I think the premise is that Scocca was supposed to write an article about a dumb new chat-in-public app, but he couldn’t think of much to say, so he just did a performance-journalism piece demonstrating why it’s dumb.

Teams as far down as the 10th tier can play in the FA Cup, and the Inter-League Cup is contested at the 11th tier, at which point teams are now at the county level and not very good (I know someone who plays for a 13th tier team in Germany and they’re basically just random groups of friends at that point - they did…

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That’s interesting that the Women’s National Team generates more non-World-Cup monetary interest than the Men’s. It’s what I’d expect USS to have used in defense of paying men so much more, but they don’t even have that to fall back on. I wonder what else they’ll use to defend themselves.

I think Messi actually displayed a fair bit of cultural awareness here. Athletes get asked for souvenirs from fans all the time, and the most common one is probably a shirt. He probably thought that if he took off his shirt and gave it to her, it would provoke a firestorm of outrage because of the whole Islamic hangup…

It was a very respectful sort of control.

How about if we just agree on a neutral term, like “ponceball”?

I am 93% certain he just bought the Eagles (who were his fourth-choice franchise, BTW) just so his then-wife could redesign their uniforms.

Fuck this. I am here to make friends and me and my new buddies are going to an actual restaurant.

The only problem with unrestricted transfers is the potential for abuse through gaming the system. Coaches can start telling recruits “I’ll be taking over as head coach at [MUCH BETTER SCHOOL] after next year, I can get you a roster spot there if you play for me now.” Or even just using it to get to draw from a larger…

But, why does that matter in this debate? No one is saying recruits should be forced to transfer if the coach, only that they should have the option.

Drew, were you drunk when you delivered this?

The thing is, we don’t ever need origin stories. Part of the thing that made Wolverine a hit character early on was that his origin was shrouded in mystery. Super-heroes aren’t interesting because they had their parents killed or survived a radioactive industrial accident or whatever, they’re interesting because of…

Wouldn’t you at least put in the effort to fake it being stuck?

Don’t get married and don’t have kids. Ta-da! Problem solved.

Is it bad that this looks to more true to the characters it portrays than any of the upcoming movies?

Cycling kind of encourages this sort of thing to happen because sponsorship deals encourage riders to sit straight up when crossing the finish line to show off their shirt sponsor’s logo, as these photos are the ones that end up on front pages.

Reverse wall won’t catch on for the same reason coaches rarely go for it on fourth down in American football. It’s better for the coach to take the “safe” decision and say the other guy was good or lucky than to take a chance and get boned - even if, on average, the chancy move works out better.

It is if you get paid for it or if a Republican President tells you to.

The other thing is, at best, mentoring can only help a player be as good as the mentor. You’re not going to turn someone into a Pro Bowler subbing in for Mark Sanchez.