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[bv @ZiJM47]

Idk why he’s trending, but he’s one of the best characters so... #Shikamaru

[Tandy @LFC_Tandy]

The AURA of Prime Salah was unreal. 🥶

[💗 @ma1ybe]

Not a trans person. Not an immigrant. Per the usual, cis white male

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First trailer for ‘AMERICAN DOCTOR’.

The documentary follows 3 physicians who worked to save the lives of children in Gaza who were hit by Israeli bombs.

In select theaters starting from August 14.

[JerryRigEverything @ZacksJerryRig]

A federal judge confirms @POTUS is a rapist. Sad day for the USA.

[Cyrus Smith @CoolCyWrites]

Norway made youth sports free 40 years ago and just made the quarters for the first time ever. Probably not a coincidence.

[Nose @NoseOfDeath]

DON'T TAKE THAT SHIT! THEY'RE GETTING DESPERATE! CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS!

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

Jusuf Nurkic says Kobe would trash talk him in Bosnian to get in his head:

“He started speaking my language. He was psycho man. He was learning all these languages so he can talk sh*t. I was shocked that he was actually cursing at me in my language."

(via Sofascore Basketball)

[Harrison Lee @HarrisonCLee]

Thierry and Zlatan saying they wouldn't have become soccer players because of the costs of the American youth system, then seeing Lalas say it's a great system because it makes a lot of money for some people really sums it all up nicely

[Tom Holland @holland_tom]

Very happy to say it again. The Odyssey is an amazing film, and missing out on seeing it because you think it’s woke or whatever is cutting off your nose to spite your face. Your loss.

[bv @ZiJM47]

You mean… I can actually OWN something from Sony??

What a concept

[Deion | SeeReax @SeeReax]

@PlayStationHK Is that a physical or digital controller?

[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.

[bv @ZiJM47]

Only one choice:

[GoldenKnight @GoldenKnightGFX]

It’s time to choose who I should root for to win the World Cup now that Mexico is out.

[bv @ZiJM47]

Probably Manchester City if you want to continue to watch the Viking

[Van Lathan Jr @VanLathan]

Okay. It’s happening. I need a soccer team. Seriously I need a side. A kit. I want to say “fair play,” I want to wake up early and go to the bar. I want to know what “transfer fee,” and “on loan” mean.

What’s a good team?

[bv @ZiJM47]

The storyline:

[Dotodoya @DotoDoya]

Brazil Norway is the first match I’m catching this World Cup.

What’s the storyline rn, who’s the underdog?

[bv @ZiJM47]

@DotoDoya Literally him bro

[bv @ZiJM47]

@DotoDoya

[✍️ 🇦🇱 @10blended]

England team trying to leave Mexico if they win tonight

[Renee @PettyLupone]

This photo deserves a Pulitzer Prize.

Not only does it represent our current state of politics but it mirrors many photos of past which confirm the ugly truth about progress…

It must be fought for by every generation.