Even in the NIL era, how can you sign a professional football contract and then return to collegiate athletics?
Gabble Steveson to Iowa?
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So sad he skipped the Olympics especially now that's he's coming back to non pro wrestling
Different sports
Basketball player jr smith played like 10 years in nba and then went back for college golf
Athletes have played professional (albeit minor leagues generally) baseball and competed in sports like football for years.
In 10 years he’s going to be that guy carrying the sign on the side of the road that says, “Will wrestle you for food.”
Silly. He’s Probly good for 2 more Olympic cycles
There should be some sort of penalty for coming back after leaving the shoes on the mat.
(beyond some serious heckling that will undoubtedly occur)
(beyond some serious heckling that will undoubtedly occur)
How in the world can he have any eligibility left. Can people just come and go from college on a whim. Can pico wrestle as a freshman somewhere. It truly is the Wild West out here.
Probably since he has never started the college cycle - if even that exists anymore.
Wish he had wrestled in the olympics. Would have pulled hard for him there. Hope he loses this year in NCAAs.
You can literally fight MMA at the same time as competing in college now, so this is no big deal at all. Remember Chris Weinke, Drew Henson, etc and all the baseball guys that came back to be QBs over the years? And now rugby guys coming over as punters from Australia.
After he wins another title, he needs to go Box Jake Paul
WWE, NFL, Boxing, maybe Dancing with the Stars eventually too.
WWE, NFL, Boxing, maybe Dancing with the Stars eventually too.
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Wish he hadn’t been f*ckin around last summer. Mason Paris didn’t fair so well.
PSU would boo him for sure. But unfortunately they don’t dual. So it will be an applause fest.
2019 freshman
2020 sophomore
2021 free year
2022 junior
2023 redshirt
2024 olympic redshirt
2025 found his shoes in a tree
The whole process is an embarassment and a joke.
Just seems like you should have to actually go and compete at the Olympic Trials in order to be able to use an Olympic redshirt.
Pico has aged out of Division 1 because your 4 seasons in 5 years eligibility starts at age 21 regardless of enrollment and he's 28 now, but yes he could wrestle NAIA or possibly NCAA D2 or D3 with an approval waiver.
I also think that is a hole in the criteria. Combine that with declaring it well after the event has concluded, and it really underscores the silliness of the criteria.
Carter Star looking for a tree branch to hang his shoes on so he can come back and be the first 6x champ.
I've made that argument in the past when AJF used one to escape his legal troubles when no program would allow him in after the double bird incident. Using one while exploring professional wrestling and trying out with the Bills seems appropriate in comparison. LOL.
That tweet hilariously does NOT explain how he is allowed to claim a retroactive ORS.
Reread it paying close attention to the comma (I misread it the first time as well).
That comma is doing a lot of heavy lifting
Without the comma, yes what follows that sentence should be an explanation of how he is able to retroactively take an Oly shirt. With the comma, the how becomes how he is eligible for 2025, not how he can retroactively take an Oly shirt (with being allowed to retroactively take an Oly shirt now being the answer).
Because we’re bias towards Iowa guys? Shocking concept.
Pretty sure it has to be for the 24/25 season (barring a medical shirt)
I was more so using pico as an example of the absurdity that is NCAA rules. But touche’, this is still crazy no matter how you slice it.
19 - runner up.
20 - champ
21- wrestling but not because…covid
22 - reigning Olympic champ ncaa champ.
23 - fake wrestling
24 - no longer fake wrestling, football and apparently an Olympic redshirt.
25- back to college. All because of the “Olympic rs” he took while getting cutting from fake wrestling and the buffalo bills.
I don’t think anyone can argue how absurdly he’s abusing the Olympic redshirt rule. I don’t care that he’s coming back. I just think it’s absurd, and honestly a ploy to stay relevant. He could have been the best heavyweight we’ve ever seen, but it’s clear he’s not that into the sport.
I’ve never seen a wrestler as talented as Gable try to do anything else aside from wrestling. I’d assume if clown college offered Gable enough money he’d spend six months learning how to juggle and walk on wire rather than wrestle.
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