32 year old footballer who has played in 1 ucl ko tie, only 4 seasons of ucl football, never performed for his country, captained his team to 15th and has never been in a title race or competed for anything meaningful
bruno fernandes ladies and gentlemen
Just a reminder that USMNT striker Folarin Balogun received a red card after a VAR check on this challenge.
Earlier in the tournament, Lionel Messi didn’t get a yellow card or even a VAR check for a similar challenge.
A student-athlete turned in a 146-word essay about Rosa Parks — one paragraph, riddled with errors, no sources — and got an A-minus. That single paper helped expose the biggest academic fraud in NCAA history.
For 18 years, from 1993 to 2011, a department secretary named Deborah Crowder ran fake courses at the University of North Carolina. @UNC The classes never met. There was no syllabus and no professor.
Students turned in one paper per semester. Crowder admitted she never read them. She skimmed introductions and handed out A’s.
UNC’s academic counselors steered athletes into these courses each semester, specifying what grades each player needed. Athletes made up 47% of enrollments despite being just 4% of the student body.
Rashad McCants, a star on UNC’s 2005 championship team, told ESPN he made the Dean’s List without attending a single class. Ten of fifteen players on that title team were enrolled in paper courses.
When whistleblower Mary Willingham revealed that 60% of athletes read at a 4th-to-8th grade level, UNC attacked her publicly and fans sent death threats. She was forced to resign.
In October 2014, a 136-page investigation confirmed the scope: 188 fake classes, 3,100 students, 18 years of fraud.
And the punishment? In October 2017, the NCAA ruled there were no significant violations. Zero penalties. No vacated wins. No postseason bans.
@UNC calls themselves a bastion of academia. How incredibly pathetic.
It’s a scandal. Should be front page news.
It cannot be a “bad miss” by the officials it needs to be more than that.
You cannot say this league has any shred of legitimacy when this is ignored.
Not to mention their 115 charges and Rodri still hasn’t been banned.
Corrupt.
Kon Knueppel appreciation post:
A rookie leading the ENTIRE league in 3PM.
49% from the field, 44% from three on 8 attempts, 89% from the line.
Flirting with 50/40/90 as a rookie is MADNESS