Ian Thomas

@thegoalkeeper @eddiemorannn Hah I wouldn’t blame you

@eddiemorannn @byIanThomas Am I allowed to believe the 4.8m figure more than the 11.2m figure...

inbox: the 49ers-cardinals game this past weekend drew 11.2m viewers on prime video + twitch. twitch continuing to establish itself as more than just an esports/gaming platform.

@JD_SRFC @MLS Hah it’s up there for me and I don’t even work for the league!

@byIanThomas @MLS My biggest pet peeve - when someone says “the” @MLS

I know @MLS will agree!

@JesseLicht I’ve reached the point of missing being in NYC every day that I sort of have a nostalgic view about pigeons now.

@byIanThomas If it means we will have fewer rogue pigeons strutting around NYC, I’ll consider buying a whole team.

@NJEMurray @PabloTorre I have not heard this so thank you for flagging! I've fallen into a proverbial racing pigeon coop/rabbit hole.

In November, a Chinese pigeon racer bought a Belgian-born bird at auction for $1.9 million. The bird, named 'New Kim,' came from famed (in pigeon racing circles) breeder Gaston Van de Wouwer.

If you want to be successful in pigeon racing, you need the right bird - which means a bird with the right bloodlines and attributes. With the popularity of the sport growing among folks with a lot of money to spend in China, that has caused the prices of racing pigeons to soar.

@KenziePossee @nathunsmitty @dailybruin

If journalism is dead then how come my fiancé (!) and I met at our college newspaper?

@ClubCountryUSA @NashvilleSC Appreciate the flag, thanks!

@byIanThomas @NashvilleSC That’s not accurate. Nashville Soccer Holdings and Metro Government agreed to a term sheet Feb. 12 for which NSH is the full guarantor of the bonds (less ticket and sales tax offsets): nashville.gov/Metro-Clerk/Le…

@Sledgefor17 @NashvilleSC Thanks for flagging, Colby. I had originally seen the note in this Bloomberg story: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@BromleySoccer Yeah, comparatively DCU is one of lesser capitalized teams in MLS. Hard to truly judge since there are so many minority shareholders across the league now but among folks with larger shares I’d agree with your assessment.

@BromleySoccer Oh for sure - you and me both!

@BromleySoccer Oh for sure; unfortunately not too many other ways to try to assess their finances without someone breaking an NDA. It’s also hard to compare a credit shop to an equity investment business but then we’re getting deep in the weeds.

@BromleySoccer Also to be fair - Kaplan was one of several founders of Oaktree and had/has his hand in multiple investments. This is their firm, and hopefully if they can sort the stadium situation the costs shouldn’t be that intense.

@BromleySoccer Fair point. The firm has seen massive growth (~$5bn AUM in 4/18 vs $12bn now, are opening in London). At the same time, if this is the kind of ownership group that garners shrugs in NWSL I’d say the league is moving in the right direction on that front.