Mark A Davidson JR

Husband, Father, ex-Navy, accountant.

[Mark A Davidson JR @MarkADavidsonJ1]

Will there be a fix to the errors banner on the page so I can enter my lineups before NFL starts
@FD_Support_

[zaza @zazaxbtt]

Jay Leno says a mobster at the club he worked stabbed a man for him as a favor without being asked

‘I’m on stage and there is a ruckus and then I hear a scream and I’m like what’s going on and i got Mr lenos just disruptive customer no problem’

‘So i finish the show i found out what happened Billy the bouncer sits this guy close to a pole the guy doesn’t like the sit so he starts complaining so Billy takes a knife out stabs the guy in the leg gave him $20 puts the guy in a cab and tells him to get lost’

‘6 months later i got a call remember billy the guy who helped you no he didn’t help me he stabbed the guy and then he goes Billy killed the guy and now the cops are hustling him’

[Mark A Davidson JR @MarkADavidsonJ1]

@saras76 Hate washing that thing

[TodayInSports @TodayInSportsCo]

I used to wake up early for this.

[Daniel Valente 🏎️ @F1GuyDan]

19 years ago today, we had one of the most chaotic wet races ever as about 25% of the grid went off at one corner at the Nurburgring 🤯

[Ken Cornia @CorniaKen]

Pat McAfee fired shots at Ryan Clark long before ESPN fired Clark.

Clark made a comment that kickers like McAfee are not "real" football players.

McAfee responded.

[nascarman @nascarman_rr]

"I'm going to a race, but when it's over, it may seem like a funeral."

Comments from drivers and media before North Wilkesboro's last race 30 years ago:

[Holiness @F1BigData]

Throwback to 2012, when Romain Grosjean caused a multiple car crash at the start of the Spa race
This incident cost him a race ban

[Formula 1 @F1]

Keeping it pinned through a cloud of smoke 💨

Unmatched Aura from Kimi Raikkonen 🥶

#F1 #BelgianGP

[Sam Mahmood @TheSammahmood_]

The U.S. soccer federation is a poor return on invested capital.

I played soccer for 20+ years.

Grassroots.
Academy.
D1 college.
Pursued professionally after.

And I’ll say the quiet part out loud:

The US soccer infrastructure is broken.

In America, we treat playing D1 soccer like it is the peak achievement.

For most families, clubs, coaches, and players, the entire youth soccer machine is built around one goal:

Get recruited.
Get a scholarship.
Play college soccer.

But if the objective is to produce world-class players, D1 soccer is a terrible development path.

From 18-22, some of the most important technical development years of your career, you are preparing for a 3-4 month season built largely around athleticism, direct play, set pieces, fitness, and survival.

Now compare that to an 18-year-old in Spain, Argentina, Morocco, Italy, England, or France.

That player has likely been in a professional environment for years.

Training daily.
Playing meaningful matches year-round.
Competing against grown professionals.
Getting thousands more touches.
Learning how to solve the game under pressure.

The gap is massive.

And it shows.

American players are usually athletic.
They are usually fit.
They usually compete hard.

But at the highest levels, that is not enough.

The biggest difference is technical comfort.

We do not move the ball like Spain.
We do not combine like Argentina.
We do not play with the same fluidity, rhythm, and confidence you see from countries where the game is embedded into the culture from childhood.

That comes down to volume.

Volume of touches.
Volume of street soccer.
Volume of futsal.
Volume of unstructured play.
Volume of high-level training environments.
Volume of meaningful games.

In the US, youth soccer is expensive, overly organized, overly coached, tournament-driven, and too often built around winning games at 13 instead of developing players for 23.

Parents spend thousands.
Clubs charge thousands.
Travel teams fly all over the country.
Showcases become the product.
Recruiting becomes the scoreboard.

But the return on invested capital is poor.

We probably spend more money on youth soccer than almost any country in the world, yet the technical output does not match the investment.

That is a broken operating model.

And like any business, if the output is weak, you do not blame the customer.

You inspect the system.

The US has talent.
The US has athletes.
The US has money.
The US has facilities.

But the foundation is wrong.

We built a pay-to-play, college-recruiting machine and confused it for a world-class player development system.

Those are not the same thing.

Until we fix the grassroots layer, increase meaningful touches, make development less dependent on family income, and stop treating college soccer as the top of the mountain, the US will keep underperforming relative to its resources.

I’m not saying this to trash US Soccer.

I’m saying it because I lived it.

And if we actually want to become a powerhouse, we have to be honest about the infrastructure first.

[Formula 1 @F1]

CHARLES LECLERC WINS THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX!! 🤩

#F1 #BritishGP

[Formula 1 @F1]

🇬🇧 SUNDAY'S STARTING GRID 🇬🇧

#F1 #BritishGP

[Mark A Davidson JR @MarkADavidsonJ1]

@coffeeordie71 The lighting looks great in the second pic

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

Europeans visiting the USA for the World Cup are enjoying the experience 😭

[Kaulig Racing @KauligRacing]

.@tydillon *jumps* to P13 on the speed chart with a 2:20.344

[Mark A Davidson JR @MarkADavidsonJ1]

@PatsKam

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[Alpha Prime Racing @TeamAlphaPrime]

Just experienced our first accident of the weekend on the way to @NASCARSanDiego…

[Steven Taranto @STaranto92]

Onboards & team comms from the Christopher Bell/Chase Elliott crash. Sounded like Bell's spotter, Tab Boyd, was shaken up a bit.

"Are you OK man? ... Are you alright?"
"That was a unbelievable hit, y'all."
"Alright, he's getting out, guys. He's getting out."
"That was an unbelievable impact."

Crew chief Adam Stevens, meanwhile, was very frustrated with getting taken out in another crash not of his driver's doing. "I don't know what else to do, Tab. This is ridiculous. Fuckin' go plow fields or something. This is stupid."

Chase Elliott's spotter Trey Poole similarly key'd the mic right away to make sure Chase was OK. Chase radioed back an affirmative.

[Charlotte Motor Speedway @CLTMotorSpdwy]

Tom Busch, father of Kyle Busch, leads the field for an honorary lap in the No. 51 as @brextonbusch waves the green and checkered flags. ❤️