>>>>>> Supreme Court opened the NIL Pandora’s box———NCAA fought against it and lost. There are multiple reasons beside pure financial considerations to choose a college, but programs have always competed for athletes via scholarship levels——- with few wrestlers receiving full rides given the 9.9 max...

>>>>>>>>I see it from a different perspective. I believe it is 100% on the head coach to establish and maintain the current ‘brand’ for a program. A supportive AD and administration helps, but a program, at heart, reflects the coach. For example, Missouri and Smith’s ‘tiger style’ brand speaks for i...

>>>>>>>I like seeing recruits like Van Hoven or Skellenger, who are not from the prime wrestling states, make the commitments to wrestle in the high level regional and national tournaments. In other words—- guys who love to wrestle and compete against the best. I am somewhat surprised, however, to s...

>>>>>>>The U20 US Open underway in Vegas includes a few Lehigh recruits. Skellenger placed 3rd @ Greco 72 kg ———brackets/matches are on Flo. I’m not a fan of Greco, but Skellenger had some nice throws in his 6 matches and his win for 3rd vs a good Mich frosh had some quality action. Skellenger and V...

>>>>>>Flo has Skellenger in their 157 rankings and Federici ranked the #4 sr at 175.

>>>>>Bringing in a grad transfer, or any transfer, does not mean the guy will automatically become the starter. Maybe Wilt continues to improve or Caden and Davis can successfully cut to 184. We know we have lineup issues at 165/174/184———maybe the current guys plus recruits get healthy, improve and...

>>>>> Olympian George Patton would disagree. Concept was an event showcasing athletic skills of an Army officer.

I believe the original Greek pentathlon event included wrestling.

>>>>>>> Regardless of the reasons for Kunstek backing off his early Lehigh commitment, Santoro and staff have put together a very solid middle weight recruiting mix. Ranked ( per Flo) seniors at 144, 157. & 175 plus ranked juniors at 150 ( two) & 175. Kunstek dropped out of FLo’s weight clas...

>>>>>>> Follow up comment: Distributing money across all starters is a nice concept, but all starters are not equal.

NIL funding will, and should, correspond with performance. Similar to wrestlers that win Olympic medal receive payments.

>>>>>>>> Time to embrace the new NIL era. A business can pay an athlete sizable amounts to help promote their business and it’s a legitimate business advertising expense. Or ‘overpay’ an athlete for an internship. We’re raising millions for an LVWC endowment, but posters cry ‘poor Lehigh’ when it co...