NALYD

GOD above all

[Rue’s Last Fix @CurttiMagurtti]

these niggas probably grandparents right now that’s crazy

[ɴ.♡ @luvblessingz]

when i remove my phone from DND and find out no one actually disturbed me

[george @idobadtakes]

Travel ball is also quietly destroying baseball and basketball. There aren’t many top American-raised players any more.

[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.

[abdi 🇫🇷 @abditmr]

their bonds were built off gossiping specifically shit talking KC so when he no longer is the subject of discussion they’re starting to attack each other it’s really the Corbin high school girl’s comment full circle

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

One big US soccer thought: our youth development has to get more affordable. One of my kids plays travel. It’s at least $5k a year & this isn’t even super high end. We can afford it, thankfully, lots can’t. Youth sports costs in the US are out of control, soccer more than most.

[Maine @mainey_maine]

The talent discrepancy is pretty large dawg. Once again like U.S. soccer federation gotta stop treating soccer like a rich white person sport

[Ak @Jay_1_7]

KC’s shooters getting ready for the next vote 🔥🤞🏾

#LoveislandUSA

[Unique Sullivan 🌸 @_CuppCakess_]

The fact Walmart never reverted backed to 24hrs bothers me till this day

[Shivani @theonlyshivani]

This is now the SECOND TIME love island producers have saved Kenzie from elimination

[tyris ✰ @TYRISPRINT]

melanie still thinking her & sincere are compatible after movie night is a fucking choice yo.

[🪽 @luvis1and]

Fuck love island yo it was supposed to be Kenzie getting dumped. Shi is so rigged

[D @Yeaderr]

Helluva run man

[the Jspot @Artbybae]

I really hope KC stands his ground at this reunion and lets them and production have it. I want KC,Corbin,Tierra and SOL to DRAG, Aniya,Kayda,Trinity and Melanie.

[Shivani @theonlyshivani]

These producers played in our faces. Kenzie and Dylan safe from elimination because they won karaoke???

[𝕾𝖎𝖗 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 @eagleseyeinc]

get a haircut every 2 weeks to stay sharp, wait 5 secs before answering the phone to control the rhythm, always arrive 15 mins early, stay away from free lunches, never talk about people who aren't in the room and when anger rises, wait 10 mins before reacting. these habits may look rigid but they're the hidden discipline of the elite.