That’s precisely the point, actually. As long disempowered males and disempowered females waste energy fighting each other, those in power (irrespective of whether you call them Patriarchy, Alphas, Big <whatever>) get to stay in power. Divide and conquer

Yeah, but owners have been trying to push this since forever. Every once in a while the PL threatens to end its relegation arrangement with the Championship, there’s always some crap about special arrangements for the few superstar clubs in Europe, etc.

I always figured the NFL manufactured the scandal to keep football in the news (but not as pertains to any serious crimes) in the off-season. So, the timing of this doesn’t really surprise me.

Have you worked with local businesses before? A lot of them don’t have a website, or their website was last updated in 2008 (especially if the place is being shut down). Pretty much any discussion has to be done in person.

Why not just ban college altogether? No more campus, no more campus sexual assault.

I think the book/film Fever Pitch had a lot to do with it their surge in popularity, both in Britain and abroad - casting them as the underdogs and their fans as “tried and true” appeals to exactly the sort of person who becomes a die-hard fan of a team as an adult.

Nah, it’s simple. You write a text message saying how attracted you are to someone to your friend, but - whoops! - accidentally send it to the person you’re interested in. If they’re into it, they respond accordingly, but if not, you didn’t technically proposition them so you didn’t technically get rejected. Otherwise…

I mean, Christ, if you think Billy is bad, try reading the Manchester Guardian.

Bigger question: why not just roll ‘em the hell up?

Theory: far from a fuckup, Newell planned for something like to happen. It’s a good way to publicly put everyone on notice that they’re done with the “old school” approach.

On the other hand, these are also places where rule of law and rules for financial oversight and weak, so there’s no guarantee that much of that money actually gets invested in soccer in any meaningful way.

You have Human Disorder, which according to DSM-IX is characterized by two broad groups symptoms, namely (1) Being Human, and (2) Not Being A Robot. Please visit your nearest Cybermechanization Processing Centre for treatment.

TV and film treat in stock characters and it’s hard to imagine someone being creative or interesting while being a stereotype of a STEM worker - Big Bang Theory only manages by pretty ruthlessly mocking its subjects. I guess you could do something with a highly successful startup or something, but these people…

Guy who doesn’t understand statistics or team management doesn’t understand basketball analytics? Color me 92.5% unsurprised.

Most diuretics are banned in at least some quantities because they can be used to dilute traces of PEDs below detectable thresholds. They’re also used by competitors in combat sports to try and make weight. Up to you to decide if there’s a connection.

Part of deadspin’s whole shtick is that they don’t have journeyman journalists assigned stories they don’t care about. If you’d rather read boring, forced reporting on another match, you can find that elsewhere.

It isn’t, they just didn’t enforce the rules.

I’ve known enough elite athletes to know that it’s true. The athletes that push themselves in training beat the ones that only push themselves in competition.

Mayo actually has a really long shelf life because of the acids it contains.