Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM

Derivatives trader • Baylor Bear • ex Pantera, Salt, Nascent

[NewsWire 🇱🇰 @NewsWireLK]

Kylian Mbappé on why he refuses to promote sports betting:

“Sports betting is destructive. It has ruined the lives of some people I know. That's why I refused to appear in sports betting advertisements. Many of us come from the suburbs, and it destroys the lives of countless people there.”

A powerful stance from one of football's biggest stars.

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@paulg He better have given 70 -> 53 at least a B for honesty

[Patrick @PhillyPMC]

While I agree this is a problem, he is overstating its significance. The pay to play model exists in all youth sports, but it has not prevented the US from producing elite athletes in other sports. The main issue was that until 20 years ago, our youth development and coaching was a joke. MLS academies didn’t exist 20 years ago. Now every franchise has one, and it’s funneling top players into elite coaching and training at a younger age.

This “golden generation” was the first to come up through an academy system that even remotely compared to what they have in Europe. The development apparatus in the US has improved significantly since then, and we are already seeing the results. MLS academies’ top u15 and u16 teams are competing with, and beating, top academies from around the world. In fact, MLS academies have won each of the last two Adidas generation next cups, the premier youth tournament in the world that features Barcelona, Man United, PSV, and other top flight programs.

That’s not to say the system is perfect. It isn’t perfect by any means. We do need to provide more avenues for talent from poor areas to have access to elite level coaching and competition. But this post suggests the only way to fix what ails US soccer is a complete overhaul of the system, and that just is not the case. I think within the next 10 years (max), we will be producing elite level talent.

[Daniel @growing_daniel]

The fix is in. Soccer is inherently corrupt, and Americans are pure of heart and conscience so we do not play their games. So they take us out back, and they shoot us.

🕯️ holding a candle for the only pure and good country to ever exist. We are not meant for this world.

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@shaunvlog_ REMEMBER THE ALAMO!!!

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@Sentdex @RobertoTalamas Haha this kinda pissed me off but you built so much street cred 10 years ago I’m with it

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@SHistorians @PGAChampionship It really should be the last major though. So many casual fans like me tune out of the golf season after the last major (only the most loyal care about FedEx cup), and golf shortened their season by over a month…

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@UntoldWarFacts Texas. Chester Nimitz and Dorris Miller were some of my local childhood WWII favorites.

[Phillip Muñoz @VPhillipMunoz]

Harvard, apparently, is about to adopt a new policy to combat grade inflation. I devised my own anti–grade inflation policy 25 years ago. I’ve shared it with provosts and deans, to no avail. Here it is:
The Muñoz Plan Against Grade Inflation
The plan has three key components:

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@avidseries Too old? By what objective or subjective measure? You could think he’s the worst president ever but I can’t attribute anything significant to his age.

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@jordan_ross_8F HERMES

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@Jason I’m in

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@aubietiger1928 Beautiful.

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@RichardBennetuk @khodorkovsky_en @JayinKyiv Yes since we famously like to censor social media and the news

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@bendellwerry Building a new homeowner harness. Would appreciate an invite.

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@gaborgurbacs @unusual_whales What are all the Euro’s in favor of? Status quo in Iran? Can’t put my thumb on it.

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@pierre_crypt0 @Microinteracti1 What’s the question..?

[Big Ole Cock @BOC_Gamecock]

The lyin’, the bitch, and the wardrobe

[Brian Christopher, PhD, FRM @briancp32]

@AOC Damn Lexie, I agree with you.