Marty Sumler @mate0sal

I don't participate in “The Wave” at live sporting events. facebook.com/profile.php?id… Louisville, KY Joined September 2011

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Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta

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In Germany, a talented 14-year-old earns his club money. In America, his parents pay the club $15,000 a year. That single inversion explains why "we will not" is the most accurate line ever written about US soccer. FIFA built a global system for this. Training compensation and solidarity payments send a cut of every transfer fee back to the clubs that developed the player, from age 12 onward. Develop one future pro and your academy gets paid for a decade. Barcelona's La Masia, Ajax, every Bundesliga academy runs on this logic. The kid is the asset. US Soccer refuses to enforce those rules. When Seattle's Crossfire Premier claimed its $60,000 share of DeAndre Yedlin's transfer to Tottenham, it got nothing. Claims on the Dempsey and Bradley transfers died partly because the federation couldn't even produce the youth training records. So American clubs earn zero dollars when a kid turns pro. They earn when a kid enrolls. Which makes the parent the customer, and the product is whatever keeps the parent writing checks: travel tournaments, hotel weekends, $500 showcase events, private training at $100 an hour. Elite pathways run $8,000 to $20,000 a year. A comparable academy spot in Italy costs about 120 euros. Follow the incentive one level deeper and it gets darker. A club dependent on fees can't cut its weakest paying players, so rosters optimize for retention over development. The scouting pool shrinks to families who can afford the cliff, which appears around age 11, exactly when development matters most. The country runs a talent filter sorted by household income instead of ability. Every four years someone proposes fixing this. The proposal always requires the people profiting from the $15,000 model to vote themselves out of business. They will not.

dandelion georgism 🔰🏗 @DolphinMossad

2 days ago

“And every four years when the World Cup comes around, we will say that we’d dominate if we had a stronger youth program.” “And will we develop a stronger youth program?” “We will not.”

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Fightful Wrestling @Fightful

a day ago

30 years ago today, at WCW Bash at the Beach, Hulk Hogan turned heel and was the third man in the nWo. It's considered to be one of the best heel turns of all time and a pivotal moment in pro wrestling history.

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Umpire Auditor @UmpireAuditor

3 days ago

These umpires have accepted buyouts and will retire at the end of the season: CB Bucknor (ranked 91st of 91 this season) Laz Diaz (83rd) Brian O'Nora (85th) Lance Barksdale (70th) Marvin Hudson (52nd) Tony Randazzo (No games called this season) Andy Fletcher (74th) usatoday.com/story/sports/m…

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Chicago Cubs @Cubs

3 days ago

#CUBS WIN! FINAL: Cubs 6, Cardinals 4.

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Shaun 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸 @shaunvlog_

3 days ago

Everyone in Scotland has suddenly discovered their Mexican ancestry

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The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC

3 days ago

Folarin Balogun will be available to play the USMNT’s round of 16 match against Belgium with his one-game red-card ban suspended. The 25-year-old received a straight red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Multiple FIFA officials told The Athletic after the game that a team is not able to appeal against a red card or the subsequent suspension. However, Balogun is set to be available to face Rudi Garcia’s side as his suspension has been suspended. More from @Dan_Sheldon_ & @AdamCrafton_ 🔗 nyti.ms/3QRhcLJ

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Chicago Cubs @Cubs

7 days ago

Turns out the hottest thing in town wasn't the weather.

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OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS

a week ago

Pete Crow-Armstrong of the @Cubs is one of three players in MLB history to have a month with: .375+ batting average .775+ slugging pct 80+ total bases 15+ walks 10+ home runs 5+ stolen bases The others are Babe Ruth (June 1920, July 1920, May 1930) and Lou Gehrig (June 1930).

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Pitcher List Stats @PitcherListPLV

a week ago

Shota Imanaga (CHC) struck out four in 6.1 innings and gave up two earned runs

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Marquee Sports Network @WatchMarquee

a week ago

A quality start from Sho Time 👏

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Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano

2 weeks ago

spoilers

DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm

2 weeks ago

The 34-foot-tall Trojan Horse from Christopher Nolan’s ‘THE ODYSSEY’ is now on display at Universal Citywalk.

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SportsCenter @SportsCenter

2 weeks ago

CAPE VERDE ADVANCE IN THEIR FIRST-EVER WORLD CUP ‼️🇨🇻 THE SMALLEST NATION BY POPULATION TO EVER MAKE THE KNOCKOUTS 👏

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Jack Treanor @jwpt617

2 weeks ago

I do wonder how much the police cracking down on the English and not the Scottish can be explain by Boston Police being mostly Irish

Paul Brown 🇬🇧 Browns fan🏈 London News 🎥Vlogger @PaulBrown_UK

2 weeks ago

Last night 10pm in Boston the police locked down the majority of the pubs where the English Fans were drinking I’m not sure they did this with the Scottish you couldn’t drink on the streets so most fans just went home early 2 games no English fans Arrested at the World Cup

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MLB @MLB

2 weeks ago

The bleachers have been transformed into a longship 🚣

MLB @MLB

2 weeks ago

Norwegian fans are having a great time in the bleachers at Citi Field 🇳🇴 #FIFAWorldCup #Football #Norway

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OBVIOUS SHIRTS® @obvious_shirts

2 weeks ago

Happy Anniversary to The Ryne Sandberg Game. 42 years ago today. Love you, Ryno. Ryne Sandberg Forever. #FO23VER

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Danny Gold @DGisSERIOUS

2 weeks ago

The mistake is thinking that the World Cup is about soccer. It’s not. It’s about gathering a collection of the world’s greatest binge drinking goofballs and giving them a month to show us all their best.

Barstool Sports @barstoolsports

2 weeks ago

Mexico is running cone Oklahomas after their World Cup wins

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Justin Ray @JustinRayGolf

2 weeks ago

Keith Mitchell: 70-70-70-70 He is the only player to shoot four rounds of even par in U.S. Open history. On the same week he became the only player to have a U.S. Open round with a sub-30 nine (29) & nine-hole score of 40 or worse (41).