Walking Aggressively

Hey, blackjack is addictive.

I say do two-legged playoffs (although in a tournament like the WC or Olympics, probably not logistically possible but for the UCL, I would say it is).

No, it had nothing to do with penalties. She was angry that Sweden didn’t play the way she wanted them to.

Shoot outs are just crap shoots. Might as well just flip a coin. The better idea is just do a two-legged playoff but that’s a logistical nightmare for a tournament (I wish the Champions League would go to that format).

I will also say this, having “playoffs” in professional sports in the US is completely unnecessary.

Agreed, he reminded me of that Italian defender at Euro 2016 who stutter stepped forever and then kicked the ball into the stands.

It’s cause of TV, in the past if there was a tie they would have a replay (literally just play another match).

Not quite the race-bait story you were hoping for, unfortunately.

I noticed you avoided my point: other than Neymar, who did Brazil in their “desperation” bring up for their U-23 team? Like I said, there’s a precedent for this, Ronaldo would have played in the 2004 Olympics had Brazil qualified. You’re making strawman argument about how people here are supposedly claiming the…

Calling someone douchey is different from some of the racist shit Gabby was getting.

He might not be getting a pass but Gabby was getting some really harsh criticism for doing something that quite frankly, a lot of American athletes do (not putting hand over heart).

Perhaps it’s a conspiracy by NBC and the NFL to get Michaels to resign (I’m kidding but seriously, the NFL’s stance makes no sense to me).

Unbalanced? You have 4 fielders standing between 1st and 2nd.

people in those area rightfully know that he’s a complete jackass

It depends, is Zamora a star player or a key player at a position without much depth? If the answer is “yes” to any of those two, then he’ll be running some extra laps.

You want to talk about tournaments nobody gives a shit about - Copa America. Messi was on the 2006 World Cup team and had already established himself. He had been on the first team for a couple years but he was clearly a star (not at the level he is now) at this point.

I don’t think “your friend gave an interview in which he gave an inaccurate version of events” is a crime, even in Brazil.

Yes, it’s called how white people do it: paying your way out of a sticky situatioin.

Lionel Messi isn’t a good comparison. Besides being only 21 years old in 2008, he had barely made any impact the year before in the 2007 Copa America. He was anything but the nation’s unquestioned best player.