Victor voinovich commits to hawks

The Hermenator

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Sounds like he is packing his bags and leaving Iowa City. I hope the rumors are not true.
This would be as close as you can get to losing Spencer Lee his freshman year. He's a 4x AA with his eyes closed and will right in the title hunt from day one. This would be a devastating blow. Sounds like there are big problems in the wrestling room as a whole.

I love TnT. They are awesome. They are what Iowa Wrestling was (and still is) all about. It's unfortunate they are in the middle of the ring with God and they are desperate.
 
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grasshawk40

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Losing Chittum should be an eye opener for the way the program is headed. I hope there is a plan in place to turn things around because it doesn't look like it.
 
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I don't understand how you can let a talent like Chittum leave the program, if the rumors are true.
 

grasshawk40

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Very poorly run program right now.. Hope TNT do the right thing and step aside if they refuse to change.
 

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Any idea what led to this? Like, specifically what TNT did or didn't do for this to happen?
 

grasshawk40

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Went after the Fearri brothers and every hates them ( thats what being said) Brands brothers strikes again!! need new leadership
 

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Any idea what led to this? Like, specifically what TNT did or didn't do for this to happen?
One of the reasons is Chittum wanted more scholarship money. I assumed he moved to Iowa to establish in state residency to lower tuition. Not sure what he was offered for scholarship money, but he asked Brands for more and Brands told him to go get NIL. Chittum wanted the more guaranteed scholarship money as opposed to NIL, but Brands didn't give him more. Again, I don't know what was offered to him in regards to scholarship money during recruiting or recently, but I do know this was a recent issue and a reason why he left.
 
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I know there is a limit to the amount of scholarships available and we split them up, but when you have someone the quality of Chittum, I think you find a way to make it work and then you introduce him to the right NIL contacts to fill in the rest if needed..
So how much h of this was money and how much was the issue with the Ferrari's?
 
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hawknut

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My guess is it’s the $. I know that was an issue, but have no idea on the numbers. I’ll try to find out.