Nick Hanson Goes for the Mega Wall - American Ninja Warrior Qualifiers 2020 

He tested positive for COVID and had to withdrew

After taxes........he gets 6.

@@FunnyNESS Yep. To think that comes any where near to what a top level player sees in income opportunity for staying in the game for another round is crazy.

Nicholas Taylor True. Especially since he finished, he should have went on, but Jake was able to take his 2 teammates who didn’t finish on to the semi-finals. Just not fair

$10,000 (minus taxes) is no where near what he lost out on -- ( cash and other benefits-wise) -- by not being allowed to advance this season. Horrible rule change.

This is completely fair it’s just for COVID beating the mega wall has nothing to do with this neither does finishing the course he was not in the top 12 so he did not move on. Besides it’s not like he would have won anyways so the 10k was kinda worth it and and the guaranteed advancement was not even created until s5.

@@jacobplourde2388 s5 was 8 years ago! They've had the rule in place longer than they haven't had the rule in place! It's part of the game now, no need to remove it. 12 isn't some magic Covid number--they could of course accommodate more players if they wanted to. And... 10k is nothing compared to the benefits a player gets to their career and income potential for going forward. And the way NBC deliberately didn't show his time or mention that he didn't make it was obviously because they knew how angry the viewers would be at the stupid change in rules.

Jacob Plourde I get if it were due to that, and it kind of is. But when 2 people who didn’t complete the course get to move on due to Jake having won the power tower, but someone who actually completed the course in 13th place not being able to move on, that’s what is unfair.

@@OtakuLogan2017 COVID-19 restrictions

Well!!! Only top 12 men can qualify, and top 3 women can qualify. If too many quality, then they will have to pick the fastest times. Make sence

@@bretttanton328 It's a stupid rule change that they haven't used for years and years and doesn't make sense to use now. Even considering Covid, having a handful more contestants advance isn't a big deal compared to the huge loss of solid, popular contestants like Nick Hanson. It's especially crappy because the average watcher has NO IDEA he didn't advance. NBC intentionally didn't show his time during the run, and didn't even mention him at the end. They knew how pissed off people would be. They want it both ways--- to cash in on all the good feeling by showing him in Alaska and hyping up his mega-wall run, but not owning up to the fact that their ridiculous rule change ended his season. $10,000 (minus taxes) is not even close to the money and benefits he lost out on by having his season end so soon.

One other pattern I have noticed is that women who finish among the top men are put in the Men’s top 12 leaderboard, even though they have their own division. So while Jesse Labreck took a spot in both men and women, Nick Hanson didn’t have the opportunity to take both, so he gets the boot. Either put them all together or put ONLY MEN in the men leaderboard and ONLY WOMEN in the women leaderboard. Nick would’ve moved on if that were the case.

Nick Hanson actually advanced. The reason he didn’t compete in the semis was because after the filmed qualifiers, they found out he had physical contact with someone who later tested positive for COVID, so he was sent home. So the producers decided to change the rules during editing to make it as if only the fastest times move on.

@@exoteric_bb oh. They at least should have said something though

What??? I thought everyone who completes the course moves on

Song Trivia Umm... Hello? COVID? They can't offer everyone to advance.

Shadic MCGS I thought they would’ve just made everyone socially distance...

@@shadicTPZ That's a ridiculous response. No one's saying they can offer "everyone to advance". Allowing all who hit the buzzer isn't everyone. Hello? BTW, I know it's the rule this year, and Nick was no doubt aware of it, but It's a stupid rule. And worse, they didn't have the balls to tell the audience the situation , or even show Nick's time on screen. Because they knew how pissed off and misled their audience would feel.

He did advance he hit the buzzer. What are you talking about

he either got covid or came into contact with someone with covid.

@@OtakuLogan2017 It was Nick who got COVID!

He did

@@bretttanton328 Nope, 14 finishers and he was no. 13 (By time)

@@bretttanton328 Yeah he Didn't! If your Not in the Top 12, you don't get to Move on!

@@bretttanton328 no he wasn't fast enough

He did but he had to withdrew because of testing positive for COVID

They actually did, but Drew Dreschel was involved (he lost, btw) and they didn't show it. They're editing Drew out of everything this year. He's a non-entity due to the charges against him involving having sex with a minor.

I was aware of the drew stuff but what if he won the season did they redo the final power tower bracket.

@Nick Watson [Student] Pretty sure that days after losing the Tower of Power to Jody Avila, he was arrested and didn't compete anymore. Here's a pretty good summary of what happened and the effect on his two chosen teammates from: www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2020/09/drew-drechsel-american-ninja-warrior-season-12-results-team/ Drew Drechsel and his two teammates were to be featured in the first episode of NBC’s American Ninja Warrior season 12, which has a modified format and filmed in a single location, the Dome in St. Louis this summer. This season, ANW competitors who’ve been on the show before returned, and each selected two other contestants from their communities to compete, too, though they’re not competing as a team. The Power Tower, which was introduced last season, returned for season 12 as a competition between the top two finishers. The winner goes to the semi-finals-and takes the two members of their team with them, even if those teammates did not qualify for the semi-finals as a result of their time on the course. That’s the one non-individual component of this season. While the all-star returning ANW competitors each have two people from their communities with them, they’re competing as individuals, not as teams. I confirmed with a person with knowledge of the production that Drew Drechsel did advance to the Power Tower on episode one of American Ninja Warrior. In episode one, the two fastest competitors were Jody Avila and Drew Dreschel, so they faced off on the Power Tower. However, Drew lost to Jody, so Jody’s teammates-Pauline Avila and Roget Maddox-will continue on to the semi-finals. Contestant Jake Murray, who came in first place during in the second qualifier episode, posted to Facebook, “props to Jody Jehudy Avila for his qualifying performance tonight” and added, “Let it be known that he went on to win the power tower as well like a champ!! It was against Drew and won’t be shown for obvious reasons.” -- What happened to Drew’s American Ninja Warrior teammates? Drew was completely edited out of the episode, following his arrest by federal authorities. But Drew’s teammates-Taylor Johnson and Julius Ferguson, according to a social media post-were not. Both of their qualifying runs were shown during the American Ninja Warrior season 12 premiere episode, though they were compressed into a montage, and no attention was paid to the sidelines where Drew would have been standing. Both Taylor and Julius both advanced to the semi-final round, which will begin airing in October.

@@daneyuleb he competed in semis jessie graff wasn't actually 12th devin harrelson was 12th but was actually 13th because drew beat him and they didn't want extra finalists so they showed jessie at 12th

It was Grant McCartney who stated that!

@@ConcertgoerJ.R. Oh. I didn’t know. Thank you for the clarification.

it isnt lol

It literally is this season

Wait really?

Charlie Nadel yeah! He was one of 14 finishers, but since only the top 12 make it, he came up short.

He came 13th they should have at least acknowledged him when Daniel Gil ran and said he was on the bubble.

@@jacobplourde2388 it was actually because he was in contact with someone with covid so he couldn’t compete