We already out-athlete other teams in Rugby. Skill is the issue, not a lack of athletes. Just have to continue to develop youth system and getting players to learn the game earlier.

Catch 22 though. Often times, the ones you’re talking about that aren’t readily replaceable and have known brands...are the ones that don’t wish to engage in collective bargaining because their value is not comparable to their peers. Obviously there are exceptions to all this, just speaking generally as to why there…

Challenge for writers to unionize is always going to be the “scarcity” issue. The bargaining power of a union dissipates very quickly if there is a large, readily accessible pool of substitute labor. That’ll always be even more of a problem for jobs, like journalism, where you’re competing labor pool is not just who…

In your example, the productivity went up because of the capital owner’s investment in capital. Owner of capital should reap return on such investment, not the worker whose productivity increase was unrelated to an improvement in his own skills, but rather simply due to increased investment by capital owner.

Typical deal is you get some breaks your first few years there, but it’s not much of a break considering most companies are losing money their first few years in China. I’m not speaking about F100 companies here, just general MNEs.

I should’ve added, that is a good point though. Perhaps I come down too hard on that call and should utilize it more.

What Handegg said.

SERRS, not active anymore. Was repeating based on how I was coached over my years. Not saying the occasion never occurs when to call it, but it shouldn’t be used as a crutch either, and at the non-elite level that’s I often saw it get used.

Ha, as a fellow ref, agree 100% on the last part. Figuring out penalties on a scrum is by far the hardest part of the game.

Ball not coming out of a ruck is typically a weasel call, which referee will get dinged for if he’s being evaluated. Pretty hard for a ball to not come out of a ruck without a penalty being committed. Not the same for mauls obviously, just speaking to rucks.

Ref here. The law book says “Immediately” but like you said, what does that mean. Generally, one second. Depends on situation though. If you have a tackle, and a good poach, sometimes it’s not so much of a timing question as it is “did the poacher manage to hold onto the ball when the first rucker arrived?” Now, if it…

Now go and load up your most recent copy of FIFA. Notice which company it says holds the rights to license players and teams on the opening screen - FIFPRO Commercial Enterprises BV. Now I can’t be sure which country that’s from, but BV signifies that the entity is typically domiciled in either Holland or a legacy…

My first thought as well. I think ref’s screwed it up.

The graphics guy for the program (because of course Alabama has a graphics guy) can make some solid ones so I’d love to know who made these.

Confirmed. USA Rugby starts at five years for just shoving a ref, with the player sometimes able to work it down to two if they fulfill certain requirements.

The last two games probably make them wish they hadn’t.

Didn’t you read the article? Nothing is more American than adding jobs that don’t give your enterprise any additional value.

Yup.

As someone who posts on one of the die-hard Bama boards (not Scout or Rivals or anything like that, it’s one that flies under the radar) I can vouch that everything he said above is absolutely spot on and aligns with what the die-hard, realistic fans are thinking. 10-2 is a very common prediction, and keep in mind…

Without patent laws, why would anyone bother to invest the millions to invent the drug.