A ‘RED RISING’ movie is in the works at Paramount
• Francis Lawrence (‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’) set to direct
• The story follows a young miner living on Mars who attempts to bring down the color-coded class system
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Former Ohio State kicker Jayden Fielding is exploring a return to college football following Friday night's court ruling, his rep @cjrecruiting2 tells @On3.
Former All-Big Ten selection.
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From @TheAthleticFC: U.S. forward Christian Pulisic suffered a bone bruise and microfracture in his leg during Monday’s World Cup loss to Belgium, and will be sidelined for several weeks but not months. https://t.co/KOnFhcHqtF
You want to tell men/women in America who make their living in youth soccer that they need to make less?! It's a business. I want them to make as much money for their service as the market will pay them. If they can make a "ton of money" then they should...and I'll celebrate it.
Balogun should decline to play; I think that's the best decision at this point. I'd be pleasantly surprised if that's what comes to pass, but hope springs eternal. Infantino must be removed &/or participating nations should reject FIFA's authority & create a new world soccer governing body. FIFA begs to be neutralized once and for all; it's unreformable.
A critical element that the "rulebook purists" arguing Balogun deserved a red card are conveniently overlooking:
BALOGUN was the one who was challenged from behind.
The Bosnian player played *through* Balogun from behind and placed himself in the path of Balogun's natural step.
When he begins taking that step, Balogun has no idea the Bosnian player would even be in front of him. In that sense, you can't really even consider his move a "challenge." It was simply a step that incidentally landed in the same place the opponent's foot did.
In fact, the reason Balogun's step came down so hard is *because* the Bosnian player challenged into him and knocked him off balance.
This is not "reckless" or "excessive force" by any stretch of the imagination.
The red card was *obviously* unjustified from the outset. The only thing FIFA got wrong here is not immediately suspending the red card after the match.