Anthony Falbo to Purdue
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Honest question here (and maybe just ignorance on my part) ... but why would a kid who has an offer from the Hawks choose to go wrestle at Purdue? Is it money? Is it mat time? I'm guessing for every kid it's different ... I love wrestling. But I don't follow the inner workings of scholarship money and how its used, etc. I just always scratch my head and wonder when I see a kid pick a Michigan or a Purdue or a Northwestern versus an offer from Iowa?
i would say mat time. If 74 is on his radar Young wouldn't allow that til he was a SR. 84 he would have to sit behind Wilcke til he was a JR. Where at Purdue 74 is wide open for him to be a 4 year starter and 84 he just has to beat out Lyon which he could probably do.
$ wise you have to think Iowa is saving it for Berge and Warner if they committ. Purdue was probably offering more.
Location could be another. Purdue isn't much closer to CT then Iowa, but it's still closer.
He may just feel more confortable with the coaches and wrestlers at Purdue.
Thanks for the insight. As I mentioned, I'm guessing various factors play into each kid's decision ... I just never understood a kid picking a Purdue/NW/Mich over one of the most/the most storied wrestling programs in history ...
I need to do some "wrestling 101" research on how the money part works ... Anywho, thanks again for the response.
Purdue wrestling headed in the right direction. Good for them
But couldn't he take less for the good of the team? I mean that's how t works now at major programs.
Best of luck to falbo. Probably made the best financial choice got him. Student loans suck
Best of luck to falbo. Probably made the best financial choice got him. Student loans suck
If only we had a slush fund and an ROTC program to send him to, it would be a non-issue.
Ersland is doing a good job over there.
Plus now there having seniors and high school move to there state a year early and finish high school online so they can establish residency so that when they do take less for the good of the team it won't be so bad finacial wise as out of state. Murphy and Stickley did/our doing this, but they did it after they graduated HS. Figure you have to be at least 18 to do this.If only we had a slush fund and an ROTC program to send him to, it would be a non-issue.
Michigan and Northwestern are far better academic universities than Iowa, which is a big factor for a lot of kids.
For some kids, history doesn't matter as they aren't really fans of the sport. Crazy but I know a top 20 kid in the country who couldn't tell you that Cael went undefeated in college or anything about the Brands Bros.
Bummer, but kids have to make the best decision for themselves, based on their own criteria. Maybe he fell in love with the Purdue campus? Maybe he just automatically clicked w/ Ersland? Any number of reasons. I like his upside a ton, would have loved him at Iowa. I do not think he would have been sitting behind Cashe Wilcke if he came here, although I don't know what other prospects would have been around him that may have beaten him out.
Not sure about that. Wilke would have two years on him and isn't a significantly lower ranked wrestler than Falbo out of HS I don't believe. That's assuming they would be at the same weight.
My $ would be on Cash. I think he's better then most people think. Beat Hunter Ritter last year who was a top 20 recruit and took 8th a university nationals this year. I still think he is better suited at 84 but understand for the better of the team and himself will be wrestling 97 this year.
Are you talking about Nick Lee and PSU. If so, can you tell me where you got your information from in regards to Lee being able to apply for instate tuition? Everything I've heard contradicts what you are implying here.
Purdue is doing a great job. I really hope the Humboldt/Hawk boys (Heidt/Ersland) don't connect for Berge. Heidt is head coach at Kasson-Mantorville, where Berge is at and Ersland is at Purdue. I'm sure most of you knew that but I hadn't put two and two together. Heidt and Ersland were a couple years apart in school if I remember. 4 if I had to guess.
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http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/stateresidency.phtml
In most states I thought you can establish residency in one year prior to first day of class. Not sure if Nick Lee is doing this, but he probably could under independent resident.
In most states I thought you can establish residency in one year prior to first day of class. Not sure if Nick Lee is doing this, but he probably could under independent resident.
I believe that is correct in Pennsylvania but his residency would have to have been established for reasons other than educational purposes. Now I would think it would be difficult to prove he moved here for any other reason than he will be attending PSU. I guess it could be argued he moved here strictly for the purpose to wrestle but since he had already committed to PSU and will be wrestling at PSU, I doubt that would fly. I'm gonna guess he won't be getting instate tuition rates but I could very well be wrong.
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Oh, I bet they can figure out away to make it happen.
No clue if this is what Lee/PSU is trying to do, and he and his situation isn't whom I was referring too in my original post.
I think you will start to see more of this over the years. In the last 20 years parents have been having kids start school later. Be it for sports or parents just want to hold on the here kid for another year. You are seeing more 18 year old seniors who happen to turn 18 before there senior year of HS. Now kids can finish HS school online or get GED's. So at 18 a high school senior could go to a new state get a job, register to vote, and get residency before they apply or enroll into a university. I have no clue if Lee is 18, but if he is I would figure this is the plan.
Allows the coach to go after out of state kids and offer less ship $ for the good of the team, but helps the recruit with less school dept by becoming a resident before they enroll. If this is what Cael is doing he is ahead of the times and very smart. What Manville is doing(Army) is another way to save $ off the 9.9 and very smart. You will see this more in sports like wrestling because it is very rare that a kid gets a full ride unlike basketball and football.
A lot of it depends on the state. I went to school at ASU for 2.5 years. In order to get in state tuition, you had to have worked in the state for a year full time, (and have the w-2s to prove it) if your parents had not lived there for a year and worked full time. It was insanely difficult to get in state tuition.
In illinois all you had to do was have an address and an in state drivers license for like 30 days or something like that. A track coach would offer a guy a full scholarship the first semester and then nothing the second semester. By then he would have residency. The next year, he would give the kid a 1/2 scholarship for the whole year.
I am not at all familiar with the rules for PSU.
In illinois all you had to do was have an address and an in state drivers license for like 30 days or something like that. A track coach would offer a guy a full scholarship the first semester and then nothing the second semester. By then he would have residency. The next year, he would give the kid a 1/2 scholarship for the whole year.
I am not at all familiar with the rules for PSU.
I'm a PSU fan but I'd be displeased if this is allowed. It totally demeans the spirit of in state tuition and who should benefit.
It's rare but it happens, as years go by you could see it more. A lot of factors have to come into play just to pursue it.
Not all parents wait to send kids to school and the ones that do only a small % are college athletes. Plus you have to find a kid willing to leave home and not have a senior year in HS. Also one that is willing to take less ship $. If you can get all this it's really a steal for ur program and ship $.
I'll say again I have no clue if this is what PSU and Lee are doing and I'm not insinuating that they are.
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