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We are the music makers. And we are the the dreamers of the dreams. - Wonka

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

"Wealthy nations reap huge benefits from immigration," per Bloomberg.

[Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang]

Fucking clown show with the tariffs which were a terrible idea to begin with and then were implemented in the dumbest ways possible.

[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.

[England @England]

John Stones 🕺😂

The energy in the changing room last night 🔥

[NFLytics @NFLytics]

@thelimoseats8 Played 40 years of very competitive soccer. It's a 5/10 at best. Calf barely hurts compared to bone like shin or foot. So maybe a 3/10 for studs to the calf. Look up real pain. Torn abs were pretty high for me.

[NFLytics @NFLytics]

@kenzianidiot Benadryl

[NFLytics @NFLytics]

@HondoCarpenter Can Kubiak make the OL and Offense at least mid-tier in year 1?
Do any of the CBs step up and make the defense elite?

[NFLytics @NFLytics]

@GrantPaulsen It went from...
We may play great and hope for a 3-1, 3-2 or 2-0 victory.
to..
Let's hold on to our butts and hope for a 1-0 win or low scoring draw plus PKs

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING:

Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from crypto, digital tokens and related partnerships in 2025 — appearing to have substantially increased his income after reentering the White House.

[NFLytics @NFLytics]

Dear @FA . If you are hiring a coach, maybe make sure his home country hasn't declared war on England twice in the last century, and that he isn't having sex with any of your players girlfriends. Just a thought 💭

[Grant Paulsen @GrantPaulsen]

This is unreal

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: Iran says draft US deal includes oil sanctions waiver, nuclear limits and asset release, per Reuters

[NFLytics @NFLytics]

@Jerrymcd Much love! Hoping for the best for you in the next phase

[BrickCenter @BrickCenter_]

Inside the NBA talking about how pretty Max Strus is 😭😭

[NFLytics @NFLytics]

@ScottFish24 Mexico City is a much better destination. You lucked out

[First Squawk @FirstSquawk]

AUTO LOAN AND CREDIT CARD DELINQUENCIES IN THE US HAVE HIT ALL-TIME HIGHS, ACCORDING TO CNBC

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Again, so much vaccine misinformation from the president. Kids don’t get anywhere close to “88” or “82” vaccines. They aren’t given “a vat” or “big glass of water”; vaccine doses are a tiny fraction of a teaspoon. And they already do receive their shots over multiple doctor visits, not a single visit as Trump repeatedly said or suggested. https://t.co/9lioGbkUpA https://t.co/JRIcaTecqj

[NFLytics @NFLytics]

@4for4_John @footlocker There are certain fabrics (types of leather) that are illegal in CA. You can't buy classic soccer cleats in California anymore, so this may be related.

[Grant Paulsen @GrantPaulsen]

No video has ever been more relatable.

[Jackpotbet Sports @JackpotbetSport]

Just in case you missed the best Champions League game of the decade 😮‍💨