unfilteredClark

Opinions are my own.

[healed psychopath. @_benediction95]

RHOA is going to turn into RHOBH if they keep protecting Porsha and her lackeys.

[Sam Block @theblockspot]

Wake up.
Open presents.
Spurs vs Knicks at 12.
Packers vs Bears at 1.
Heat vs Celtics at 2:30.
Bills vs Broncos at 4:30.
Sixers vs Lakers at 5.
Thunder vs Wolves at 8.
Rams vs Seahawks at 8:15.
Nuggets vs Warriors at 10:30.

Santa came through.
Christmas Day is absolutely insane.

[𝚁𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚎 𝙱𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚜 @RichieBucketsUK]

Might legit be the best throw I’ve ever seen from any baseball player ever. Hell it might be the best throw in ANY sport that involves throwing.

[Laker Central @LakerCentral365]

Pablo is cooking the Clippers. The league knows they’re guiltyand has credible evidence but they’re afraid Balmer will sue the NBA and that in turn may air out the dirty laundry of other teams. That’s what’s holding this up.

[Jaden Gaines @JSG3_]

2020: Drafting Wiseman

2021: Drafting Kuminga

2022: letting almost every key role player from the championship team walk to give runway to Wiseman and Kuminga

2023: not trading Kuminga for OG

2023: James Wiseman for GPII trade when you could have resigned GPII in the offseason

2023: Chris Paul trade

2024: not trading CP3, Kuminga, and a 1RP for Siakam

2024: punting the CP3 salary slot

2025: holding up the entire offseason because of the Kuminga contract saga

2026: not trading Jimmy Butler at the deadline to Dallas for Anthony Davis so you can be proactive about possibly getting LeBron in the offseason

2026: running back a 37 win roster

[𝙍𝟑𝘼𝙑𝙀𝙎 @R3AVES]

Warriors FO since the 2022 ring:

- Didn’t suspend Draymond after he punched Poole
- Traded Poole for CP3
- Later waived CP3
- Let Donte walk for nothing
- Missed on Paul George
- Missed on Lauri Markkanen
- Let Klay walk for nothing
- Traded for 35 y/o Jimmy giving him $60M
- Missed on Giannis
- Missed on LeBron
- Just gave 36 y/o Draymond $30M

Leave @StephenCurry30

[Ajoje⚽⚖️ @israel_ajoje]

This one is really dicey.

FIFA is registered as a non-profit association under Swiss law. Its 211 member associations own it. It pays no corporate tax in Switzerland. And right now, while the ink is barely dry on the 2026 World Cup final, it is in advanced discussions to sell a minority stake in its commercial operations to private investors, with JP Morgan acting as financial adviser and Thrive Capital, whose chief executive is Josh Kushner, expected to lead the investor group.

UEFA is responding. And I see reason with them. Their statement called it a crossing of a line and said the soul and governance of football are not assets to trade.

Let me explain what is actually happening here and why both positions are legally and commercially coherent at the same time.

The legal vehicle at the centre of this is called FIFA Forward Enterprise, or FFE. It is a FIFA-owned company that would consolidate all of FIFA's commercial rights, broadcasting, sponsorship, ticketing, licensing, and the operational delivery of FIFA tournaments, into a single entity.

Based on how things are proposed, FIFA would retain majority control and exclusive authority over governance, competitions, the match calendar, and all regulatory and sporting decisions.

Private investors would then hold a minority, non-controlling stake in the subsidiary, not in FIFA itself. FIFA says the proposal could deliver more than $10 billion in football development funding over the next four years.

Now here is the legal position.

Under Swiss association law, FIFA has broad autonomy over how it manages and commercialises its assets, provided it pursues its statutory purpose of promoting football and follows its internal decision-making rules.

Creating a commercial subsidiary and selling minority stakes in it to private investors is not categorically prohibited under any applicable law. FIFA already commercialises its rights aggressively through sponsorships, media deals, and licensing arrangements worth billions of dollars per cycle.

Placing some of that commercial activity into a valued vehicle and inviting outside capital is structurally an extension of what FIFA already does, not a departure from it. The proposal requires approval from the FIFA Council and the 211 member associations. That approval process is where the real legal constraints sit, not in Swiss corporate law.

What UEFA is objecting to is not the legality of the structure. They are objecting to the incentive architecture it creates once private capital is inside the tent. And again, that objection deserves to be taken seriously.

Even with formal majority control retained, private investors seeking returns will create ongoing pressure. They will request more matches, an expanded calendar. They will make decisions that prioritise revenue over player welfare or competitive balance.

Of course that pressure will not arrive through a boardroom vote. It arrives gradually, through the logic of what a return on investment requires. FIFA can retain exclusive authority over sporting decisions and still find that sporting decisions are shaped by the financial expectations of its commercial partners. Those are not mutually exclusive outcomes.

The legal permissibility of this structure is high if internal approvals are obtained. The binding constraints are member consent, political capital, and the risk that private capital incentives gradually reshape priorities even under retained formal control.

Football has watched that process play out at club level for thirty years. The question being asked right now, with genuine urgency, is whether the same dynamic should be allowed inside the institution that governs the game itself.

My name is Ajoje. I am a FIFA Licensed Agent and International Sports Lawyer. I write on the Law and Business of Football, a lot. Repost and Follow if you want to read more posts like this.

[unfilteredClark @unfilteredClark]

@KenHeLive Why does Bron hate him

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

LeBron will make $4M a year from the Sixers. Living in Manhattan and helicoptering to Philadelphia could cost him over $1M of it. He'd be spending a quarter of his salary to avoid living in the city he plays for.

Run the numbers. Shams says the flight is 45 minutes from Manhattan. Twin-engine charter rates run $3,000 to $5,000 an hour, so call it $8,000 a round trip. With 41 home games plus practices, that's 100+ commuting days. $800K a season, minimum.

Then taxes. A New York City resident pays up to 14.8% combined state and city income tax. Pennsylvania is a 3.07% flat tax. On a $4M salary, choosing Manhattan over Philly adds $300K+ a year, and New York taxes residents on everything they earn everywhere.

So why does a man who just took a $48M pay cut spend seven figures on a commute? Because the paycheck stopped mattering years ago. LeBron earns roughly $80M a year off the court. His entire Sixers salary equals about 18 days of being LeBron.

The vet minimum was a gift of cap room to the front office so Embiid, Maxey, and Jaylen Brown get surrounded with actual depth. And when your day job pays 5% of your income, you arrange the day job around your life. His family, his media company, and his business all run better out of the biggest market in America.

Kobe ran this exact math two decades ago, flying from Newport Beach to Staples every day. What he was actually purchasing was hours with his daughters. LeBron at 41, on possibly his last contract, is buying the same thing.

[KenHeLive @KenHeLive]

Stop acting dumb when we tell you Bron wasn’t appropriately embraced in LA lol all you have to do is look at Luka..nobody has stopped supporting the team or defaced his murals. Nobody in Miami is telling Giannis he’ll never be DWade..That weird shit was exclusively for Bron in LA

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Dear Ziploc and the cereal industry, I think it’s time you worked together. Society is ready.

[Pharaoh👳🏾‍♂️👑 @MrMekzy_]

Just a friendly reminder because social media will have you confused.

- Men need women.
- Women need men.
- 50/50, 100/0, 70/30 is cool - DO YOU!
- A cheater will cheat on anyone.
- Being single is fine if you're happy.
- There is nothing wrong with a 9-5.
- Health is wealth.
- Social Media is not real.

[StripMallGuy @realEstateTrent]

I’ve never understood people flying across the world for vacation just to spend five days sitting next to a pool.

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

Is anyone ready to talk about how we probably should’ve stuck with cable TV instead of juggling all these separate streaming subscriptions?

[G. F. Allen @AuthorGFAllen]

why the hell does Netflix help me spell a movie they don’t have??

[PeePee🎀 @peegzy1]

Parents spot fake friends.
Children spot fake relatives.

[Z H A N É @ZhaneJahnice]

I hate pre-agreeing to do something then the day of the event I totally don’t feel like going.

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

there's nothing that i dislike more than a failed nap attempt.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

You're NOT struggling because immigrants took your job. You're struggling because billionaires took your wages.

[The Hood Therapist @OhhMar24]

iMessage letting you edit messages just for the edited message to still be seen is the biggest scam