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@IFTVMarco @FrankFF10FF They have spent wisely. Case in point: Barurina. Any Serie A club could have had him last summer or the summer before for a much lower rate.

@FrankFF10FF Who called them a Leicester? And my point is that you can’t just look what they’ve spent in 1 year. You need to check who has been investing for years into their squads

The knock on Como I always hear is “they’ve spent a lot of money” To me, they’ve invested money and they’ve done it well. Juve & Milan spend hundreds of millions to get worse players. Btw check their salary spending, 10 teams spend more than them. Working smarter.

@ComicBookNFTguy @effzehNSC No overlap until 3rd games in group stage. Nothing changes

@effzehNSC I was going to point out that matches don’t overlap until the final group match day but now that we expanded to 48 teams that’s not the case, there are other overlapping matches. Guess I need another screen

The vibes around this World Cup hasn’t really matched those of World Cups past but I’ll be damned if I don’t have a 3 screen set up to catch multiple matches at a given time.

@Cadensandoval_ @soccerreform American sports league are the most valuable sporting properties. What are u talking about

American capitalism can never comprehend the beauty and value of promotional & relegation A major reason why American sports leauge are absolutely in the mud

@peterbellamy @nvr2hinvr2lo @KieranMaguire I doubt it. Maybe for a few ga es with no fan bases in the US. But any ganebwirh a Euro or S. American nation will not fall

@nvr2hinvr2lo @KieranMaguire Prices will drop as it gets the closer to the game

The World Cup starts in 17 days and there are still tickets available for the opening games for Scotland and England at just $1,300 and $2,500 respectively. Why not bring the family?

@MMunny06 @RTRWLT @RaiderMark @keeper2481 Nobody is forcing any school to pay them. They do so all selectively because they want to win

@therealTM_1 @RTRWLT @RaiderMark @keeper2481 It absolutely fucking should. They're playing a fucking sport, not going to combat. 400,000/year personal training, medical, housing, food, ad agency, travel, and education is plenty of compensation. Treating these fucking 18 year old like they've done something.

Did Jason Williams honestly come to Gainesville thinking that Mia would get some kind of warm welcome? Seriously, she chased a bag to leave and go to Bag Drop University.

@RJDrummond1 @SeeingScarlet_ Why is NIL shit. People finally getting paid market value

@therealTM_1 @SeeingScarlet_ Nope NIL is shit because Tim Walton who recruits and coaches kids knows what he’s doing. Dudes been the head coach of the USA team multiple times and y’all got some oil money and buying a softball team and just now relevant and think you been good at softball for years!

"I told my team they needed to have my back this weekend....they always have my back I love them for life." Mia Williams following Texas Tech clinching a WCWS trip taking down her former team and No. 6 Florida in Gainesville.

@RTRWLT @RaiderMark @keeper2481 What regulations? NIL isnt going away and shouldnt.

@RaiderMark @keeper2481 Nobody was asking for how it is now. NIL doesn’t exist. It’s just pay for play. Regulations will be coming. Hopefully sooner than later.

@Major51Major @bryant_burleson @espn So what. Whonis getting hurt if they get paid, which is 100% legal?

@bryant_burleson @espn It's straight up buying a championship softball doesn't make enough money to justify what they spent. But rich people want to win.

Everyone: college athletes deserve to be paid… this is criminal Texas Tech: pays athletes @espn and everyone: non stop complaining and can’t believe Texas Tech is paying athletes..

@DCAalltheway @ClayTravis They always have.

@ClayTravis It's hilarious how every SEC fan now loves college softball lmfao

Monster upset here. I think women’s softball is the most fun watch in women’s college sports. Fun games, crazy swings.

@RJDrummond1 @SeeingScarlet_ Wait, u are mad at someone being paid market value?

@SeeingScarlet_ You’re part of the reason the NIL is so screwed up. Tim Walton stuck with ur ass batting below a .200 and after one decent year you leave for the money. Hope it’s worth not getting anything out of it but DRAMA!

@pchappell66 @TreyWallace You wait for the winner. Thats how it works

@TreyWallace If you watched the game, despite what ESPN said, Florida stood there waiting to shake hands while TT celebrated in front of their dugout. Florida just got tired of waiting.

That series was a full-blown WWE Texas Tech heads to WCWS, beating Florida Gators plunked former player Mia Williams' numerous times, tempers were 🔥🔥 Florida doesn’t shake hands.

@EODVOL @JosephJ_The_Man @TreyWallace What is the issue if they decide to spend on softball. Girls benefit from this, no?

Never said that, and that wasn't my point alone. Texas Tech was a fucking nobody in softball before last year, zero WCWS appearances ever. They went nuclear buying a championship with NIL: $2M on softball alone, including $1.05M + another seven-figure bag for Canady. Tech turned into straight degenerate spenders, spread five-figure deals across the roster, and straight-up poached All-American Mia Williams from Florida this year to keep the train rolling. NILs are shady deals kept hidden, but AI does pretty good at aggregating the data.

@MaxBretosSports Legit concern about the fields playing slow

Hearing Premier League announcers tell me how slow the World Cup games / fields will be this summer during a water break 😳 of a West Ham game. I have watched almost every Hammers match and fast is a word I have never used.

@TurkStevens @ColinSNewsday Because Americans gave it a new name that nobody else did. It has never been recognized as the French Open.

@therealTM_1 @ColinSNewsday Again, in America it's always been the French Open

Why is TNT insisting on calling this Roland Garros, instead of the French Open? Did I miss something? Is there some kind of rebranding or something going on I wasn’t aware of?

@radiofreebrowns @mtoncar @ESPNCleveland @joevardon This will be the best the Cavs will be for the next 5 yrs. They took a chance with Harden and it didn't happen. Now, have to deal with him declining for next 2 seasons

@mtoncar @ESPNCleveland @joevardon If we go that route, Mobley will be requesting a trade in 2 years. Also we don’t have our first round picks, so tanking doesn’t make sense. We are stuck trying to compete

The Cavs have no interest in a Mobley for Giannis trade, as of now, per @joevardon. Do you think they should consider it?

@TurkStevens @ColinSNewsday It has always been Roland Garros. Just because NBC and then ESPN labeled it as the French Open, doesnt mean everyone else has called it Roland Garros. Again, you must be new to tennis. The rest of the world never called it French Open

@therealTM_1 @ColinSNewsday No it hasn't, and I watched tennis from the 1970s through 2000 and it was the French Open

@ifeanyiomeje4 @AdamSchefter We are talking about a stadium, my man

@AdamSchefter The Bills tearing down the old stadium while the new one is already ready is the most Buffalo thing ever. An entire era of Ralph Wilson memories coming down brick by brick while the future is already built next door. This transition hits different for real Bills fans.

With Buffalo’s new Highmark Stadium on track to be ready for the upcoming season, the Bills have begun demolishing their old stadium, piece by piece, in a process that is likely to last into 2027.

@SnakeyFSU13 How is this hard to understand. US allowed Mexico to have a few matches

I'm still disgusted that the FIFA World Cup final is not going to be at the Azteca in Mexico City. Having it in goddamn Meadowlands Stadium is a disgrace.

@frenchjraff @michael54625373 Im all for pro/rel, but there is zero chance Napoli can ever be worth 10 B

@michael54625373 With promotion and relegation, there is no limit to what a team can achieve. In 5 years Napoli might be worth 10 billion euros. That's what makes pro rel better than closed leagues like US soccer because closed leagues limit how much teams can accomplish #ProRelForUSA

Americans are willing to pay 2 BILLION euros for Napoli, an Italian club competing with promotion and relegation. That money could be being invested here, in America, but we don't have promotion and relegation like the rest of the world #ProRelForUSA