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At one level in his prestigious wrestling profession, Kyle Snyder, who goes by the nickname Captain America, was the platonic supreme of a famous person athlete. He’s an Olympic gold medalist who says his prayers, eats his nutritional vitamins, and is a household man.
However like one Hulk Hogan earlier than him (albeit in a unique sort of wrestling), Snyder strayed from the trail. Final month, the four-time World and Olympic champion was caught in a prostitution sting in Columbus, Ohio, the place he spent his faculty profession. In the end, Snyder pleaded responsible to a lesser cost, paid a small fantastic, and accomplished a one-day program for individuals accused of solicitation.
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On Saturday, Snyder returned to the mat for his first competitors for the reason that arrest. He comfortably defeated his opponent, Hayden Zillmer, in two consecutive matches of their greatest two out of three sequence, making the World/Olympic workforce for the eleventh consecutive yr.
However whereas each different wrestler who certified for the workforce on Saturday in Newark, New Jersey met with members of the media afterward to debate their accomplishment, Snyder was notably absent.
Following the arrest, Snyder put out an announcement on social media.
“I need to thank everybody who has reached out with kindness and help,” the assertion started. “My focus is on my relationship with the Lord Jesus and my household. This isn’t conclusion of my journey. 1 Peter 4:17-18.”
That’s truthful sufficient. Snyder doesn’t owe anybody something solely as a result of he’s a particularly profitable athlete. However Snyder isn’t any Charles Barkley. He does need to be a job mannequin. And a part of being a job mannequin is being accountable not solely to your loved ones and no matter deity you worship, but in addition to the general public.
Possibly he will probably be sooner or later. However he wasn’t on Saturday on one of many greatest levels the game has to supply in the US.
