Lies, damned lies and statistics. Also that thing Talgrath just said.

Speaking of which, my parents are from a tiny Portuguese village on the northern border. Every road sign leading into Spain and at the border has the word Spain crossed out and written “Galiza” I think most provinces would want to be completely independent of Madrid.

Keep in mind that most Catalan separatists are xenophobic assholes and their main reasoning for wanting independence today is Spain’s admittance of immigrants and that they’re tired of their “hard-earned tax dollars” going to support less prosperous parts of the country.

To be fair, he might have a point there. I guess it just depends on your interpretation of ‘system’. Or ‘works’. Or ‘better’.

Also

Oh Xavi knows exactly who’s signing his checks.

I don’t want to dive too deeply into this, but Espanyol fans have, historically, been pro-Spain and anti-independence, while Barcelona fans have been the opposite.

But if Catalonians gain independence what next? Independence for the Basques? For Galicians? For Castillians and the Canary Islands?

Xavi called the prison sentences “shameful,”

LeBron James has proactively not taken a stand. 

Both Xavi and Pep Guardiola—former Barcelona players, Catalans, and outspoken supporters of the referendum on the issue of Catalan independence—voiced their anger at the situation this week. Xavi called the prison sentences “shameful,” while Guardiola said “Spain lives in an authoritarian drift in which…

I assume those stats are for all players, it’s even worse when you consider only marquee positions that are likely to be picked for the cover. Has madden ever had a nose guard on the cover?

Can’t La Liga stick to sports?

Very few of the Madden cover athletes had significant or career ending injuries. Most just had crazy fall offs in production and/or never approached the levels that got them on the cover again and their teams had losing records in the post Madden year. Were those due to unreported injuries as well? Maybe. Anyway since…

The curse is real! Odell Beckham ended up in Cleveland!

NERRRRRRD!

Shhhh don’t use logic and facts on the internet.

Thanks EA.

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH fuck that’s brilliant GAAAAAAAHHHHHAAAHH

Guess it’s time to send Dennis Rodman on another mission.