Hey I’m no lawyer, but ignorance and lack of qualifications is never a barrier to opinion-having.

Thanks. That’s very helpful. I understand, as when I began following the NFL, my favourite team was the Los Angeles Raiders. Who it is now, I have no idea.

Look, it’s Doug in the background!

So which NFL owner or White House resident has good hair?

Though formerly an avid NFL fan for 30+ years, for the last couple of years I too hve been following football exclusively through Deadsin posts and comments. After the quarter finals (don’t remember the official name - Divisional Round, I think) I was giving my friends reasons for why any 3 of the 4 possible outcomes…

I seee. Foolishly, I assumed that, since the subject is Association Football, aka soccer, that the common format for that sport would be used i.e., W-D-L.

‘Monaco went 2-7-3 in the league, for a total of 9 points in 12 matches..’Only if you get 1 point for a win and 1 point for a draw in France.

I think a one-game suspension is in order for bringing the game into disrepute.

wow

Don’t get me started on Brexshit

‘Sing if you’re glad to be gray

While you may be able to make a case for the British (note the word) occupying Northern Ireland, England does not actually occupy Scotland.

Hmm, actually thinking about it (would have been a good idea to do that before I posted), using Bolt as an example was not smart. I read somewhere (maybe even Deadspin) that Bolt’s height and longer stride meant that he was running an effectively shorter race than every one else ( like he needed 3 strides fewer to…

Not where I come from - turkey is for Christmas

in the words of the Undertones...

I think I may be a closet gray

‘...it was hilarious to watch Brits co-opt him as one of their own...’

beat me to it.

what have hisheight and foot speed got to do with anything? Do you think he would cover more ground if he was Usain Bolt? Something about tortoises and hares springs to mind.

I enjoyed ‘Peyton who?’  How soon we forget.