Humans have evolved for 300,000 years. Whether through cosmic curiosity or some deity's divine will, who knows.
We've invented writing. Agriculture. Math. Music. Smoked brisket. We've destroyed, created, and discovered.
And what do we have to show for it - private equity.
Brazil was better when their players were womanizers, drunkards and slightly out of shape. In other words, when they were behaving like Catholics— letting the power of friendship and good fun do the heavy lifting.
Evangelical Protestant sterilization has flattened their ball, ruined their samba, and obliterated their swag.
World historic aura loss.
Mandei um textão agora no zap.
Pela identidade nacional, tinha Jorge Ben Jor e esse equivocado desgraçado.
Real, todo errado esse cara. Mas ele entendia a liga, a amálgama. Éramos nós e ele. Acabou e com isso acabou muita coisa minha junto.
Pra sempre, pensando em você, NJr
Um herói trágico em todas as letras. Nunca pipocou, sempre deu a cara a tapa, sempre carregou o mundo nas costas. Mas o destino e seu povo estavam contra ele.
O último sacerdote do futebol bonito. Agora serão apenas jogos entre máquinas.
In Soccernomics the authors devote a chapter to show how, economically, hosting a football tournament is bad. Very expensive & you never get that $$ back
BUT They also argue that hosting tournaments makes your citizens happier. That's where the value is
Hard to argue that here
@woke8yearold NFL is strategically complex because the entire game is these 5 second plays with 2 hours in between for "planning"
D&D where the two quarterbacks plan how two hordes of NPCs are to be smashed against one another.