@vasolsurfer17 @calecampbell88 We live in Central Virginia and all of the middle school teams are club players. My daughter has solid club teammates that didn’t even make their middle school teams. That’s how competitive it is.
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RVA Dad
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RVA Dad
@JBalazek
Dad of two, Husband of one. Teller of Dad Jokes.
Virginia, USA Katılım Nisan 2012
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@calecampbell88 You are both 100% correct and the stats back it up. my daughters’ HS soccer team has competed for state championships in VA for the last 10 years. The entire starting roster is National level travel players. The Baseball team won it two years ago, the entire team-travel.
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This guy is a getting a lot of shit for this take, but he’s largely correct. If you want your kid to go play on his high school baseball team, he has to be a club baseball player or be in the top like 3% of athletes if not. That’s just life in 2026.
Jason Helmes@anymanfitness
Bad news, dude: If your kid doesn’t play travel/AAU they have no chance of playing varsity in high school. Only exceptions would be small, rural schools without many players to choose from. Any decent sized high school, every kid on varsity plays travel.
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@_CATNERD2 @calecampbell88 Solid soccer players on my daughter’s club team are getting cut from the middle school team. Kids that don’t play club got zero shot realistically.
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@calecampbell88 Its amazing how affluent families from large metro areas believe this stuff.
Its just not true.
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@DastDn I actually think Vance would be the strongest GOP candidate against Harris—and I’m not that big a fan of Vance.
In a debate, he would surgically push her into word salad and then just watch as she flails. Enormously devastating.
Rubio better for most or all other matchups.
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I've got fantastic news for the Dems and horrific news for the country.
Anthony LaMesa@ajlamesa
If Marco Rubio is the 2028 GOP nominee, Dems can't screw around with another weak, unpopular pick.
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@TheBloodOrc @SubduedRadical @TheTurnipFihby @ChristianHeiens “Rural” doesn’t have a vote. People do. The votes go to where people live.
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That could theoretically work but there would have to be a limit on something like that so they wouldnt get too many. I think 2 tops would be fair. It'd just have to balance out with the rural vote. Ive just seen too many maps drawn that hand all the power to cities which as someone who lives in and grew up in a small town I inherently disagree with.
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One consequence of our geographic polarization is that Democrats have to draw giant bacon strips to gerrymander, while Republicans have to pretty much just draw circles and rectangles.
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@TheBloodOrc @TheTurnipFihby @ChristianHeiens There are something like 20 counties in the country that have more than 2 million people. Hard to make them just have 1 rep
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I was thinking less each county is its own district and more so districts must be drawn with counties as I think per the dem referendum one county would have controlled like three districts in VA. Plus it doesnt make sense to me to split an individual county to be a part of multiple districts. Unless you are planning a horrible VA style gerrymander
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I’ll give you one guess at when the last segregated prom happened
Mila Joy@Milajoy
When I was growing up in the 1970s and 1980s no one saw color. We were all just Americans. Why did that change?
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@merlinscapital Can’t wait for the review of all the fossils pairs they find.
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In case you missed it - they found the actual resting site of noah’s ark.
It was 100% real. Christ is king.
Noahs Ark Scans@noahsarkscans
We are the only team executing advanced underground scans of the site where Noah’s Ark landed. Soon we will show it all to the world..
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@whacksnack @msgalinal @MarketPalmer_ @MiniRetireMatt How much teachers make is wildly influenced by where they live. Much like law-enforcement. I can’t imagine many more standard Ish jobs that have such a swing in pay rate based on locality.
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The teacher making $125k per year, with 3 months of PTO, and 35 hour work weeks
Is better off than...
The attorney making $250k per year, with 1-2 weeks of PTO, and 60+ hour work weeks
It's not even close
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RVA Dad retweetledi
I have no idea if LeBron can will this #Lakers group to three more, but it must be said that the level at which he is playing at age 41 is unprecedented. Whatever your perspective is on him, if you can’t appreciate this level of historical greatness I don’t know what to tell you.
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@mikeszustak @ShamrockCards @ParksideCards Sonnet and Fischer as Jokers was spot on casting as well.
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What absolute and proper legend at @ParksideCards made her the queen of hearts? Dead on friends. Dead on.
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@matt_s_pip @Hannah__Adamson @FOX59 @CBS4Indy Everyone with a state issued ID or DL is also not a US citizen.
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@Hannah__Adamson @FOX59 @CBS4Indy The law makes sense. Not all college students in the USA are US citizens. State issued IDs only. Another activist court trying to legislate from the bench.
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Modern parents suck so badly and are ruining their children because of it.
"Hey, baby, the nurse is just going to talk too you for a minute, to check that you're safe. If there's anything you want to ask without me there, now is a good time. I'll be right outside."
Julie@JulieLovesFluff
I took my 11 year old to her checkup this morning and the nurse asked me to step out of the room for a moment. I politely declined and she said, "It's just for a moment." And I told her, "No thank you, given all the stories about children being abused my husband and I decided to never leave our children alone with anyone, even medical providers. Anything you need to do or say you can do with me in the room." She looked all miffed and just left, no idea what her plan was but she didn't feel the need to continue it with me present and that makes me even more suspicious?? When she left my daughter thanked me for not leaving, she's already shy about the doctor, her eyes got so wide when the lady asked me to leave.
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@OhioTate @StoolAfterDark So, you guys signed the lease to live at the bowling alley yet? This isn’t happening
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Tomorrow on @StoolAfterDark
We are streaming live from the Bowling Alley until we roll a Perfect Game
12 Barstool employees. 12 Strikes in a row needed. No one can go twice.
The bowling alley is staying open overnight for us. We are there until we roll a 300
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As the parent of an 11 year old who is obsessed with soccer, this makes me so sad.
Jason Collinsworth@IHateSoccerPod
Kids know the score when they aren’t good enough. If girls don’t make the ECNL, they often quit within 2 years. If they don’t make Varsity by sophomore year (girls) they quit because there is a varsity or bust mentality. ECNL and MLSNext have made more kids quit, than gone pro.
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RVA Dad retweetledi
Kids know the score when they aren’t good enough. If girls don’t make the ECNL, they often quit within 2 years. If they don’t make Varsity by sophomore year (girls) they quit because there is a varsity or bust mentality.
ECNL and MLSNext have made more kids quit, than gone pro.
Tom Byerトム•バイヤー@tomsan106
I’m not entirely convinced by the usual explanation for why so many kids, often cited at around 70%, quit by age 13. Pushy parents and inexperienced volunteer coaches are commonly blamed, but I think there’s more to it. As kids get older, they develop greater self-awareness and start to recognize that they’re not as skilled as they once believed when they were just playing freely at ages six, seven, or eight. The reality is that many young players never build a solid technical foundation, which hinders understanding of the game. As the game becomes more demanding, requiring greater commitment, involving more travel, and offering less playing time, those shortcomings become harder to ignore. Faced with these challenges, a lot of kids lose interest. When basic skills like first touch or ball control aren’t there, the gap feels too big to close, and many simply decide to walk away.
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The last card you saved to your camera roll 📸 Let's see it 👇
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@spursimmunity Also doesn’t hurt that through podcasting, she has become a hero to my daughter as well.
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@spursimmunity 2018-2021 Sam Mewis solidified my love for WoSo. Just absolute Beast mode.
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