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in Crypto long enough to know what an #Antshare was.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

In Germany, a talented 14-year-old earns his club money. In America, his parents pay the club $15,000 a year.

That single inversion explains why "we will not" is the most accurate line ever written about US soccer.

FIFA built a global system for this. Training compensation and solidarity payments send a cut of every transfer fee back to the clubs that developed the player, from age 12 onward. Develop one future pro and your academy gets paid for a decade. Barcelona's La Masia, Ajax, every Bundesliga academy runs on this logic. The kid is the asset.

US Soccer refuses to enforce those rules. When Seattle's Crossfire Premier claimed its $60,000 share of DeAndre Yedlin's transfer to Tottenham, it got nothing. Claims on the Dempsey and Bradley transfers died partly because the federation couldn't even produce the youth training records.

So American clubs earn zero dollars when a kid turns pro. They earn when a kid enrolls. Which makes the parent the customer, and the product is whatever keeps the parent writing checks: travel tournaments, hotel weekends, $500 showcase events, private training at $100 an hour. Elite pathways run $8,000 to $20,000 a year. A comparable academy spot in Italy costs about 120 euros.

Follow the incentive one level deeper and it gets darker. A club dependent on fees can't cut its weakest paying players, so rosters optimize for retention over development. The scouting pool shrinks to families who can afford the cliff, which appears around age 11, exactly when development matters most. The country runs a talent filter sorted by household income instead of ability.

Every four years someone proposes fixing this. The proposal always requires the people profiting from the $15,000 model to vote themselves out of business.

They will not.

[Bambú @48cresandaShoe]

@GMA Condolences…no way they were from FL though…we know better

[Nebraskangooner @Nebraskangooner]

A look at #Bitcoin historical bottoming pattern using Fibonacci levels

2013 - 2017 - 2021 - Present

Fibonacci instant reversal zone has never failed to be the EXACT bottom.

Will this time be different?

[🇺🇸 🦅Simple Man 🦅🇺🇸 @Soaringeagle45]

Let’s enjoy the day!!!
🤣😂🤣

COLLIERVILLE MOM DETAINED AFTER ALLEGEDLY OPENING “SIDELINE SANGRIA STATION” AT YOUTH SOCCER GAME

COLLIERVILLE, TN — Parents arriving at Rose Soccer Complex Saturday morning expecting Capri Suns and awkward small talk instead found what witnesses described as “a full-blown brunch winery experience with shin guards.”

38-year-old Brittany Calloway was reportedly escorted from a U-9 girls soccer game after allegedly setting up a folding patio bar beside Field 3 and selling “small batch mom juice” out of a monogrammed cooler during the first quarter.

According to witnesses, Brittany arrived at approximately 8:12 a.m. wearing oversized sunglasses, a floppy beach hat, and a shirt that read “IT’S CALLED SELF-CARE, KEVIN.” She allegedly unloaded a collapsible table, two fake ferns, and a handwritten drink menu from the back of a white Tahoe with a “Powered By Pinot” sticker on the rear window.

Authorities say the menu included:

• “Collierville Cabernet-ish” — $9
• “Minivan Moscato” — $11
• “Pinot Grigio & Childhood Trauma” — $13
• “Ref Whistle Riesling” — $15
• A complimentary refill for any parent whose child got put in as goalie “for character development”

Police say Brittany also had:

a battery-powered blender,
a ring light,
a Venmo QR code taped to a pumpkin spice candle,
and a Bluetooth speaker blasting early-2000s Kelly Clarkson on repeat.

One father told officers, “I honestly thought she was part of the tournament sponsorship.”

Another parent reportedly became concerned after her daughter asked, “Why does Chloe’s mom have a happy hour menu next to the orange slices?”

When approached by officers, Brittany allegedly insisted she “wasn’t technically selling alcohol” and claimed parents were simply “donating toward emotional recovery.”

“She was incredibly committed to the theme,” one officer stated. “She had punch cards. She offered us a loyalty program called ‘Sip Happens.’”

Witnesses say Brittany remained calm while being escorted away, though she allegedly attempted to hand out one final mason jar labeled “Silent Carpool Sauvignon.”

Despite the interruption, the Collierville Lady Fireballs went on to win 5-2, although several parents admitted they had absolutely no idea what the score was by halftime...

[Bambú @48cresandaShoe]

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[Bambú @48cresandaShoe]

@AdithiaKusno Agree

[Bambú @48cresandaShoe]

@SamanthaLaDuc I think it was/is a sign that some feel confident in the value holding so ROI on upgrades is higher …for those with equity …

[Bambú @48cresandaShoe]

@ChAsEdxPaPeR @jonbrooks Mine too ….above asking several cases

[Bambú @48cresandaShoe]

Sounds like you had a bad situation. Bottom line is market sets the price…as a landlord if someone signs an agreement to pay at a certain price, they should expect to pay that price for the term of a lease and the landlord agrees to hold up their obligations. At the end of the agreed upon time market or circumstances will determine next steps…you’d rather have a good tenant for a lower price than a bad one at a higher price all day!

[Bambú @48cresandaShoe]

@TXChuck777 @jonbrooks …and at early/pre-Covid prices…higher price + higher rate ….those aren’t moving unless they have to

[Bambú @48cresandaShoe]

@TXChuck777 @jonbrooks Higher than 2.7

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Every parent, coach and player should listen to this. Maybe listen twice to let it sink in.

[Bambú @48cresandaShoe]

@burnedzombie @rawsalerts 😂

[Bambú @48cresandaShoe]

@LargeFamDad @PsychedelicBart How old are your kids? 😂 from a dad of teens (and yes, still married…happily. ) best of luck on your journey!

[Dangerous Thoughts @DangerousThinkg]

They want to tell Gen X and Boomers to sit down

There is a little problem with that, let a Gen X'er explain