My thoughts exactly. For that money, pass on an AA who is no heavy favorite to be champ like Bernie and go after 2-3 similar but smaller profile like Parker, Noto, McNeil, Humphreys, Laird, Caliendo, etc. Although illegal you know teams are doing it. God I hate what college wrestling is becoming.
If you think $500,000 is life changing, I wouldn't want your life style.
You’re an idiot. $500k can wipe away your student loans, mortgage, car payments, and allow you to invest. Don’t say dumb things.
There's some money in Keck's pocket. There are enough people in Cedar Falls that care enough that he and a couple others are being taken care of on the wrestling side.
If I'm in college and can get $500k, I'd call that life changing. No college debt, first house paid for, or invest and have over $4 mil by the time you're 55. That's changing a kids life compared to starting out of college buried in debt and trying to make ends meet. Had I received that instead of simply 1/2 a scholly, I'd have retired when I hit 50!
He forgets this was never about me I’m talking about being Nagao or Carr/ any college wrestler right now. Most wrestlers come from a low social economic class, with a couple in the middle. So yes, for these kids, $500k is life changing.
Carr is also being taken care of. The staff knows the value of David to the university & the wrestling program
You one of those guys with a house you can barely afford the payments and 200k in credit card debt, huh?
You got me. I spend winters on the streets in Phoenix because they have been so welcoming here. Standing on freeway corners now begging to get gas money to get back to Iowa for FB season
With the emphasis on $$ for some, it is living in the present without thinking about what your going to do after the short time when the spigot is turned off. You all act like these "kids" are all A student finance majors. It doesn't appear that many have shopped for houses. That's after the pay the IRS and buy bling, tats, and an 80,000 car. These kids aren't apt to be planning for the future. People paying them don't care about their futures either. It's reality. Of course many will expect the government to step in and save them or the courts to hand them a verdict after claiming they were used.
You are comparing Dresser to the coaches at the two biggest programs in the nation. I think he does pretty well and better than anyone in conference without the last name Smith.Penn State signs top coach to new contract extension
The Lions have locked in a critical member of their athletic department.www.on3.com
Dresser made $325,000 in ‘22 (couldn’t find future earnings)Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands receives contract extension, now signed through June 2029
Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands will stay in Iowa City through the 2028-29 season — and received a pretty good pay increase, too.www.hawkcentral.com
Brands making $600,000 next year going to $800,000 in ‘28-‘29
Sanderson $625,000 going to $800,000 in ‘28-‘29
I hadn’t realized wrestling coach compensation had jumped so much, but I’m glad to see it.
If there’s so much NIL money, I’d think it may breed a bit of resentment in the room if an athlete (say Truax) were making more money than an assistant coach (say Metcalf).
Comparing coaching salaries was not my intent and it wasn’t anywhere in my comment. I hadn’t paid attention to the increase in salaries for any of the coaches. I remember not long ago when $150,000 was upper level compensation and was thinking of that in comparison to a $250,000 NIL deal. I’m behind the times
