Hint: If she wanted you to look her up, she would’ve used a name you could find her with via google.

From the beginning I was like “okay, you’ve made it clear Obama needs to pick someone very moderate and non-controversial or they won’t be approved.” I had thought they’d get past the primaries and get to the convention, see how it plays out, then capitulate before the next term of the Court begins in October, but I’m…

I was initially against Garland as the nominee (he’s alright and I don’t think you settle for just alright) but if the GOP successfully blocks the nomination, then I’d rather have “sacrificed” him than someone like Srinivasan. But normally, I’m of the opinion that you nominate someone qualified, with a compatible view…

People are very good at self-denial and deluding themselves. Everyone is not as good a judge of character as they’d like to be. They’ll buy someone else’s bullshit because they can’t believe that someone could misrepresent his/her self to them so easily.

I largely agree with user “RandomHookup” that this is simply an aggressive PR move/negotiating tactic. It’s not what I would consider ethical (nuisance lawsuits like this one, or a couple months ago backing the opposing side into a corner in which they had to pre-emptively file suit to establish through the courts the…

I think all the non-allocated players are paid by the clubs under a strict salary cap and there are some housing allowances. I have heard there is limited revenue-sharing, but there’s not much league revenues... I can’t imagine the tv deal with Fox last season (maybe 4-6 games?) was very lucrative. I think two of the…

I’d love to know your sources for these facts that are not factually accurate.

Let’s remove the allegations and majority of context of the statement from the Baylor spokeswoman... is it, independent of that, a well-crafted “no comment” for a question about sexual assault allegations?

Might be viewed as a technicality or as important to the conversation: “the women received” whereas “the men earned” ... we should say that both “received” or both “earned” so as to remove potential for a perception of bias from the language and make it clear that neither got something they didn’t earn... both…

Other people talking about their fantasy team is as effective as talking about how smart their toddler is if the objective is to get me to tune them out.

while scanning the front page of the site, I mis-read this as:

This is the key.

I think Form 990 is a required filing for not-for-profits in the U.S. Google “U.S. Soccer Form 990" and check out the top paid people in the organization across a four-year basis.

...which is why Marta no longer plays in the U.S.

Note that it’s by fiscal year, not calendar year. It looks like in USSF’s case, those are shifted April 2015 to March 2016.

Trying to avoid an epic rant here, but will probably fail that...

Right!?! At the very least, call the guest to confirm...

It probably wasn’t very difficult to figure out which hotel the entire production and on-air crew for ESPN was staying at. I believe two of the three hotels named above are “the only hotel on campus” for the universities hosting that weekend’s game that ESPN was covering.

I believe nearly all Marriott properties are managed by local franchisees/ownership groups. To me, this sounds like the Marriott parent company is trying to deflect its own liability and point the finger at the local ownership/management entity, which is probably fair. But they should’ve settled - I’d want my brand’s…

I wonder how much of this is also a big (diverse and urban, more liberal) state/small (rural and white, more conservative) state divide... the early primaries are dominated by small states. Texas has voted, but they’re never a bellwether - people have a pretty good idea of which way they go in every race of state-wide…