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[Rusty @Problemchild81]

@Jacobtheclipper @jllew24 Do you ever watch the nba?

[Rusty @Problemchild81]

The cheapest sport in the world in terms of equipment. The beautiful game because anyone anywhere can play it. Yet the US youth soccer programs can’t pull their head out long enough to realize they are killing the sport in our country. This is worth a read!

[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.

[USMNT Only @usmntonly]

This went hard 😂

[Rusty @Problemchild81]

@ESPNF1 @Cadillac_F1 Needs “where’s the tea” placed somewhere on it.

[Budweiser @budweiserusa]

Go USA, RT to pass it on. ⚽️

[Rusty @Problemchild81]

@NFL_DovKleiman Terrell Davis!

[Rusty @Problemchild81]

@MustafaCharts 7

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@hicasamadim 72

[Rusty @Problemchild81]

@NASCAR About time!

[Rusty @Problemchild81]

@lex88di9 Be like Biff!

[Rusty @Problemchild81]

@dundeeunitedfc Always enjoyed watching JFR play at sporting KC. Enjoy being back home!

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

Our goalie decided we weren’t gonna lose today.. One of the greatest American sport performances of all time

🗣🗣 THANK YOU FOR STANDING ON YOUR HEAD CONNOR HELLEBUYCK

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Matthew Dillner @MatthewDillner]

Dear @POTUS,
This should forever be hung up on the wall in the @WhiteHouse
Sincerely,
Proud American 🇺🇸

[RFK Racing @RFKracing]

It’s time. 🦅

[Rusty @Problemchild81]

@Broncos @artatequila Adams 17

[Rusty @Problemchild81]

@Walkapedia_ @FloRacing What happened to @clintonboyles98 racing tonight?

[Garett Bolles @gbolles72]

Final day of voting for Walter Payton Man of the Year

To celebrate winning the division and the #1 seed, I am giving away one more signed jersey

Repost this and I'll pick a winner for this signed @Broncos jersey

Winning the WPMOY award would by my foundation’s Super Bowl!

Repost = Vote
or Create your own post with one of the images

#WPMOYChallenge     @gbolles72

[Denver Broncos @Broncos]

🚨 DOUBLE VOTES DAY 🚨

☝️ RT = ✌️ #ProBowlVote

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[Rusty @Problemchild81]

@NFL_DovKleiman Terrell Davis