The only way to stop this is to have real doctors on the sidelines who have the power to stop the game and remove players from it for evaluation and can not be fired for taking players out of the game, only for putting them back in. They can not be beholden to the players, coaches, teams, league, or…

I don’t disagree with the premise of “That’s the Whole Point” from a logical perspective, as this post more than adequately lays out.

...nucleosis?

Rickett’s offense was “trivial”?  He gets in early and the ball comes directly do him for an easy score.  If by “trivial” you mean “material”, I’m 100% with you.

Yeah, I guess all I’m saying is that if you schedule a marquee game for national television on Friday/Saturday/Sunday, regardless of timezone, I think the game should have a standard start time, like how Sunday Night Football always starts at 8:30 ET, regardless of time zone.

I hear you on the game time temp in LA (hadn’t really considered that).  Regardless, that’s just a rough time slot for your marquee matchup.  It’s almost like soccer shouldn’t be played in the summer . . .

Only caught the first 30 min because for fuck’s sake that’s a late start for ET viewers.

The idea that outscoring your opponent by 13 FUCKING GOALS is somehow strategically important because of goal differential tie-breakers says a lot about how deep the WWC really should be ...

This can’t be how things work. I don’t know, and don’t care, what Tiger’s politics are. That he has, whether by conscious decision or otherwise, decided to stay out of the political fray and “stick to sports” and money and porn stars, is of course his prerogative. Same for whatever preexisting “friendship” he has with…

Where was Eriksen last night (all season, really) . . .

Gerry MAC

Bros, some (if not many) of these Guys we’re remembering are actually Dudes.  It’s totally fine to remember some Dudes, but we’re here to remember some Guys, okay Bros?

Mike Gansey (teammate of Pittsnoggle)

How much of the transfer fee does ATL get to keep and actually reinvest in players (v. having to share with MLS generally)?  And aren’t all teams still hamstrung in what they can spend on player salaries?

The issue is assistance with the player’s alignment.

Shouldn’t any “tactical foul” - whether it’s to prevent a fast break, hack a big man before he gets a shot off, force the leading team to shoot FTs in the waning moments - just be considered a technical foul, resulting in 2 shots and the ball in all cases?

I am not a Bears fan, nor (even as a Giants fan) do I really care that the Eagles ended up winning, but the NFL has got to get rid of the “ice-the-kicker” timeout for the sole purpose that it ruins the viewing experience.  There are few things (perhaps TD - commercial - kickoff - commercial, which thankfully has I…

I heard on the Sirius XM FC channel that one potential reason for Pulisic’s declining minutes at Dortmund, in addition to dealing with some nagging injuries, was that this transfer had been all but agreed to earlier in 2018 and there was a gentleman’s agreement of sorts between Chelsea and Dortmund that Pulisic…

It would be the death of league football throughout Europe, but a “Super League” of 2 or 3 divisions with the top 40-50 clubs in Europe with pro/rel between divisions would be excellent.

With few exceptions (namely Lucas), Spurs look lethargic and generally lack the crispness we’ve become accustomed to seeing - particularly Kane.  Not sure if it’s just tired legs with so many of their XI having played on teams that went on a deep run in the WC.  Also, similar to last year’s 2nd leg showdown with Juve,…