Just read in Flo's Transfer Portal thread that Austin Boone is transferring. I never heard much news about him this year. I wish him the best.
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Kind of shocked at this one. The 157 spot is wide open next year for us and he could slide right in. Either way, wish the kid the best.
4-time state champ from Lowell High School in MI. Really appears to be great kid. I'm sure he"ll do well wherever he ends up.
All this means is that David Carr is transferring in, right?
i mean we did have the whole Spencer will transfer back rumor, so let me be the first to start the rumor
i mean we did have the whole Spencer will transfer back rumor, so let me be the first to start the rumor
Sadly he was discriminated against by the University all year long and was not allowed to practice or participate with his team. He has a medically documented exemption for a mask yet the University would not acknowledge it. It's weird because everyone else got to test daily and wrestle without a mask, but not Austin. Double standards have been rampant lately. Go figure. Cael tried his best to make it happen but his hands were tied. It's really heartbreaking.
Interesting. Since you seem to be close to this one, did whatever condition cited for the exemption suggest he had a higher risk if he had caught it as well?
Very unfortunate. Was hoping to see him don the white belt. Hope there’s room for him at a nice place given the possible $$ crunch this year.
I wondered if this was true. Heard about it sounded so odd. Just dismissed it.
This sounds...strange. What medical reason could he have for not wearing a mask that wouldn't also make him unable to wrestle?
It's not like he would have to wear it 24/7. Just as he walked through campus. And as someone who works on a college campus, and one with very strict covid enforcement, he could have easily just worn it below his nose the entire time without trouble. And as you noted, nobody was wearing it at practice.
Doesn't pass the smell test to me.
"Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
I find this very hard to believe. But it is strange times that we live in.
At the risk of being thought a fool, the only mask exemption I can come up with for a young person who is otherwise healthy enough to be a wrestler is being on the autism disorder spectrum. I'm certainly willing to learn, though.
That’s the first sign of covid.
Attempting to see about "what could have happened" (what you did) is a far cry from "I don't believe you".
I'm very sorry to hear about this. I'm also angry because such actions by PSU bureaucrats are not at all surprising. I hope that Austin finds a school that is more considerate of his situation and that he has a successful academic and athletic experience.
If true, it sounds like the condition was such that he was disinclined to wear the mask on campus. Although I'd respect his integrity of not wearing a mask half-ass, I suspect the university maintained reasonable accommodations for remote learning. I also suspect it didn't want to risk some culpability should Austin get and spread covid. I'd think PSU lawyers would've considered lawsuits from either direction. Sounds like the position taken just didn't jive with his athletic pursuit at PSU. I hope he finds an accommodating school and stays healthy.
Quite frankly it is no ones business why he has a medical exemption for wearing a mask... the different things I’ve heard asked and discussed this past year makes me sick.
I’m very sorry to hear this. I gather it wasn’t worth risking losing another year by needing to wear a mask again in the fall, right?
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Someone with an anxiety disorder could also have panic attacks from mask wearing. It is a fairly common issue.
The ADA legislation clearly states that you are now allowed to ask, significant fines potentially if you do.
Without knowing what the medical/psychological reason for not wearing a mask is, I have to imagine (maybe hope) that accommodations were made for Austin. There's gotta be more to this.
What are the medical reasons for not wearing a mask? Even people with COPD can wear masks, so I'm particularly curious. I don't want to make this into a COVID thread, but I am personally not sold on this being a legitimate reason without further evidence to the contrary.
I'm super bummed for Austin and was looking forward to him breaking the lineup as I thought he was massively underlooked at.
What are the medical reasons for not wearing a mask? Even people with COPD can wear masks, so I'm particularly curious. I don't want to make this into a COVID thread, but I am personally not sold on this being a legitimate reason without further evidence to the contrary.
I'm super bummed for Austin and was looking forward to him breaking the lineup as I thought he was massively underlooked at.
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He can't wear a mask, but can do one of the most cardio demanding sports in the world? Not buying that.
Like others have said, I would be shocked if the university didn't try to make some accommodations if it really was an issue. I have first hand experience with this sort of thing.
I'm not calling the kid a liar. What I am saying is that there is almost certainly more to the story than what an anonymous message board poster is saying about evil university bureaucrats. I find it hard to believe a kid would move across the country to wrestle for a powerhouse program and then walk out the door over having to wear a cloth mask occasionally when that requirement is probably going to be lifted in the next couple months anyway and also probably wasn't all that strictly enforced in the first place (as anybody who works on a college campus could tell you).
There's more than one side to every story...and right or wrong there's sides to this that we'll never know. I wish Austin well.
Perhaps, but we've recently seen a similar situation: Seth Nevills being booted from Ironman for flunking a skin check, because the event physician knew better than Snacks' CA dermatology specialist and didn't allow for his prescription.
I get the differences (severity, one weekend vs moving, etc.). Just pointing out that local officials do not always observe the written diagnoses and prescriptions of non-local doctors.
I wasn't really talking about that. I have no doubt he could find a doctor to write him an exemption and the university might not accept it. I've seen this situation play out first hand this year and every time it's gone the same way. The student says "whatever" and wears their mask for the couple hours a week it's required because the alternative, leaving school, is 1000x more inconvenient than wearing the mask.
I have a hard time believing a kid would leave the program over this, especially at the tail end of this situation (my school has already announced plans to return to normal ops in the fall). Also, basically every college in the country currently has these mask requirements. I'm not sure where he thinks he would find a different situation. Until I see otherwise, I'm going to assume there are other factors at play here.
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