Now the German Bayern Munich and Spanish leagues Barca and Real are.

Boo-fucking-hoo. First, these are professional athletes getting paid millions of dollars, not Little Leaguers. Second, we’re talking about the NY Yankees, who have been steamrolling people and taking no prisoners for over a century based on their unfair money advantage. Waaaah, they got smoked in an August game by a…

You mean other than the fact that he was only 34 years old and had just completed a season in which he’d played 80 games and averaged 10/10/7.5?

Don’t forget the single blocked ball. That made my balls recede into my body just imagining the poor catcher. Get out of the way man! Save yourself.

(By the way, that’s all that’s required in baseball too. The original poster was making fun of the NFL)

I believe Norm used the word “stars.”

I’m fine with protecting sources, the problem here is this is a terrible situation to use an anonymous source. If someone is giving you information that can be independently verified, then ok. If you’re talking about JPP’s medical records being posted, it’s fine for the reporter to grant anonymity... because the…

Let’s backtrack for a moment. You imagine a guy who— as a fully grown adult— is 5’8 and 135 lbs beating people up in middle school for kicks?

Is there a difference with the Clintons between personal preference and political expediency?

I don’t want to put words in your mouth, but I presume it’s also somewhat confusing in the context of that clipping because it’s “Senator Bernie Sanders” vs. “Mrs. Clinton.” But it’s because it’s the first time Sen Bernie is being referenced in the article and the fifth or sixth time for HRC.

Does the fact that she has consistently opted for Mrs. over the last thirty years factor in at all?

You are missing a knowledge of style guides in newspapers. First reference is TITLE FULL NAME, so Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., or Hillary Rodham Clinton for her first reference in the story (she does not currently have a title.) After that it is Mr., Ms. or Mrs. depending on the title the individual uses. In…

The other thing to consider is how early-days this sport is. Besides all the reasons you mention, there’s the simple fact that the number of women playing tennis and the training institutions of tennis are so far superior to MMA that it’s a laughable comparison.

If they split up, and divide it all in half, Taylor walks away with $150 MM. She’s not starving.

Why exactly do you need a prenup when you’re worth $200 MM and your spouse to be is (apparently) worth $100 MM? Oh, and you’re both currently at the peak of your earning power.

Seriously, this is the most Bill Haisley article ever. A 20-year old isn’t currently able to break into Bayern Munich and struggled to break in at a different 1. Bundesliga side as a 19-year old and the conclusion is that he “probably just sucks.” Well, ok.

I never knew that! But doesn’t surprise me, no-one is worse at pronouncing “foreign” names than the English.

That’s fine, but see my comment about $350 MM in revenues, $80MM in operating income and a valuation of over $2B. That’s close to trading at 30x operating income. That’s objectively nonsensical as an investment.

The NY Giants for example had $350 MM in revenues last year and an estimated $80 MM in operating income, but are valued at north of $2 B. That is objectively ridiculous.

More to the point of what I’m saying is that buying an NFL team is more like buying a super yacht than it is like buying a real business. Look at the Forbes or Bloomberg figures for all the sports leagues as far as revenue and operating income. If you took the names of the teams off of those balance sheets and showed…