The Mental Takedown Podcast

 The more I think about it daily, the state of wrestling politics is a microcosm of our nation and in some cases, our international political climate. There is a saying as old as time, "A proper compromise is when both parties leave the table unhappy." The very basic definition of a compromise is an agreement that is reached with both sides making concessions. I don't understand why we think shaming AD's and talking about the "benefits of wrestling" on Twitter does anything except piss off AD's. Everything that circulates on the dark embers of social media about various athletic directors is probably true. They are crooked. They are short. They are arrogant. They are unfair. They are apathetic to student-athletes. This has been the reality of college sports certainly in my lifetime, and probably will be at least for the next 10-15 years. Just like in modern-day politics, the hardest changes to make are to those of the structure itself. Pointing out the f...

       First of all, before I dive into this issue as you all know by now I am extremely passionate about, I'm. sorry. I and the wresting community have failed you. I am sorry to each and every one of the wrestlers on the Fresno State Roster. You will now inevitably have to make unnecessary life-changing decisions because of our failures. I am sorry that we took the entertainment and raw athletic ability that you provided us with for granted. I'm sorry that we as a community were unable to come up with the necessary monetary funds to keep your dream alive. I'm sorry that I sat in total negligence as hegemonic media companies profited off what you worked so hard to achieve and still will continue to achieve. We as a community owe an apology to Brandon Betancourt, Beau Colombini, Hunter Cruz, Chris Deloza, Haiden Drury, Anthony Federico, Aaron Gandara, Greg Gaxiola, Randy Gonzalez, Zack Gonzalez, Jackson Hemauer, Gary Joint, Adam Kemp, DJ Lloren, Anthony Moulton, Mateo...

FloSports's plan is genius... if they were a pharmaceutical company. Flo reminds me of that San Francisco pharma startup that thinks they've found the cure to cancer, then decides to put together a fancy investor pitch with nothing more than sweet jargon. What happens next? They raise a ridiculous amount of capital but come to find out that the "magical cancer cure" was nothing more than another fancy placebo pill. It gets worse, though, then they have no other choice but to tell any people with internal employees not to say anything, or else the whole world will know of the awful fraud. It leaves them with just one choice with any defectors, the dreaded slip of paper that asks your ass to show up in court...   I haven't gone to business school, but the No.1 rule is they under promise and over deliver, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. This pay structure is always impossibly difficult to pull off. This has been proven in various other sectors. Remember the good old days, ...