Valley that will feed him the paperwork or if each kid truly has his own church from back home? The new feeder system.

Cody, this guy lost wrestle offs- print off the docs and have the pastor sign here, here & here. Cael call the parents and make them understand.

Basically this is the NCAA wrestling equivalent of calling to HR and sending a DR's note you are now suddenly mentally unwell and suicidal to obtain short term disability and get out of work

Sometimes its often true but other times its just BS but the important thing is how dare you question it!
Cael has much better connections than the local church.

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grapplefan

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One man's profession of faith is another man's self-righteousness. This is not an exclusively PSU thing either. Every team in every sport has athletes who wear it on their sleeve. Or t-shirt.
I've seen and met both sorts, and I don't buy that a profession of faith is the same as self-righteousness, but I can see how they can be confused by nonreligious people. I do buy that it's not unique to PSU, but they certainly have mastered it. Faith is not why they win. Top talent, excellent coaching, and abundant resources are why they are winning.
 
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Wrestleknownothing

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I've seen and met both sorts, and I don't buy that a profession of faith is the same as self-righteousness, but I can see how they can be confused by nonreligious people. I do buy that it's not unique to PSU, but they certainly have mastered it. Faith is not why they win. Top talent, excellent coaching, and abundant resources are why they are winning.
Have they mastered it, or is there a selection bias? Because they keep winning individual titles they keep getting interviewed mat-side at the tournament, and they keep professing their faith on national TV. But I seem to recall that it was happening with just about every winner, if not every winner. But I confess my memory is limited in this regard.
 

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Churches have paperwork they need to fill out with the obligations and everything and the NCAA looks it over. No one is cheating it's a rule. Some may not like how the rule is being used but it's a rule. Guys qualify for Olympic Redshirts through the process and don't try for the team people don't like it but it's a rule.

I do wonder what paperwork and what requirements are to be met. Then how hard will the NCAA really pry here.

If a requirement is they cannot receive NIL money during this time period- how does one monitor if a friend of the program suddenly makes a donation to that church. And even if you can how say that donation is illegal?

If Cael uses the same church every time- how do you call that illegal? Therefore I believe there should be some sort of seasoning required with the church. If its the kids been a member of the same since forever fine. But just becoming a member of the Happy Valley church that's running the scheme out for Cael, not so much

To me a the kid in question should announce the intention prior to the school year- not be enrolled until the coach sees how the lineup will sake out right up until the first meet.

I agree with you this was just a matter of time. Water is wet duh. Cael also isn't doing anything technically legal and likely never will. Its a win win for Cael as long as he is careful on email, texts or putting anything in writing. Because if and when the NCAA could investigate a certain case Cael wont be the fall guy nor can an NCAA really bring in outside law on a church.

It will likely be the kid and kid alone who take the brunt of it and ends up losing that year or maybe even if severe, all eligibility. I would caution the PSU parents or any parent at any university on who ultimately losses if something is not right. Pretty easy for the coach who set it all up to claim, Whoa that's between the church and the kid. But I hope Cael messes up on a text where he unknowingly leveraged a parent.

Still amazing that something unethical can be legal but Nelson Brands lost a year over a $10 bet on the Chicago Bears like he was insider trading. I expect the NCAA to tighten down the rules on this but it will be exploited pretty good in the meantime.
 
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bnicolls

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We are at 8 pages, there's a long way to go before hitting the Brody Grothus record, and the season starts tomorrow.

Discuss amongst yourselves, I'm getting a little..........
 

Stick Kitty

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We are at 8 pages, there's a long way to go before hitting the Brody Grothus record, and the season starts tomorrow.

Discuss amongst yourselves, I'm getting a little..........
time feeding GIF
 

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I do wonder what paperwork and what requirements are to be met. Then how hard will the NCAA really pry here.

If a requirement is they cannot receive NIL money during this time period- how does one monitor if a friend of the program suddenly makes a donation to that church. And even if you can how say that donation is illegal?

If Cael uses the same church every time- how do you call that illegal? Therefore I believe there should be some sort of seasoning required with the church. If its the kids been a member of the same since forever fine. But just becoming a member of the Happy Valley church that's running the scheme out for Cael, not so much

To me a the kid in question should announce the intention prior to the school year- not be enrolled until the coach sees how the lineup will sake out right up until the first meet.

I agree with you this was just a matter of time. Water is wet duh. Cael also isn't doing anything technically legal and likely never will. Its a win win for Cael as long as he is careful on email, texts or putting anything in writing. Because if and when the NCAA could investigate a certain case Cael wont be the fall guy nor can an NCAA really bring in outside law on a church.

It will likely be the kid and kid alone who take the brunt of it and ends up losing that year or maybe even if severe, all eligibility. I would caution the PSU parents or any parent at any university on who ultimately losses if something is not right. Pretty easy for the coach who set it all up to claim, Whoa that's between the church and the kid. But I hope Cael messes up on a text where he unknowingly leveraged a parent.

Still amazing that something unethical can be legal but Nelson Brands lost a year over a $10 bet on the Chicago Bears like he was insider trading. I expect the NCAA to tighten down the rules on this but it will be exploited pretty good in the meantime.
The church gives all the information and obligations and dates to the University compliance office who then forwards it to the NCAA
 

IRON HAWK

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The church gives all the information and obligations and dates to the University compliance office who then forwards it to the NCAA
IF you know this???? Then lets see the paper work???? Now before you say something about it being private. Lets just see the BLANK paper work you are talking about. Then we can go from there OK?

This should be GREAT!!!! Can't wait!!!! What "church" has this paper work? What religion is it? What mission, where, who is paying?????

I believe an entirely new thread should be started once we have this PAPER WORK!
 
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IF you know this???? Then lets see the paper work???? Now before you say something about it being private. Lets just see the BLANK paper work you are talking about. Then we can go from there OK?

This should be GREAT!!!! Can't wait!!!! What "church" has this paper work? What religion is it? What mission, where, who is paying?????

I believe an entirely new thread should be started once we have this PAPER WORK!

You’re an idiot. No one is going to have access to the paperwork.

Go work for PSU compliance if you want to see it. You’re being weird.
 

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Aweful lot of speculation in this thread. It's obvious Cael is running a faith based team. Listen to his wrestlers speak, it's not a new thing.
Btw, seems to be working pretty well for all of them.
 
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Corby2

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IF you know this???? Then lets see the paper work???? Now before you say something about it being private. Lets just see the BLANK paper work you are talking about. Then we can go from there OK?

This should be GREAT!!!! Can't wait!!!! What "church" has this paper work? What religion is it? What mission, where, who is paying?????

I believe an entirely new thread should be started once we have this PAPER WORK!
You need an official mission or call letter from the church stating what the mission is the date it will start and end . That goes to University compliance. It's not some paperwork with questions to answer. That happens when the athlete returns. They just want to make sure you didn't enroll in another institution or compete in organized sports while you were gone. It's the same process the NCAA has always used for missions. This isn't a new process
 

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You need an official mission or call letter from the church stating what the mission is the date it will start and end . That goes to University compliance. It's not some paperwork with questions to answer. That happens when the athlete returns. They just want to make sure you didn't enroll in another institution or compete in organized sports while you were gone. It's the same process the NCAA has always used for missions. This isn't a new process
Why waste your time with this guy?
 
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FanInBlack

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this thread is what I imagine a thread would be on a OSU or ISU message board if they existed between 1988-1998.

Recruit better and and it wouldnt exist here right now.
 
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