Duke seems ultra competitive, but with NIL, an extra year of eligibility is a gift from the Gods for college athletes nowadays. Especially for wrestlers who have limited post-collegiate professional opportunities in their sport. This isn't football, where if a guy isn't playing he isn't getting NFL visibility.
This.
Eventually your wrestling career ends and you need to move on. Getting a masters degree for free isn't a bad deal. My daughter got 5 yrs for free in track and could have gotten a 6th due to covid, but went to PT school instead.
I think everyone decided, coaches, wrestlers and parents what was best. There have been times where great wrestlers shirted a year and could have started.
Most definitely Tyler did NOT want to sit. And it caused a lot of the whispers that were circulating. But here we are, almost a full season later, with Tyler looking really happy at B1Gs and just an offseason away from back in the lineup.
Totally different situation. I played D1 football. By my 5th year I already had an MS and just couldn't wait to be done and move onto the real world. But, I wasn't being paid to play football and I had no future in the sport (past, maybe, coaching high school someday). Another year of football, was just another year not earning (and saving) and developing my career and family; it didn't benefit me at all. That was the reality for 99% of collegiate athletes...until 2021.
Also: Nico shirting after 2 finals appearances. He was every bit as motivated, and impatient. Completely disinterested in shirting, and yet it happened.
Different, but similar. Getting a lot of money to work on freestyle and get a degree. All the while working towards world medals. And when active wrestling ends, he will hopefully have 2 degrees. Unless you were paying for your education, it did benefit you. Masters degrees aren't cheap. Probably saved my daughter over $200k +
In my case, I would have went straight into a fully-funded PhD program (which I did a few years later) or gotten a year jumpstart on my career. My MS was functionally pointless as it wasn't a terminal degree. All our situations are unique to us. That's all irrelevant to Duke. Other than a possible hit to the ego, there is no logical downside to a redshirt year and plenty of obvious benefits.
There could be a logical downside to a redshirt year. The wrestler in question might not want a red shirt year. The wrestler might know that a redshirt year would not make him happy. Going to a situation that makes a person happy is very logical. If not, then we can just assign people college majors, spouses, and cities of residence based on our logic instead of their own expected happiness.
I think he would still get paid by NLWC and working camps. He’s not dependent upon having college eligibility to make money.
Will be interesting because rev share can only go to rostered athletes. NIL now needs to get past NIL GO
Tyler only looked happy because the Rutgers coaches pulled a Cael and cornered him in the tunnel. Transfer imminent. So I heard.
But we all knew tOSU was not going to win that dual meet when they failed to show up in their bathrobes like they were staying for a sleepover.
I covered that in the previous sentence: "...other than a possible hit to the ego..." Otherwise, I fail to see the point of this strawman.There could be a logical downside to a redshirt year. The wrestler in question might not want a red shirt year. The wrestler might know that a redshirt year would not make him happy. Going to a situation that makes a person happy is very logical. If not, then we can just assign people college majors, spouses, and cities of residence based on our logic instead of their own expected happiness.
And if we insist on having logical reasons for everything, and cannot CONCEIVE reasons why somebody might be happier with A versus B, then we have Vizzini-level imagination.
It’s been stated that Kasak was gracious enough to sit but perhaps there was zero choice in matter if he couldn’t beat Duke. I wasn’t assuming anything.
I’d love to see those two go at it in the room.
Everyone seems forget kasak was also a world medalist
Duke has beaten that same guy twice, has beaten Ridge Lovett and also pinned Yanni who was a 4 time NCAA champ
Who is forgetting? Rocky is like an elephant, he doesn’t forget. But he’s also not just going to assume Kasak could beat Duke who has an outstanding pedigree of his own
Exactly. They don't want to believe the guy because he's an "Iowa fan" .
How big of an order of ointment do you routinely make for all your butt hurt?Exactly. They don't want to believe the guy because he's an "Iowa fan" .
Exactly. They don't want to believe the guy because he's an "Iowa fan" .
It's called making a funny
. Actually just had my colonoscopy at 51 all good Dr said see you in 10 years . So my butt is good but I appreciate the concernNot amused by anything actually I just knew what happened when they wrestled that's all. So I said he would be the guy and Kasak RS. @vhsalum brought it up I didn't.You being an Iowa fan is irrelevant. 83% of posters here thought Duke was starting and Kasak was redshirting before the season. Smalls said quite a while ago that PJ wasn't making 157 past this season. But it was preseason and message boards are all about discussion and conjecture. Not sure why you're so amused by it.
Mendez was only up 4-2 until a desperate attempt by Hardy gave Mendez a last-second takedown. Should have ended 4-2. Now...where is my Cocoa Pebbles mom? The teacher hates me. Why do we get pimples? I hate girls. I lost at Halo because my controller sucks. It's your fault....I wouldn't have cracked the TV screen if you had bought me a better controller. No I wasn't mom.....my worn socks are always crunchy! How am I doing?It's not an award off of 1 match
I'm thinking they knew pj was only making 157 for one year
MM had eight pins this year( zero last year). Seems to me he improved this year as well.
