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The NCAA has agreed to consider to pay ncaa athletes an additional $2,000 a year. And to allow schools to offer more than one year scholarships. If you pay they are not amatuers and if you don’t then you have congressman, Bobby Rush of Illinois (a man who beat Obama in an election), comparing the [...]
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Typical American college coach Bob Bradley was recently hired as the Egyption Men’s Natinal Team coach. The decision to hire a coach that is all about athletic ability, size, discipline, and workrate – all are fine characteristics for any sport, but notice nothing being said about soccer ability, skill, or flair – is doomed to [...]
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I few months ago there was a study released that showed that MLS attendance – on a per game average – was in third place among pro sports. NFL Football #1 with MLB #2 MLS #3 and the NBA dropping to #4. New data from this season suggests that the MLS is making inroads in [...]
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By James M. Dorsey It is hard to fathom that Colonel Moammar Qaddafi’s third son, Al Saadi Al Qaddafi, would truly be any more conciliatory to NATO-backed Libyan rebels who have effectively replaced his father as the country’s rulers, than his older, fire-breathing brother Saif al-Islam, who has vowed to fight to the bitter end. [...]
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It has become clear in recent World Cups that merely gathering the best players produced by a nation (or induced and given citizenship) is not a clear way to maximize performance on the National Team level. Those joining the national team must quickly learn to play together, learn each others preferred methods, and areas on [...]
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WWC GERMANY Congratulations to the German crowds they have been allowed and have sold out a number of games even though Germany was knocked out unexpectedly. My impression is that the country has done an excellent job of organizing and hosting the Women’s World Cup. I can only wish I could have been there. MEDIA [...]
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USA USA can possess against Japan because they defend in numbers through compactness not through individual physical pressure. The psychological advantage should be an advantage for the US because they think that they are good. They also beat Japan’s soundly multiple times in the run up to the tournament. Granted it was during the tsunami [...]
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North Korea It appears that FIFA stands for slavery and genocide since they allow North Korea to participate in international sport. Recent articles have shown that the average height of a NK on the street is 6 inches shorter than a South Korean. They were the same people/genetics in recent history, so this is clearly [...]
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Wow! When I first read this article talking about the ‘news’ I thought I might have been reading the The Onion – a satirical news site. Good for Manu that they have acquired 16 million+ fans, but only one year? Football directors are an insulated and often inexperienced lot. Each new owner fills seats with [...]
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I recently came across a detailed blog posting about the renovation of French soccer stadiums for Euro2016. The first thing that leaped out at me was that the management was being outsourced and financed through UEFA. The second thing was that stadium sizes and age are much smaller and older in France than in the [...]
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