Kizer Harris

University of Tennessee Alum

[Michael Ritter @MikeSteveRitter]

This shit means something to me man.

[Pardon My Take @PardonMyTake]

What a moment for Jordan Walker and his family

[Bussin' With The Boys @BussinWTB]

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[vids that go hard @vidsthatgohard]

Jude Bellingham every time England is in trouble

[Mike Golic Jr @mikegolicjr]

I think we can all agree the shots of her in the bunker during this entire segment are objectively hilarious

[Dan Patrick Show @dpshow]

Dan Patrick on WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert cancelling her appearance on the show:

"If you want to be treated as a serious league, this is what happens! These are tough questions, but this is a fair outlet for you – a fair platform. I will treat you with respect."

[Jon Heyman @JonHeyman]

BREAKING: Star rookie 2B JJ Wetherholt and St. Louis Cardinals in agreement on 8-year, $112.5m deal. No options.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Christopher Nolan has announced that ‘THE PRESTIGE’ will be re-released in theaters this January for the film's 20th anniversary.

(Source: https://t.co/1L5sgj0nd8)

[Carli Lloyd @CarliLloyd]

You rest when your playing career is over. Period.

[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.

[Novig @Novig]

USA soccer when it’s time to play a real football club

[. @tosinmm_]

USMNT fans seeing that Folarin Balogun can play against Belgium

[Pardon My Take @PardonMyTake]

Big boy grilling on the roof 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[USMNT Only @usmntonly]

Weston McKennie blasting Ella Langley on the USMNT team bus after the USA's win against Bosnia in the World Cup Round of 32 🇺🇸😂❤️

[۟ @media2fe]

southern nights x tillman balo wow im moved

[adidas US Football @adidasFballUS]

Straight from The Sheriff���s mouth @Vol_Sports

Welcome to the \\\ family

[Eli Berkovits @BookOfEli_NFL]

Team USA: scores a goal

Me, a man who watches zero soccer:

[Tennessee Athletics @Vol_Sports]

Three-stripe living.

In the perfect shade of orange.

\ \ \ @adidas

[Jack Mac @JackMac]

Mexico-England at The Azteca has the makings of a generational match.