Ronaldinho Facing 6 Months in Prison Over Fake Passport Use — 90min
This story cracks me up, been following it for a while now.....he must not be the sharpest tool in the shed.
USSF ends academy; MLS announces youth league
Looks like the US is using the Coronavirus as an excuse to end their current Development Academy structure when the real reason seems to be lack of leadership and poor decision making.
My high school and Club soccer days were 2007-2011, when the development academies were just starting. Seemed (at that time) that only the players with parents that had money could be a part of this program due to the training and high amount of travel costs. The academies had solid players, but they didn't necessarily have the best players. Cost is always going to be an issue down the line so hopefully they can find ways to even the playing field for those less fortunate
Judge rules against US women's soccer team in equal pay case
Interesting dilemma.
It seems the men's team makes more due to a risk-based system that relies on bonuses, and the women would not have made as much under the same system. So they rejected the men's system and were seeking more guaranteed pay and benefits, which resulted in lower pay. Now they want the same pay but with the safety of the guarantees.
I'm not sure about this now. The question then is why would the men make more under the same system? Is it pure market forces, some function of scheduling, or something discriminatory?
Whatever the answer there it's still no contest which team is more successful or entertaining.
I'm not sure about this now.
Now? This information has been out there from the beginning for those who cared to find it. Sure the agenda based media had no interest in reporting it but it has always been there. Now the media just has to report it.
And when it comes time to sign a new CBA I still can’t see the WNT signing a similar deal to the one the MNT has because the economics of the professional games are so incredibly different. And those dramatic differences are the core reason the two World Cups, where basically all of FIFA’s money comes from and thus a decent chunk of all national organizations’ funding, have such different economic realities.
Debated not posting this. Pure madness. Not the thing I should have read over breakfast.
Turkish Soccer Player Admits to Killing His 5-year-old Son: Report