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Fact Check: Wrestling________________________________________________________ “Committee of Power” leaked transcripts were edited to leave out key statements from committee members. Poster intentionally omitted statements and facts to persuade the argument against Harrison team. Snopes has been able to obtain the full transcript and thus enabling to discern the truth. Claim­­­­­­­­­­­­ ___________________________________ The only good wrestlers are Crider, McCartney and Krintz. Rating___________________________________ Mostly False What’s’ False From the transcripts: Committee Member U5 “ What about Betourne and Ruiz and Wade. You forgot about they’re all ticket rounders. If they didn’t have to run into the Calumet Regional, they would have made state in any other SS. If in Fort Wayne they’d be in the finals. Just like Committee Member OTR8 said: Calumet got a “4”, they should be an 8. Adrian’s numbers don’t make sense”. Claim­­­­­­­­­­­­ ___________________________________ Logansport is the gateway to state: or it’s a very weak regional and why would we take a team from here. Rating___________________________________ Mixture What’s’ False What the transcript really said: Committee member z1: They’re from the Logansport Regional. HAHA “LOL”. Ok the Regional is weak in the sense of state placers, but they have had successful dual teams. Adrian rated it a 3, not a 9 like Calumet. But, back in the IHSAA duals they competed and Harrison had a 39-3 record. What are we looking at, a team state tournament team or dual team. If we’re going to make this an indictment of a weak regional, then this an indictment against the whole Indiana system. Sorry Fort Wayne guys and no disrespect CMY2, if Logansport regional is that bad then the Fort Wayne is the equivalent in Semi-States. Didn’t Maligned say FW was last in placers for 15 years in a row. ………Committee member z3: That was funny when the Hobart guys thought they should be in the vote. They have some good wrestlers, but more holes than Swiss cheese. No way they hang with the big guys like Harrison would. Brickfor is a good guy, but sure is a homer. LOL , I also can’t believe the guy online “wrestling scholar” thinks Logansport is good. Origin: Logansport region has consistently underperformed and has been maligned (no pun intended) by the Region, is the butt of many jokes as the red haired step child of the EC/Merrillville semi-state. Claim­­­­­­­­­­­­ ___________________________________ Harrison has only one returning state qualifier. Perry Meridian has 4 state placers returning. Rating___________________________________ Totally False What’s’ False What the Transcript really said: Committee member Y2: “Harrison only has one qualifier and Perry Meridian has four. Come on Harrison sucks guys”. Good point Joe. Committee member x4 “Wait: If I look at the review sheets Harrison has two qualifiers. McCartney went the year before and they have Crider. HMMMM!! Wait looking at the review sheets. Perry Meridian only has only two returning state placers, “Lowery and Warren”. Hey Joe is you pulling a fast one. It even says that on Indianamat. How can we make a real decision when we’re not dealing with facts. Claim­­­­­­­­­­­­ ___________________________________ Perry Meridian always has state placers on JV. They have a monster Freshman Class Rating___________________________________ Somewhat False What’s’ False What the Transcript really said: Committee member Y2: “Perry always places a kid at state that was on JV the prior year. They have a monster freshman class. They’ve been good for the last 20 years. Even though they’re losing 9 starters it doesn’t matter if it’s a rebuilding year” It doesn’t matter if Perry is good or not next year, we just can’t have a team state without Perry.” Committee member V5: Wait, Perry has only had that happen twice, when a JV kid placed at state. Total exaggeration CMY2. Also Harrison has 13 starters back and 12 of them made it Regional and 10 to semi-state. Yea, the Regional wasn’t as tough as the Calumet regional, but it’s not the bad. And like committee member OTR5 says, Harrison went through EC, the toughest. And Harrison had a good varsity B also with guys that can compete for spots. What about those transfers. So you’re saying we should vote a bunch of freshman and JV kids over kids who have been successful in the IHSAA system. Wouldn’t that be an indictment against our whole system. How are we going to be able sell that to the public. Wouldn’t that look a little fishy. Claim­­­­­­­­­­­­ ___________________________________ You’re the Committee of Power and the best you can come up with is Harrison Rating___________________________________ Somewhat False What’s’ False What the Transcript really said: Committee member Y2: “You’re the committee of Power and the best you can come up with is Harrison. Committee member M8: Technically, this is not a committee of power but the IHSWCA team state selection committee. I researched the origin of “committee of power, and it didn’t come from that guy “Wrestling Scholar”, but came from an administrator on IndianaMat. Committee member T7: Why are you so hard on Harrison “CMY2”. The representative from your semi-state scored significantly less than Harrison but the gets in due to that little technical rule you came up with. Shouldn’t you give Harrison a break. Committee member F##9: Let me check the map, Harrison is in Tippecanoe County. That’s not even close to Hendricks County. They can’t be very good then.