Man, I really hate this argument. It pretends the status quo is substantially different than it really is. It is already a fact that most school's can't compete. I just looked up 2015 NC odds for right now, and 60% of FBS teams aren't even on the board (the lowest is Rutgers at 1000/1). Shit, only 30% of the teams…

wait, people bs their commute to be shorter than it actually is?

OC and Outer Banks are pretty different beach experiences, it's not really a geographic separation. OC is high rides, boardwalk and crowds, OBX is houses and a bit more space. It all depends on what kind of beach person you are: like 7 weekends a year getting shitfaced in a bar? Go to ocean city. Like 1-2 weeks…

My favorite part of that video is how they photoshopped a not to scale photo of the worlds fattest man in front of the goal, said he would cover 90% of the goal (I want to see that math) then just left it at that.

I blame angles. We watch hockey on tv from the side, so most people don't realize how wide a 6' goal really is. By my calculations, the worlds fattest man would barely cover half the goal.

It makes a difference, but a difference that could've been overcome by a better on-field product. Nobody is saying that MLS would be outperforming Liga MX if they had used "Washington Nationals" instead of "DC United" (it was available in 1996).

Maybe, but were not talking about how entertaining the events are. Women's tennis is much more entertaining to watch than men's tennis - but men's players are better. If you don't like the NASCAR example, there is still the giant popularity of College Football and College Basketball that prove "Americans won't stand…

I'm 32. The only piece of technology that let me down more than the original GameBoy was the Power Glove. I'm on the children's side for this one.

Would better team names turn the WNBA into the NBA or MLS into EPL? Of course not, but I actually think a good team name, combined with a good uniform can make a pretty big difference as to getting eyeballs on your team initially. I think the stupid original nicknames (MetroStars, Mutiny, Fusion) really hurt the MLS…

To be fair... the WNBA also has terrible team names.

Here's the reason I think "Americans like to support the best product" is at least partially a myth: NASCAR is an objectively inferior product to F1.

Americans (and I am one) don't mind trash talk (and in fact many of us enjoy it), so long as people watching the broadcast of the game can't actually see it. Linebackers wanna say some shit after nailing a halfback? Great, but don't stand block his path to the sideline to do it. Wanna let the guy you just hit a 3…

I'll remember that next time a batter walks to the pitcher's mound to psych out the pitcher before stepping into the batter's box...

I guess my biggest beef is that the team names pretend that they are in foreign languages, but actually mean nothing. FC Dallas is not short for Futbol Club Dallas, and Sporting KC is not shorthand for Sporting Clube de Kansas City. No, they clearly picked those names because famous European teams have those…

There has to be a happy medium between faux european names and terrible mid-90's names (see also: WNBA teams). I think we can take the European style of NOT giving your teams official nicknames, but without adding nonsensical adjectives and letters. The Dallas soccer club should be Dallas SC. The Kansas City Athletic…

The headline is much worse when you pronounce his name correctly. "The name is Bond, Ham-es Rodriguez."

My 18 month ate the crap out of black beans. Now she's 5 and its a battle to get her to choke down the "one bite" you've heard all the other commenters talking about. Kids are weird.

I don't understand. Where would the dancing robot go? Surely stats mean more when they are presented flying across the screen with jet noises and Harry Potter style moving pictures of who we're talking about, right?

I think the same thing plagues NFL replays. "Was the ball moving before he stepped out of bounds?" Slow the replay down enough and the ball ALWAYS looks like its moving.

If you're picking a UK team, you'll want to avoid a) teams that might get relegated (you really can't follow them if they're not in the Premier League), and b) bandwagoning (This cuts off Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool).