Nicholas Bair Welch

[Nicholas Bair Welch @theganzo1]

@royalriothayden @BtnPiano @ShinKicker13 But what if that one player is the reason for approximately a bazillion goals conceded?

[Nicholas Bair Welch @theganzo1]

@BernieSanders One man (Mr. Sanders) earns ~5x the median Vermont household income and has amassed a ~$3M net worth while in public service.

Meanwhile, his median constituent earns ~$41K/year, and most Vermonters don’t own two homes worth ~$1.75M.

We can do better. We must do better.

[Nicholas Bair Welch @theganzo1]

@CPFC_Tampa @realsaltlake

[Nicholas Bair Welch @theganzo1]

RSL getting jobbed by @PROreferees and VAR time and time again. It's laughable at this point.

[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.

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

Doesn’t get much more American than this. 🤳🇺🇸

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Edward Norton talking to himself at the USA-Türkiye game 😅

[PFT Commenter @PFTCommenter]

4s up in the hydration break???

[Daniel Roberts @readDanwrite]

A story worth hearing from @landondonovan that stuck with me, about his son's youth soccer team:

"It broke my heart... If they're 16, I get it, but they're 8 years old. Now he's going to fall out of love with the game a little bit"

Full @FOS intvw: https://t.co/elRXYQAIrT

[Sam Farnsworth @Samsworth_TV]

19 year-old phenom Zavier Gozo from #RSL is representing his home state at a high level and is on the fast track to international stardom. But he also represents his faith as a member of @Ch_JesusChrist each time he steps on the pitch.
🎙️: @DebbieWorthen
@KSL5TV @kslsports

[Seto Kyle🐉☔️ @ImJustKyle_]

Maybe teams like Wizards/Jazz/Kings/Pelicans/Bulls/Nets wouldn’t have to “tank” to try to get good drafts picks if San Antonio wasn’t awarded 3 top 4 picks 3 years in a row, or if the play in Hawks wasn’t awarded the number 1 overall pick, or Dallas getting the first pick

[Zlatan Ibrahimović @Ibra_official]

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is going to be the BEST World Cup of All Time!

I’m excited to announce that I will be joining Fox Sports in the United States this summer to cover the World Cup.
You’re Welcome America - #ZLATANonFOX

[Scott Van Pelt @notthefakeSVP]

Been at ESPN a long time - this one was an all timer. Before social media, it was as viral as a story can be. I watched it on a tape in the news room. I couldn’t stop watching his teammates.

[Current Aggie @CurrentAggie]

Anyone got 18 million dollars so we can bump up to 22?

[Curiosity @MAstronomers]

If the Milky Way was the size of North America, the Sun would be:

[Nicholas Bair Welch @theganzo1]

@davejosephvoice @utahmammoth Don't mind the proud dad in the background. 😅

[Nicholas Bair Welch @theganzo1]

Proud dad moment.

[Utah Mammoth @utahmammoth]

Ezra read our starting lineup today! 🤩

#TusksUp | @davejosephvoice

[Utah Mammoth @utahmammoth]

Ezra read our starting lineup today! 🤩

#TusksUp | @davejosephvoice

[Scott Bell @sbell021]

Kyle Whittingham follows five women on Instagram. All are fully clothed and the majority of them are related to him.

He has 0 posts in the past 11+ years.

Hiring grade: A+