Two-time World Champion J'Den Cox (Photo/Tony Rotundo, WrestlersAreWarriors.com)Before action gets underway at the Olympic Trials, we already have shocking news to report. Two-time world champion and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist J'Den Cox will not be competing in today's trials. Unnamed sources have told Intermat that Cox was struggling to make weight and finally did so after the allotted time. Afterwards, a committee met to discuss the issue and came to this decision. Cox is not currently listed in the brackets. The Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin first reported Cox's status for the Trials and USA Wrestling has confirmed this as well.
I do say that most of the team (Football) worked their asses off all year around to play on saturdays but the discipline level is nowhere near that of a wrestling team.
I do respect athletes that put their blood, sweat and tears on the line four to five years of their college career instead of working and having time to hang out with friends and girlfriends like non player students. I will hire someone at my if they have the same qualifications but played sports all day and every day, but wrestlers are always at the top of my list just like a kid that's an eagle scout.
I have a friend who's one of those, and a convicted felon for a drug crime to boot!
According to Wikipedia Cox has only lost once in the last 27 matches and has been scored on only 15 points in all of those matches combined. Cox has been red hot in recent years and is rated higher than Snyder. I would support that Cox gets a shot at wrestling off Snyder. Being 13 minutes late is not an egregious crime.
The USA's freestyle team looks like the best ever chance of placing very high in this years Olympics with several number one rates members! .
Cox could go and wrestle for another country and take points away from the USA's best Olympic chances of winning. .
He is a great kid that would never kneel when they play the national anthem so why would he ever be a traitor to his beloved country.
USA would like to send our best teams to the Olympics. Rules or exceptions are man made and can be altered if they make sense. That is just my humble opinion. Maybe I am right or wrong but it can be a discussion.
Let Cox and Snyder wrestle each other. I would put my money on Cox and I would imagine that everyone would love to see them match up in a wrestling match or two or three.
A good example of the best is how quickly Dake dismantled Noff and handled JB too. JB would have been a fine representative at the upcoming Olympics. But Dake was just a whole another level. Just like DT and Gable. Just some food for thought !
I watched every freestyle match of the trials so I am with you about the other guys being on a different level, but as for the only two that dismantled anyone in the finals it was Gable and Kyle.
I believe the US wants to send the best team as well, but kindly disagree with you about changing the rules. Everyone always tries to push the rules further and further all the time, just like kids... they will push you and push you until something gives and too bad for them (and if you saw my movie Usual suspects you would know....) I have legendary will.
Society needs rules and as long as the rules are not outrageous then it should be black and white either you are there and weighed in by 7:59:59 or you miss the trials.
If your coach tells you the wrong time that's no excuse... with a computer on our phones and even some watches if I'm Jayden I would have 10 different timers and alarms with the right time on it and I would have checked 25 times to make sure I was right. For some reason I don't think we have gotten the full story just like a lot of the knee jerk reactions in the country now. Give it a couple months and I believe we will hear something else that makes more sense.
Dolly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7-X1RI7xlw
Amine: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myles_Amine
I said if someone has dual citizenship.
Amine I guess it goes for second generation citizens too.