Gable Steveson Intends To Use Final Year Of NCAA Eligibility - FloWrestling
Gable Steveson will likely be back on an NCAA wrestling mat next season.
Maybe Cassar can come back too!
Steveson intends to use final year of eligibility
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Maybe Cassar can come back too!
Shit. I paid $100,000 for those shoes he left on the mat. An all time NCAA collectable, now there will be two pair, and mine worthless. I hitting eBay this morning before everyone finds out.
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This is smart if he's targeting 2024 Olympics.
Just hope it doesn't cost Aaron or Carter the Hodge.
Just hope it doesn't cost Aaron or Carter the Hodge.
Mind blown? I expect him to be a Lion now
Smart if so but it kinda sucks anyway, I’m happy to have the athletes of any sport do 4 competing years in 5. Lately the eligibility never ends. In his case he wrestles 4 years….then redshirts and now back for a 5th Covid year.
Meh.
Not that my opinion matters at all, but I’m ok with Steveson and his eligibility due to him only being 23 all next year. I’ve said it before, when a kid is no longer eligible for U23, he should also no longer be eligible for college wrestling. Their eligibility should end on their 24th birthday. Just my opinion and I’m sure there are numerous reasons it doesn’t make sense. I just don’t want to see 24/25/26 year olds wrestling 18 year olds. I’m over it. That’s what men’s senior level is for.
Not sure how it would be better for him than just wrestling senior level events in the lead up.
Frankly I think it looks a bit dumb after the retirement tour and the shoes in the mat and the big NCAA closing flip.
Frankly I think it looks a bit dumb after the retirement tour and the shoes in the mat and the big NCAA closing flip.
Would be even stupider. Ruin his legacy only for Iowa to yet again not win a team title or come all that close.
Sure, let Bob Nicolls pay Gable the entirely of Kirk Ferentz’s salary so that he can win a fourth individual title that Iowa will get no credit for.
But hey, I guess the HWC can try to say they made an Olympic gold medalist then.
I'm calling b.s. "likely" don't mean $hit. When he enrolls and is In the room call me
Because Vince McMahon isn't paying him?
Now that would be hilarious.
A message board of idiots who regularly spew all kind of stupid shyt PSU's and Cael's way, singing praises to TnT for securing a great transfer. All the while bemoaning Cael's cold-hearted recruiting techniques and the poor guys he recruits over. Hello Tony Cassioppi meet the middle Ferrari, Patrick Kennedy, Cole Seibrecht which are simply this year's recruit over Hawks.
Even with Steveson they finish 80 plus points behind the Nits, but hey they probably get another second place tropy.
Steveson is already a millionaire. Money will definitely not be a factor.
Vince is paying him enough that he won’t want to seek out money elsewhere? Yea, I doubt it.
Add in having a chance at a Natty
I can definitely see it happening. Besides Minnesota fans, it’s not ruining his legacy elsewhere. It’s how the College athletics game is played these days.
Money is ALWAYS a factor and I think you severely overestimate what a WWE contract is worth, especially for someone who has yet to wrestle a live match.
That doesn’t really change anything for me. I don’t think there should have been a Covid extra year either. For anyone.
Not what he could stand to make if a wealth donor wanted to ensure he wrestled for their school, no.
His signing bonus was 1 million dollars before he was on a roster and they moved a training center to Minnesota for him. Don't think they will be packing that up and moving it to Iowa.
WWE currently has no use for him. They could very well say “go win another Olympic gold and debut after.”
They did say that and they are still paying him.
If Gable comes back for his last year and it’s anywhere other than Minnesota, count me out on ever spending a dollar on NCAA wrestling ever again. What’s the point if you’re not a Penn State or Iowa fan?
My point is just because he signed a million dollar bonus doesn’t mean he’s just gonna turn his nose up at a massive offer. A million dollars ain’t what it used to be.
Very true. I just really think he returns to Minnesota with the money he has and will continue to receive from WWE
Third? Honestly I can’t remember. I guess third. Which makes it even more silly.
Steveson to Iowa and Kerk beating him at NCAAs would be pretty great.
Well, another 20-30 match undefeated win season will only make the only person ever to beat him (twice) look all that more impressive!
Part of me hopes that 2 returning national champions, Gable and the oldest Ferrari, both transfer to Iowa. Then when we beat them by 35+ at nationals, their fan base will truly understand that all hope is gone.
If he doesn't end up there will Iowa still give him a standing ovation when he wrestles there?
Gable graduated so as long as he enrolls before January, he's good to go.
Hmm, so 25 instant March points up for grabs to the highest NIL sack. Iowa is stuffing their bag as we speak, Cass be damned. I’m pulling for Michigan, Missouri, or Iowa State to win the “I-failed-WWE-and-desperately-crave-relevance” sweepstakes. Generational, sure, but too “look-at-me-love-me” for my tastes, like the ever-flexing car triplets. Love to see a Ramos-like upset against yet another prima donna craving nothing but limelight and a second shoe drop. Win or lose, I want Kerk.
