Why wouldn’t you choose to wrestle at PSU
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What's to worry about? He's already in the PSU 285 pipeline.
Also: Relationship with coaches (both parent and wrestler).
D1 coaches attend a lot of camps. Some of these relationships are built very early.
With those corn rows, I was referring to him as Corn Pop.
You are 4x nc material and cael will pull your redshirt to wrestle someone unbeatable just so you don't become a unbeaten 4x champ also. Heard on hr.
Because you are a 3 time World Champion, but you’d rather not enter any international tournaments for at least 5 years.
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I agree. Young athletes are especially vulnerable to the nonsense of group-think religiosity. So many people want to believe in something (anything really) no matter what it is. There is less than zero evidence for the existence of "god" (whoever or whatever that is). And yet coaches, fans, the media, politicians, and so many others play up this nonsense and criticize anyone who is a skeptic, atheist or non-believer.
I was happy that Nick Lee (whatever his beliefs) didn't invoke some "coach" named "God" or "Jesus" for his win. It was his own hard work and effort, along with good coaching, parenting, genes, circumstances, the draw, and so forth that contributed to his national championship not some non-existent deity.
Wow, my first ignore. I'll pray for you though.
Sorry to hear you don't understand the meaning of "evidence" in this context and are missing out on an incomparable source of strength and inner peace. But it's never too late. As one who almost missed out on that myself, I want that for you.
Definition of faith from Merriam Webster:
Faith: firm belief in something for which there is no proof
Faith: firm belief in something for which there is no proof
LOL. Everybody worships something, regardless of what they call it, whether they admit it or not.
Just yeaterday, a D1 wrestler who did not compete at nationals publicly worshipped himself.
What's great about this country is you are indeed entitled to your opinion as many have already stated. What I didn't see so far from responders is the approach you took, and I hope no other repliers take that approach. Nobody has said since you are a non-believer, or however you want to categorize it, that it is nonsense. You choose not to believe, that's cool. If the rest of us choose to believe, that should be cool by you and anyone else. Once again, that's what is great about this country, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and have freedoms, such as religion.
I have yet to see anything surrounding the team that indicates they force religion on anyone. I am not saying you have insinuated such, just stating. There are a handful of people that I know that are connected with the team. A few of them I consider "insiders", my word not theirs, and a few of them were on the roster. Out of that handful, there are a select few that I am good personal friends with. We have discussions all the time obviously about the team, kids who were on visits, and whatever else that we can drum up. Not once, has any of those individuals brought up anything about church, bible studies, etc. Again, not saying you insinuated that it is being forced upon them but wanted to state my opinion and hopefully put it to rest before it got to that point.
I know you weren't arguing anything just stating your opinion. So far, nobody else has argued either. If it does get to the point of an argument, that will be utterly ridiculous that in todays day and age, out of everything we have to deal with on a daily basis, people would come on a wrestling forum to argue about religion. Some people have strong faith and that's what gets them through everyday. Others don't. I'm asking everyone who reads this to let this one go, no matter your opinion. This is the best college wrestling team in the country, with the best fan base. The last thing we want to do is let something like this be a major topic of conversation moving forward amongst ourselves, and the kids moving forward.
Thank you
Hmm seems like a cool thread let's see what we have h...
The lack of proof extends to atheism. There are so many religions with so many differences that it appears we human beings are searching for greater meaning in our lives. I will not condemn an agnostic who is still wrestling with the question of a higher power.
I guess @Junglekitty didn't get his wish for the last word to allow this topic to fade away.
Do you mean like sitting around an hour or two after winning a National Championship praying with the homeless and giving him money???
Edit: Sorry. I posted prior to reading Jk's post. I am on board with this thought.
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He didn't state an opinion he made an assertion that believing in a deity was not logical. I agree with you if he does have an opinion that's one thing but putting people down for their beliefs is just stupid and un American
I honestly don't EVER see people of faith initiating criticism of athleists. Only dipshits such as yourself initiating hostilities from the other side. In a wrestling thread nonetheless. Sounds like you have zero respect at all for at least half of the team you follow. But then, you always seem to interject your beliefs into a wrestling thread, whether it's politics or religion. Seems like a personal weakness.
I wish that dmm53 didn't quote me the way he did. I was only answering the question posed in this thread. It may not be every recruits cup of tea. I was raised in the church. My moms grandfather was a pastor. My estranged wife's brother, father, uncle and both grandfathers are or were pastors.
And I’m sure you are 100 percent correct in that it may not be every recruits cup of tea. Having said that, if those boys are true Christians, it doesn’t matter to them that some recruits may reject what they are saying. Pleasing “the world” is not their objective…Pleasing God is. They are instructed to share his word, share their testimonials and lead others to Christ. We are told that we will be laughed at for doing that, may some day be persecuted for it and may not even be accepted by others including our own family because of our faith. They know that and to me it makes them very brave young men that are not just living for themselves.
"I honestly don't EVER see people of faith initiating criticism of athleists" Is it april fools day? Or are you from another planet?
You don’t need to defend your post. The angle I believe you intended to make is just one of many flavors of “fit”.
Prevailing or predominant personalities, belief systems, approaches to the “game”, etc. all contribute to the general culture of a program, and each individual looking at a program is bound to feel like he is a better “fit” with some vs. others. Nothing wrong with that. Comfort in a program can be important to an athlete, and the subject you raised can relate to comfort in a valid way. You didn’t try to force anything on anyone.
No, he was mostly just talking and counting a shitload of cash that was laid out in front of him..was carr wearing a ps singlet?
We all read it consistent with your explanation. I wouldn’t worry about it at all.
Every Tuesday in the local Richmond (VA) paper they have a “scholar-athletes of the month feature.
Today featured sophomore Eli Cramer from Cosby High School, 113 lb state champ. He won at 106 last year. “Penn State listed as his dream school. May apply to service academies. Don’t know that PSU will have interest but shows how the last 11 years have impacted young kids!
Today featured sophomore Eli Cramer from Cosby High School, 113 lb state champ. He won at 106 last year. “Penn State listed as his dream school. May apply to service academies. Don’t know that PSU will have interest but shows how the last 11 years have impacted young kids!
My cousins boy wrestled in that area. Went to Lee Davis HS. He won a couple state championships in wrestling when he was younger but baseball is his thing. He was on that Mechanicsville little league team that went on a run to LLWS. I’m actually watching his college team play right now on espn+. He’s at VMI.
what his name?.... I helped out at DeepRun and ran the youth club in a league that some of the mechanicsville kids wrestled in awhile back. Regardless, Cosby is class 5 I believe... we'll see where he goes in the pre-season tourneys. I know the kid from DeepRun, Jerry Simon, who won states at 120 is supposed to jump into the big tourneys next year.
