@as_a_worker@kenklippenstein The most important thing that gets ignored in the mainstream “cancel” discourse is power relationships.
If a bunch of random people think your takes suck, you aren’t getting canceled.
If a major news outlet or company uses their status & power to censor, it’s canceling.
@_JoshSchafer@AnthonyDabbundo I got a copy of the GS report in 2014 and recall it giving Brazil a >50% chance of winning (which is way-too-high a number for any team in any tournament, really).
Haven’t see it since then, but curious if it’s ever been contrarian.
@FIFABrit It’s not good for the players. The minute load some players are getting is absurd (see, Yamal) and it’s leading to injuries given the intensity of the modern game.
Majority of the clubs in CL have big squads, they should use them.
@FIFABrit The PSG situation is obviously extreme and unrealistic for teams in T4 leagues, but I do hope that the culture changes in the PL and elsewhere that load management is important and fan/pundits should be more okay with top players maxing out at ~75% of possible mins
@CertifiedOkie@ettingermentum He’s 100% playing a character — which raises an interesting question of if it is more insulting as a Malaysian to have someone who genuinely believes this stuff as the ambassador nom, or a person doing a WWE style character as the ambassador nom
@Pat_Thorman Yeah this ^ As a drafting RBs early hater, I was for a moment entertaining the idea of “maybe since RBs enter the league at closest to their peak, they can provide strong rookie contract excess value” but even that argument goes away when Barkley is $36m guaranteed / $20m AAV
@billbarnwell@DanPizzuta Trying to make sense of the intuitive weirdness (and uniqueness in the NFL vs. other leagues) of a David Edwards being lucky to get 3 year guarantee, signing a good young player in Phillips being more likely than not -EV, and solid starters being worth often just day 3 picks
@billbarnwell@DanPizzuta@billbarnwell listening to this it struck me that a multi-year starter-level contract is inherently -EV: Play well, meet EV; get hurt (or bad) WAY underperform EV; level up (which is rare for vets making good $) and you probably restructure for more $, erasing the +EV. This fair?
@DeepDishEnjoyer We might need to just start with straddling. I’m not sure which way each day will move but it definitely seems like the market is moving +\- 1% or more a fkn lot