Miller

Runner, software engineer, fantasy football enthusiast. Casual advanced-ish chess player.

Currently hyper-focusing on.... running (injured and recovering)!

[Miller @millermeares]

@TheoAshNFL @uncommoncurtiss Darnold is the next Allen; trying to find the next one is a mistake

[Miller @millermeares]

@cremieuxrecueil I’m not sure putting DC usage next to farm usage will help your case. Farms are essential and everyone has to eat, DCs are optional. Comparing to golf is more reasonable i think

[Miller @millermeares]

This is true. Imo, people's problems are with AI itself and the personal risks of a mass economic disruption.

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

Most data centers use the same amount of water—or less—than an average large office building. Meanwhile, they're helping lower electricity costs by financing new power generation. The hysteria over AI data centers is going to age very, very poorly.

[Justin Macmahan @JustinMacmahan]

If the NFL started reviewing every action by an offensive player after every touchdown, and then retroactively applied holding calls and hands to the face penalties etc, it would be the lamest thing ever. And that’s exactly what VAR has done to soccer. It sucks so bad

[Miller @millermeares]

@FPLMahomes @ManagerTactical Would be super curious about the ratios of goal-altering VAR calls. Especially broken down by size of fan base

[Miller @millermeares]

@moparscape_acc If you use the capitalization of the name, it works. Super weird

[gio🦁 @Clapped_Dre]

The day US soccer players stop needing to have an average household income of 300k a year to have youth development is the day we start competing for a cup

[Miller @millermeares]

VAR officially sucks

[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.

[Gregg Beerholder 🍺 @MLShater]

😳😳😳😳

[PFT Commenter @PFTCommenter]

This is like if George W Bush condemned the war in iran

[Molly @FSUmollz]

FIFA is such a world-class, respectable organization. A true beacon of integrity and transparency.

[PFT Commenter @PFTCommenter]

#FreeBalogun

[Miller @millermeares]

@PardonMyTake what's waldo doing here

[💽 @gum_mp3]

The Charlotte Hornets exist solely to stain the reputation of the glorious state of North Carolina which would otherwise be the most elite basketball state on the planet

[Matthew Prince 🌥 @eastdakota]

Yup.

[Miller @millermeares]

@astuyve Why?

[Miller @millermeares]

@FPLMahomes 😭😭

[Drew @drewdyck]

Panera is the perfect choice when you’re not sick but you’re craving hospital food. And you’re like, my bank balance is too high.