It’s an incredibly bizarre line considering Patrick Redford did the preview for Croatia and seemingly knows about their squad.  

That would make sense if the writer didn’t put “in-” before “arguably.” 

You’re right. I totally missed the Instructions for Registrars. The bit about “Maria” is interesting too (although Rilke’s first given name is René). Growing up, there were lots of kids with multiple given names (or names from various sides of the family passed down) and those include names that were traditionally of…

That doesn’t seem to be the case. According to this article, there are not a bunch of regulations, but there is a framework that the name may not adversely affect a child’s welfare. The article also links to a court case stating custom dictates that generally a child’s first name should indicate the child’s gender.

Royce O’Neale adds some depth.

That’s on the coach. It seems the maximum term for a national team coach would be two World Cup cycles (which may include some confederation cycles). After that, it’s time to move on.

I was with you until this nonsense:

Interesting. I’d never heard it used that way in a soccer context. It seems like a stretch, but I could be wrong.

I’m not sure what Billy thinks a hipster favorite is, but Pogba and Mbappé are certainly not it (at about 14:45). 

A fine read. For those interested, Totally Football Show also did an episode on Conifa: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/audioboom/totally-football-show/e/54690216

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These are all good points. I think there are still valid differences in the operation of an insurer and a gaming establishment, but they are certainly related. If we flatten out the principles of each, they can be viewed as two sides of the same coin. But there are important differences that are worth considering.

You are limited from going to another insurance company because you are required to disclose on an application what other life insurance policies you have. Then the company offsets what you already have from what you are applying for. I kind of mentioned it when I wrote, “(calculated by an aggregate of all life…

Saying there is a maximum on life insurance is simplifying things, but it is not wrong. Between insurance regulations and the requirements of reinsurers, there are standards to the maximum life insurance insuring an individual (calculated by an aggregate of all life insurance policies on an individual).

Sure. In gambling, the bet creates risk. There is no inherent risk before the bet is made. In insurance the risk exists on its own and the policy is an attempt to protect against it.

Suárez didn’t score a single penalty in his 31-goal season in 2013-14 (though he did have a mind-boggling 21 assists...)

They signed him to be a Scout too?

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There are dozens of us!

Never cross the streams.