@paulg The beauty of the World Cup is that different styles of play collide.
The by far most overrated but still rather boring team to watch though has to be England.
Waiting for the whining about high altitude and rogue Mexicans to tick in by tomorrow.
@SantiagoAuFund@BrianKuszmar@vtchakarova There is morality. There is ethics. There is law. And then there is power.
International politics falls squarely in the latter category.
@cptdankkk In Brazil that would be Goiania and Rio de Janeiro.
However, Thiel apparently did not pick neither Nashville nor Miami but Buenos Aires.
So in the hemisphere it must be Buenos Aires 1, Miami 2 , Nashville 3
Unless other LATAM cities also make it front of FL and TN
40 years ago the US was universally recognized as the number 1 country in the world.
30 years ago Europe and the US were celebrating together.
20 years ago, the EU and the US were in parity.
10 years ago Donald Trump was elected.
(Not a jab at Trump, just a fact)
Now there is this heated debate as to who is doing better, Europe or the US.
What happened?
@billybinion Bernie Sanders has finally found an issue where he sees some pushback and people bother to reply.
It keeps him relevant even if the issue itself is dead. California will come to that realization long before the issue gets to the federal level. At that point it will be over.
@paulg Yeap. But not on Trump himself.
He could though try to hide dirt which could incriminate other people.
Hard to read the room as to what exactly is buried in these files.
Europe pays by far the most:
https://t.co/T0Odbpen5G
India is up for 2m$. They are more into cricket and not that interested.
China pays 30m$ way less than Europe.
Soccer is not big in China. Even less so when their team is not qualified.
To run a global business like FIFA is not easy, in order to accommodate everyone.
From a match schedule perspective it is also tough due to the geographic distribution in each group. Once we get to the quarters though there will be mainly European and South American teams left. Then you will need to balance the schedule according to live attendence. EU vs American time zones. Asia as a source of neutral viewers. Finally, player health and performance. Weekends are good for this but all in all it is quite a balancing act. Good job by FIFA !