Phil Chien

Sports, politics and business junkie; culture, travel and book lover. New to Twitter.

[Phil Chien @SimplyPhil10]

Question not if it is good to buy SpaceX ticker, but when to buy at what valuation. Great read

[Dami-Defi @DamiDefi]

Realising Apple went public at under $2 billion and 15 times revenue in 1980.

SpaceX wants you to buy at $2 trillion and 100 times revenue in 2026.

That is not getting in early. That is being the exit for venture capitalists who have held this equity for years at a fraction of what you are being asked to pay.

Almost none of the retail investors buying this IPO will read the 300 pages before the book closes on June 11.

That is your entire competitive advantage right there.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

The same World Cup seat is $700 on FIFA's official site and $200 on SeatGeek right now. That gap is not a glitch.

Dynamic pricing solved the upside for FIFA. Demand climbs, the price climbs, $60 group seats turn into $700 matchups, the US opener hit $1,940 at face. The downside is where the system breaks. The second FIFA cuts an official price below what someone already paid, it invites refund demands, chargebacks, and a consumer-protection fight across three host countries.

So the official number cannot fall. It is a published price attached to thousands of fans who bought higher, which turns every markdown into a liability.

Read it as economics instead of conspiracy and it sharpens. FIFA overpriced, then built a channel where lowering the real price is legally radioactive. The secondary market is the only place left to discover what the seats actually clear at.

Those contiguous blocks landing on SeatGeek at $198, $228, $230 are FIFA's true demand curve leaking out where the official site can keep pretending it doesn't exist.

The elegant part: FIFA's own resale marketplace takes 15% from the buyer and 15% from the seller. So even as inventory clears below face, FIFA collects a toll on the way down. They earn on the markdown they can't announce.

Saudi Arabia vs Cape Verde settling near $200 while the official page holds the line tells you the market-clearing price was set months ago. FIFA just can't be the one to say it out loud.

[Phil Chien @SimplyPhil10]

Most accurate statement to the tennis GOAT argument.

[TNT Sports U.S. @TNTSportsUS]

"I know Djokovic is the G.O.A.T. I wish it could be Roger [Federer], but I mean, it's life." 😂

João Fonseca relives the process leading up to his historic victory over Novak Djokovic 🗣️ #RolandGarros

[Phil Chien @SimplyPhil10]

Greatness passing the baton

[Paul McNamee @PaulFMcNamee]

Novak Djokovic produced the match of, & one of the best performances in any sport, at the Olympics, in the gold medal match v Alcaraz, then played the best match of the AO when he beat Sinner, and has just played the best match of Roland Garros. Win or lose, we should be so lucky

[Fooootest（サッカーブログ） @Fooootest]

🚨朗報🚨

三笘薫の手術が無事に成功🇯🇵🔥🔥

ハムストリング負傷で離脱していた三笘薫は、すでにリハビリの初期段階へ👏✨

ヒュルツェラー監督は「薫は前向きな姿勢を保っており、来季復帰へ向けてクラブとともに取り組んでいる」とコメント

📰@OfficialBHAFC

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

This belongs to all of us.

[Footysm ⚽️ @Footysm]

🚨🚨🗣️ Wayne Rooney on West Ham United vs Arsenal Game: 🤯

“People keep talking about individuals, moments, luck, referees and all the rest of it, but when I watch Arsenal, I see a proper football team. I see a side that is coached at the very highest level. Honestly, if you don’t rate this Arsenal team or you can’t understand the level of football they’re playing, then I’m sorry, you simply do not know football. And I’m saying that as someone who’s played the game at the top level for years.

This Arsenal side are unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. They are so compact, so organised, so disciplined in everything they do. There are no gaps, no panic, no unnecessary risks. Every single player understands his role. When you watch them, you almost don’t even see individuals anymore, you see a programme. You see a machine. Everything is synchronised. It takes a very high football IQ and tactical understanding to truly appreciate the level this team operates at.

People will watch them and say ‘they’re boring’ or ‘they’re robotic’, but do you know what I call it? Elite. I call it winning football. I call it a team that knows exactly who they are. There’s a reason they leave no lapses for opponents. There’s a reason teams struggle to break them down. There’s a reason they control matches the way they do. That doesn’t happen by accident.

