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@Paulzxn_ @4tWINty_ @itia_tennis @FBI Yeah with one game left

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@warim_wenzema @whyalwaysdumb @ufcfooty Literally one country comparison to "rest of world." Soccer isn't our game and we don't care about it.

Doesn't mean the rest of the world doesn't care about NHL/MLB/NBA/NFL

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@warim_wenzema @whyalwaysdumb @ufcfooty There is no basketball right now so makes sense. Doesn't hurt to hear this lol. NFL is king. Super Bowl had 63 million INTERNATIONAL viewers brother.

Mexico England didn't touch half that despite being an international event and most watched game

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@warim_wenzema @whyalwaysdumb @ufcfooty Brother you're a Real Madrid fan. I've been to Spain 25 times. You absolutely can talk hoops to anyone in Spain 😂

You can also talk NFL to anyone that lives in UK. Just because they don't play the game doesn't mean it's not followed everywhere

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@warim_wenzema @whyalwaysdumb @ufcfooty Basketball is global. Hockey is global

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@whyalwaysdumb @ufcfooty Are you special needs? NBA finals MVP American. 85-90 percent of the Knicks roster is American.

Now let's take a look at Arsenals EPL winning roster... exactly.

The games growing globally. 75-77 percent of the NBA is American still. 30 percent of EPL is English

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@chenderson @dkrucoff Average cost per player at the academies is roughly $77k a year. Of course they can't make the families pay that.

We don't care about soccer so there's no market to garner that type of system. That's the type of budget that goes to mater Dei football

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@chenderson @dkrucoff Do you think that Bukayo Saka paid for anything during his academy years with Arsenal (signed at age 7 btw)? The costs of the academy systems are extreme and they demand early specialization. So maybe pipe down unless you want your 7 year olds signing deals.

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@JordanVsDream @DevSportsTalk Which is what the EPL academies are if we are being honest

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@nonotesnone @ufcfooty By age 9 your probably being coached by a divorced dad on a field with rocks dirt and grass with zero coaching licenses

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@nonotesnone @ufcfooty The point is 85 percent of the English national teams signed by age 9. They're groomed and developed.

Our freak show athletes don't play soccer because it's not rewarded/incentivised and well coached. Not that they don't have the capability to

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@gpork @ufcfooty I mean I think we should have more performance academies. Not just for soccer but for tennis and basketball and overall long term athletic development.

US Hockeys the only pathway to have that dialed in

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@TT7379479449416 @ufcfooty How big is Haaland? Ronaldo? 5'7 Barry Sanders, Tyreke hill, Darren Sproles could've potentially been electric soccer players if developed at a young age.

The athleticism isn't enough alone. But we aren't giving technical skill to our best athletes is what you're missing

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@kshields8426 @tubingtyler1 I think he mentions lacrosse because the growth is booming. PLL Just got a 100M investment. It's yet another field sport to compete with soccer. The trajectory of lacrosse is better than American soccer

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@KylenMills @INDlVlDUALIST 85 percent of the English men's national team was SIGNED by the age of 9. It ain't cheaper elsewhere the costs just aren't on the families. Costs anywhere between 8-20M a year to run an EPL academy and 77k USD per player.

We don't care to do that

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@htxs1im @skengboymode @jtsanhanga @tdgator9 I mean the US took over hockey with speed power and athleticism in a sport that's highly skilled and very tactical. There was a market fit for it.

There's no market fit for a low scoring field game. Kentucky vs St Peter's MBB would draw more USA TVs than Arsenal Atalanta

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@skengboymode @jtsanhanga @tdgator9 Yes. 85 percent of the English national team SIGNED with academies before the age of 9. It's a system.

LeBron James began playing organized basketball in 5th grade. He went to multiple public schools in Akron as his single mother couldn't afford anything

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@htxs1im @skengboymode @jtsanhanga @tdgator9 For sure. Everyone saying capitalism. These EPL academies are insanely expensive... the families can only afford them because they're scouted and signed very young. Mater Dei HS football budget is 20Mil annually... we prioritize elsewhere

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@gpork @ufcfooty Thought you meant not native to area. I mean mater Dei HS football budget is 20M annual. Thats why it's an NFL factory. Those kids don't pay for anything. The EPL academies are 8-20M annually. The costs are still there they're just not on the families

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@Blackpillson_ We dominate basketball and hockey thanks for playing.

We invented baseball because cricket is for the punjabs