I don’t mean to say that Greg Schiano is right about anything, and it’s different because this was a tie game and they were within threatening distance of scoring, but there should probably just be a signal to the refs of “hey, we’re going to run out the play clock” rather than the whole kneel down thing.

On the one hand, if Team X outshoots its opponent 30-3, it probably deserves to win.

The headline I would've guessed had I read the article before seeing the title. 

To be fair- and I say this as a Spurs fan- Tottenham 100% deserved to lose that game. They were outshot 30 to 3!

First of all, VAR didn’t steal shit, if anything stole anything, the handball rule did. We’re two rounds into the season and holy shit am I already bored of people whining about VAR. I’ve overall been pretty impressed with its implementation. It still has a long way to go, and there’s a ton that needs to be improved…

Exactly right. VAR did its supposed job today — it’s that rule that seems a bit nuts. 

“actually made some mild contact with his left arm.”

Counterpoint: LOL

The problem is that “was that contact between players a foul” is a judgment calll by the ref, so VAR defers to the ref if he saw the contact and just decided differently, while “did the ball contact the arm” (ie: the new handball rule) or “is that player in an offside position” are yes-or-no questions so they’re way…

Every time a Deadspin take insinuates than Man City was somehow screwed by a ticky tack VAR decision in the UCL, I’ll be here to stridently disagree. Kun was clearly offside and the ball only went to him because Bernardo significantly deflected Eriksen’s ill advised pass. Today was entirely different. VAR was…

This feels like a weird definition of theft, but whatever.

Alternate Universe Headline: Spurs robbed by handball-assisted goal.

What the fuck? That analogy is not even remotely analogous.

This is an intelligent comparison

No, they are being held accountable for doing a bad job. This should happen more often in all sports.

I mean, they fucked up though and badly.

If you ban people who disagree with your opinion, that’s creating an echo chamber. Why is my comment stupid? We have a list of screenshots where he is threatening to ban people because he disagrees with their opinion.  

You would think the job of journalist would be an odd choice for someone who wants to live in an echo chamber.

He asked and was indeed answered. I just think it’s unfair for an author to trigger the nuclear option and grey a long time commenter. He’s a professional wordsmith. He can’t dust him verbally if that’s his choice?

This is what he does man. It’s nothing new. He is who we thought he was