I backed Arsenal from the very beginning of the season to win this league and people laughed at me. People told me City would walk it, people said Arsenal would bottle it again, but look where we are now. Two games left and Arsenal are on the verge of becoming champions. And honestly, I’m delighted for them because they deserve it.

The fans deserve it as well. Arsenal supporters have waited a long, long time for this feeling. They’ve gone through years of frustration, banter, disappointment, nearly moments, false dawns, all of it. But they stayed patient. They kept believing in the club, believing in the process, believing in the manager and the players. Now they’re finally about to get rewarded for that patience.

I think Mikel Arteta deserves enormous credit because what he’s built is not just a good side, it’s a culture. There’s standards there now. Serious standards. Every player fights for each other, every player works, every player sacrifices. That’s why they’re champions in my eyes.

And I’ll say this as a Manchester United man, this is the level I want Manchester United to get back to. This is the standard. Watching Arsenal now reminds me of what elite football clubs should look like. The control, the hunger, the mentality, the structure. When you get to this level, football becomes enjoyable again for the fans because they trust their team completely.

Arsenal fans can finally smile again because this team has given them something to be proud of. And I genuinely believe this is only the beginning for them. I think they’re going to do great things over the next few years.

So to everyone who laughed at my prediction earlier in the season, you’re not laughing now. Maybe it’s time people start respecting this Arsenal side properly because what they’re doing is special.”

[Phil Chien @SimplyPhil10]

Super cool

[Frank Michael Smith @frankmikesmith]

I made a sports geography game where you're asked to pinpoint locations of 5 questions. I'd appreciate if you gave it a shot

https://t.co/sI14JX9Arc

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

This may be the most articulate response I’ve ever heard to this question.

[Yan @YanPeronn]

In case you didn't watch sports today:

>Wemby slammed his face into the floor, left game & got diagnosed with concussion.

>Lakers, without their top 2 scorers, went up 2-0 Houston
-LeBron James 28 pts, Smart 25, Kennard 23.

>Chelsea pathetically lost 3-0 to Brighton.

>Mets lost 12th straight game (they the reverse Money Ball)

>Portland upset Spurs 106-103. Wemby, Barnes, Harper all got hurt on San Antonio.

>76ers beat Boston 111-97 & tie series 1-1.
-Brown 36pts. VJ/Maxey combine for 59.

>Tampa Bay beat Montreal 3-2 % tied the series.
-Brandon Hagel Gordie Howe hat trick.

>Boston beat Buffalo 4-2 & tied the series.

>Utah Mammoth get first ever playoff win. Beat Vegas & tied the series.

>It’s 2AM and this Colorado-LA game is still in overtime.
-Colorado fans were going so crazy they made the glass shatter behind Kings bench

>A Las Vegas group proposed an NBA venue with a private jet parking lot.

>Billy Donovan left the Bulls after 6 disappointing years, minus a few month in 2022.

>Real Madrid won 2-1 vs Alavés.

>Reports broke of Al Nasser considering to promote Ronaldo’s son to their first team.

>Michael Jordan surpassed Wemby in career playoff PPG (Wemby’s average dropped from 35 to 20 tonight)

>Leicester City got relegated from England’s 2nd division.

>Ok Colorado just scored overtime winner vs Kings & go up 2-0 in series.

I literally only post 0-1 times per day and it’s just these recaps (follow me, pookie)

[Phil Chien @SimplyPhil10]

Greatness is hard. You have to “tolerate” pain, hate, self doubt. You have to “welcome” early mornings, lonely nights, boring repetitions.

Nike did no wrong, just spells the hard truth. It’s motivating us through pushing the envelop and not pampering to our feelings. Just do it

[Will Ahmed @willahmed]

If I were at Nike I wouldn’t have taken it down. Nike’s DNA is winning and competition. It’s an ad for the Boston Marathon which is a RACE that is very hard to qualify for in a city that has a winning sports culture. Those details matter.

The line was good in that it “cut through” and got people talking about Nike. That’s the point of marketing. And I can guarantee you there’s a whole group of people in Boston who are runners and walkers alike that read it and loved it.

