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sdvike

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Would be nice to have fox nation for this tonight. Kenedy Blades, Real Woods, Bassett, Cassiopi and Spencer Lee listed to compete tonight. Bassett still in high school but wrestling for money?
 

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Would be nice to have fox nation for this tonight. Kenedy Blades, Real Woods, Bassett, Cassiopi and Spencer Lee listed to compete tonight. Bassett still in high school but wrestling for money?
I think Bassett was due to get his first big payment from us shortly after he decommitted.
 

Corby2

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Would be nice to have fox nation for this tonight. Kenedy Blades, Real Woods, Bassett, Cassiopi and Spencer Lee listed to compete tonight. Bassett still in high school but wrestling for money?
Can't be paid to compete. But can be paid to promote the events he's not competing in.
 

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fox nation tonight, I think 8pm CST.
I believe there is a free trial for 1st time subscribers to Fox Nation, otherwise it's like $3/month. Also, I think there is either a free option or big discount if you're active or former military. 8pm CST start time.
 
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sdvike

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Can't be paid to compete. But can be paid to promote the events he's not competing in.
Interesting. So does not get paid for tonight on paper but does get paid for promoting future raf events he isn't wrestling at?
 
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Yatsenko is really solid. or was. hard to tell b/c war kind of interrupted his competition frequency.

he did win Dan Kolov in 2024.

i forget off the top of my head what year it was, but Spencer and Yatsenko won Golds at back to back weights at Cadet Worlds.

it's certainly one of the match ups i'm looking forward to most tonight.
 

HawkAlum2002

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Interesting. So does not get paid for tonight on paper but does get paid for promoting future raf events he isn't wrestling at?
I believe they can't get prize money as professionals, but receive NIL money. Same with Kennedy Blades or any college athletes. So yes, using their name, image and likeness still gets them some money although with the clearinghouse now it will have to be monitored more closely than a year ago.
 
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I believe they can't get prize money as professionals, but receive NIL money. Same with Kennedy Blades or any college athletes. So yes, using their name, image and likeness still gets them some money although with the clearinghouse now it will have to be monitored more closely than a year ago.
Anyone know oe have seen the type of prize money amounts?
 
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HawkAlum2002

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Caldwell was so close to getting two there, would've been interesting to see Bo have to wrestle from behind. But impressive pin. Shame he (or his dad) did us dirty. Have Bassett and DeSanto ever wrestled outside sparring when Bo visited?
 

HawkAlum2002

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Mir choked away that one, needed to finish that first shot. PD3 no problem (and no surprise) with Buckley, but no way he deserves a title shot after doing nothing with Varner last show. He and Starocci again might be fun.
 
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HawkAlum2002

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Woods gets beat by Oliver 2-2 on a last second push out. Pretty underwhelming match from both guys. 2 push outs and 2 shot clock points was the only scoring.

Correct call at the end I thought. Oliver waited until almost the last second, Real's own fault he didn't shoot after the first minute. Easy rematch to make though.
 

HawkAlum2002

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So disappointed for Spencer, but we've seen him shut down after the first 90 seconds so many times it's not a surprise anymore. The aura of being unbeatable is long gone. I don't know if he can hold the team spot but he'll have dig deep to do it again. Of course this was at 135, not 125, so not apples to apples.

Good effort by Cass, glad to see him back at heavyweight after his last freestyle run down a weight.
 
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Easy win for Kennedy. Going to be interesting how they handle her being champion if she can only wrestle November through March. Maybe they will get that worked out in the next few months.