They would have tried out for - and made - their high school teams, gone to a good college on a scholarship and been picked up to go pro?

“ People just want to have celebratory Malort.”

“ Lest you think U.S. Soccer is the only one benefitting from ripping off stateside soccer lovers...”

Caught the Reno Aces last summer — nice park!

...the kind that think only in stereotypes.  Those guys are the *worst!*

My day has officially become productive thanks to your comment ( here’s a star ).

““Take Appleton, Wisconsin,” he says. “If you’re not from that area you wouldn’t say, ‘Hey everyone, let’s plan a trip to Appleton.’ But then you go and there’s the farmer’s markets, and a cool downtown, and a Harry Houdini museum. You walk around and you’re like, ‘Wow, I never even gave a thought to this place one…

They also fall prey to stereotyping. Those silly Americans!

“I’m going to pay money for the privilege of traveling with things that I’ve... already paid money to own in the first place? No thanks.”

Making this partisan is silly, but really the NCAA has determined that it ( the governing body ) should control all the money because it knows what is good for its players and schools ( constituents ).

“Who cares?” Avenatti told the Los Angeles Times after the most recent bankruptcy filing earlier this month.“Old firm that we have not operated under for a very long time.”

How much are you paying an adviser to put your money into a Vanguard account? ( not snark - genuinely curious ).

I suspect you are correct when you say “most Americans don’t have that kind of cash” which makes an interesting twist important.

The list of reasons not to have a library card must be small and .... ridiculous?

I value knowing if a place is crowded and loud before going.

Right - not nearly as important as a post in a comment section.....

“(yes, he stalked us on social media)“

Ah - the “I’m a super-smug asswipe who only feels alive if I’m insulting someone else’s opinion” rebuttal.

Something on Meuller? Always has to be about the old white guy, right? Don’t they get enough headlines and attention already?

“Depends on whether or not Fat Donny Two Scoops starts a war that the next POTUS has to end.”