But you hear from the haters first and Nike folded. The brand needs to find their “Just do it” identity again. Unapologetic and aspirational.

[Phil Chien @SimplyPhil10]

正義使者🇮🇹

2018：抵制普丁的世界盃

2022：抵制在波斯灣奴工國家舉辦的世界盃

2026：挺身抵制新法西斯主義MAGA主辦的世界盃。

#BeautifulGame #CruelGamd ⚽️

[Andrea 🇮🇹🇪🇺 @ClassicalSocdem]

2018: we boycott Putin’s World Cup🇷🇺

2022: we boycott the World Cup in the gulf slave state🇶🇦

2026: we boycott the World Cup in the MAGA christofascist regime🇺🇸

Is there a football team more concerned with human rights than us?🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[Jay Bilas @JayBilas]

What an AMAZING finish in the Duke-UConn game 🤯

[Phil Chien @SimplyPhil10]

Some other things too, but these points are SPOT ON…
#npb

[Yakyu Cosmopolitan @yakyucosmo]

🇯🇵⚾️ A couple of things Japanese baseball should reflect on in general following the loss to Venezuela to be eliminated from the #WorldBaseballClassic.

There were many questionable decisions throughout the tournament and a 1 game sample doesn't reflect talent level. But they looked shaky at times in the pool stage and simply weren't good enough today.

- The dead ball era isn't breeding a competitive environment for anybody. Pitchers like Tatsuya Imai are going to MLB, saying NPB is essentially "too easy" because no one can hit a home run off him. Pitchers can scrape by without maximizing their stuff. The majority of hitters are struggling to hit for any power and aren't adjusting well (Pull Air, non-optimal launch angles, etc).

- Compared to other countries, including Korea, Japan has struggled to produce dynamic, multi-tooled players. Beyond Ohtani, the lineup had very little in the way of combining power and speed. The fact that they have to choose between pure offense vs. pure defense at multiple spots on the diamond is a problem.

- NPB has been late to adopt or even consider changes from MLB/KBO (universal DH, pitch clock, pickoff limits, etc). It isn't necessary to simply copy what other leagues are doing. But going into a tournament with different rules makes it inherently harder.

- Hiring managers and coaches (both NPB and national team) based on who was a legendary player does not breed innovation or new ideas.

- NPB has not only shown zero willingness to do international outreach but has also actively made it harder for domestic fans to post about their favorite teams and players through archaic social media restrictions.

- The posting system obviously needs reform, but in its current state, more and more players will skip NPB to start their careers stateside at the collegiate or minor league level. Even with the eligibility changes to the NPB Draft, more amateurs will be developed outside of NPB. It remains to be seen what comes of players like Rintaro Sasaki, Shotaro Morii, Genei Sato, etc, but, just as in soccer, there will come a time when the "domestic" and "foreign" cores are more isolated than ever. Long-term, we need to better understand the development upsides of each path, whether players can get the best of both worlds, and how Samurai Japan can best integrate both.

[Phil Chien @SimplyPhil10]

Let’s go 台湾ハムファイターズ !

[北海道日本ハムファイターズ公式 @FightersPR]

【ライル・リン選手と契約合意のお知らせ】

前ハイポイント・ロッカーズ(米独立リーグ)のライル・リン選手と契約合意に達しましたので、お知らせいたします。

■リン選手コメント
「皆さん、初めまして。台湾出身のキャッチャー、ライル・リンです。このたび、北海道日本ハムファイターズの一員としてプレーできることを大変光栄に思います。これから毎日しっかり練習に取り組み、全力でプレーしてチームの日本一に貢献できるよう精一杯頑張ります」

#lovefighters

[James Riney🐠Coral Capital @james_riney]

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[The AI Doc @theaidocfilm]

"The most urgent film of our time."

THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST is only in theaters March 27. Watch the trailer now.

[Keyana Sapp @keyanasapp]

https://t.co/22xKbXWLgG

[Phil Chien @SimplyPhil10]

Something AI cannot replace. A counter.

Read the two articles b2b. Both great.

[Joel Comm @joelcomm]

https://t.co/1Cgztv7JZu

[Phil Chien @SimplyPhil10]

Very interesting. Keep 👀

[James Riney🐠Coral Capital @james_riney]

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