Timmy Higgins

Former Lieutenant Colonel, former public & private school teacher, current school liaison.
Grew up a Blooming Prairie 'Blossom' (Minnesota) -- Google it.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

ESPN used to be in the business of making sports, which most people love, more fun. Then social media happened and it turned sports in to identity politics, which most hate, and the brand collapsed. Watch this, which was ESPN at its absolute best.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Today in 1983, George Brett is called out at Yankee Stadium after an upper deck homer off Goose Gossage when Billy Martin points out he (technically) has too much pine tar on his bat. As you may recall, this did not sit particularly well with George.

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

To put it simply, Caitlin Clark is the face of the WNBA because she is the most prominent, marketable, and recognizable individual in the WNBA.

She is not currently the best player in the WNBA. That’s A’Ja Wilson.

The nuance that you are missing is that being the most popular player, recognizable player, biggest draw and bringing in the most money for the WNBA for 3 years now despite not winning a MVP or WNBA Championship, giving the players the ammo to get chartered flights with a new CBA that increased some players base salary by 1,400% and being the single player that globally other people recognize makes her the face of the WNBA.

To be the standard of winning in the WNBA will take Caitlin Clark some time.

Michael Jordan was the face of the NBA well before he was the standard of winning and before he ever won an NBA Championship or MVP because of his playing style and savvy branding.

Everyone knew if they beat MJ or had the game to their life against him that everyone would notice because all eyes were on him.

That is why teams play every game against the Indiana Fever like it is their Super Bowl.

That is why every player with a competitive bone in their body plays Caitlin Clark like they have something to prove to the world.

They know when they do it against Caitlin Clark, the world will notice.

Having the first 45 point 10 assists double double in WNBA History and the first 45 point 10 assists double double in 29 mins in NBA or WNBA History shows the talent and rare playing style Caitlin Clark possesses.

It’s okay to say that A’Ja Wilson is the best player in the WNBA.

It’s okay to say Olivia Miles is the best rookie and one of the best guards in the WNBA.

It’s okay to say that Angel Reese is the best rebounder in the WNBA.

And it’s okay to say that Caitlin Clark is the Face of the WNBA.

[Timmy Higgins @timmyjhiggins]

@3YearLetterman @DLoesch IYKYK

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

The GOATs of all GOATs:

Lionel Messi
Joey Chestnut
Tom Brady
Bird Call Kid

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

President Trump says China hacked 220 million American voter files and at least 278,000 illegal voters are registered to vote in our federal elections. He says he has declassified these documents that are now posted at https://t.co/N1QIaffAs1

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

We’re watching the France vs Spain match with very nice people here in the middle of nowhere in Tennessee who invited us to their ranch. Later we might shoot some guns.

[Michele Tafoya @Michele_Tafoya]

“FIFA seems to understand, in a way that the WNBA doesn’t, that superstars don’t grow on trees. You don’t get endless chances to make friends with American sports fans—to grow your audience, to hook people on your sport. You get a window, and you have to find a way to jump through it before it closes.”

https://t.co/dS2YKQcskv

[Wendy Suares📺 @wsuares]

SOUND FAMILIAR⁉️

The same construction company behind the Norman library's massive mold problems is now facing new construction issues at Oklahoma County's $800 million jail project.

And yes, taxpayers are on the hook for the rising costs.

#OKC #Oklahoma #OKPolitics @OKCFOX

[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.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

One big US soccer thought: our youth development has to get more affordable. One of my kids plays travel. It’s at least $5k a year & this isn’t even super high end. We can afford it, thankfully, lots can’t. Youth sports costs in the US are out of control, soccer more than most.

[OKIE PATRIOT 76 @okiepatriot_76]

Mustang, Oklahoma

[MayeIsKing @MayeIsKing_]

tom brady just narrated all-time American sports moments for America 250 and its fucking awesome

[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.

[Wendy Suares📺 @wsuares]

🫧Oklahoma's latest water report doesn't factor in future water demand from data centers, even as #Oklahoma recruits them. Could that change the outlook?
@okcfox
looks at what the report says, what it leaves out, and why it matters.

[Michele Tafoya @Michele_Tafoya]

When we had our son and adopted our daughter, I couldn't wait to send them to Minnesota public schools.

Now, 50% of Minnesota students can't read at grade level. 50% can't do math at grade level.

This is unacceptable. This is criminal.

Minnesota schools used to be a model for the country. Our kids deserve that again.

[Margo Martin @MargoMartin47]

President Trump asks AI President Roosevelt…“Do you consider the Panama Canal your greatest achievement?”

[Timmy Higgins @timmyjhiggins]

@JefferyAMcLean @cbrennansports On the WNBA current trajectory, do you believe the league is profitable without subsidy from the NBA? The NBA, you pointed out was profitable in 40 (without 30 years of subsidy).

[Timmy Higgins @timmyjhiggins]

@JefferyAMcLean @cbrennansports I appreciate the reply, this discussion is educating me and I enjoy that. Turns out the NBA had a few very profitable teams, before the league made money. NBA made $$ when they marketed individual stars. Makes you wonder why they don't market Clark? She is their revenue engine.

[Timmy Higgins @timmyjhiggins]

@wsuares @OKCFOX Is it still legal for the corporation commissioners to accept campaign cash from the industries they regulate?
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