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Post by rifle on Oct 9, 2021 10:53:28 GMT -5
Thanks for not stealing a writer’s work and copying it here in it’s entirety … (Even though he is a footballer). I loved this:
“To all the critics, I just want to say one thing. Thank you. Really, thank you all.”
- Jorginho
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Post by rifle on Oct 7, 2021 21:06:38 GMT -5
Honestly I think we might have a nice team this cycle.
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Post by rifle on Oct 7, 2021 16:03:04 GMT -5
And remember… if it’s “human nature” for spectators to yell out.. it’s likewise human nature for a ref to skew his/her judgment against the aggrieved spectator’s team for the rest of the game, tournament, season, eternity. Pick one. Character is revealed and Reputations are earned. Have empathy. Don’t be a Richard. Who’s Richard? I believe he sells mayochup
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Post by rifle on Oct 7, 2021 12:13:32 GMT -5
Every ref I have ever met admits they miss calls. Just not to parents on the sideline screaming at them! (FTR, if I miss less than 3 a game I think I have done a good job). There are definitely incompetent refs. Parents have a right to react to missed calls. But, it does no one any good to be jerks to each other, and it is far more often the parents escalating things than the ref. 100% this. Yes even at halftime and after the games the referees will talk to each other. The center may have constructive talk with the ARs on what they can do better, and vice versa. It is part of getting better an challenging yourself to be better at your job. We as referees just hope we don't miss a call or make a bad call that affects the game ultimately. I agree there are incompetent referees. I have worked with some that are just there for a paycheck (teenagers) and don't care about even being good at it. Those referees at least in my experience eventually get weeded out getting fewer and fewer games from the assignor till they quit or they have a come to Jesus meeting with the assignor and get better. I will also say I hear way more inaccurate complaints and yelling from parents about calls than I see mistakes a referee makes and that is even when I'm watching my own kid's game and not refereeing. I tend to be the person on my son's team parent wise that tells the parent, no that was the correct call, etc.... to calm them down. I will say I have gotten to the point that if I see contact that parents might think is a foul or the ball touch the hand but by the law of the game not truly be a handball I will usually yell out "play play" or put my hands out and kind of wave them just a little like an incomplete pass signal in football or if it hits a hand and I'm not going to call it. I will say "no no". It shows the crowd, coach, players that I saw what they saw but deemed it not to be a violation of rules. good post!
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Post by rifle on Oct 7, 2021 12:09:36 GMT -5
And remember… if it’s “human nature” for spectators to yell out.. it’s likewise human nature for a ref to skew his/her judgment against the aggrieved spectator’s team for the rest of the game, tournament, season, eternity. Pick one. Character is revealed and Reputations are earned. Have empathy. Don’t be a Richard.
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Post by rifle on Oct 7, 2021 12:07:00 GMT -5
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Post by rifle on Oct 7, 2021 7:37:41 GMT -5
I would bet that was killed by the coaches having to get involved. At mine it was killed b/c of lack of interest from the parents/board. Nobody wanted to be the “bad guy.” Apathy IS a lot easier.
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Post by rifle on Oct 6, 2021 20:58:09 GMT -5
Many years ago, a club that I was associated with had adult field marshals at every field for a year. It was their job to monitor the spectators’ behavior during matches. For the most part, just having them around and visible was enough to cut down on the parent issues. When a situation escalated beyond a conversation, the field marshals spoke with the team coach and asked them to settle down the parent. If that didn’t work and it was a parent of a child at the home club, that child was removed from the game until the parent was under control. If the parent did not get back under control, the child was suspended from playing until the parent met with the DOC. If the parent was from the opposing team, the punishment was up to that club. It was amazing, however, that when the home parents shut up, the visiting parents dialed it way back as well. Unfortunately, the program only lasted a year due to the lack of people willing to be a field marshal. And now the club is back to being one of those with the worst reputations for parent issues. Go figure. I would bet that was killed by the coaches having to get involved.
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Post by rifle on Oct 6, 2021 17:58:30 GMT -5
Clubs could take the lead on policing bad parent behavior. Why don’t they?
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Post by rifle on Oct 2, 2021 17:08:17 GMT -5
Alex Morgan bringing receipts.
And I predict this league is gonna fold too sadly.
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Post by rifle on Oct 2, 2021 16:56:20 GMT -5
Christie Pearce Rampone ?postpones her own induction
Stevie Cherundolo used his time to talk about athlete’s mental health.
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Post by rifle on Oct 1, 2021 18:12:50 GMT -5
rifleI enjoy your equivocation between rape and a person saying something in the past which is culturally "insensitive" now that may not have been at the time. You're right, those are the same. That seems a bit of a stretch. I just think people reap what they sow. Sometimes there are real consequences for failing to discern right from wrong.
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Post by rifle on Sept 30, 2021 18:09:03 GMT -5
I can sorta understand why the USWNT chose pay security… because as usual their league is imploding. Sadly.
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Post by rifle on Sept 30, 2021 11:32:10 GMT -5
But cancel culture is a bad thing.
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Post by rifle on Sept 29, 2021 16:54:33 GMT -5
I hate when posts get deleted. The peanut gallery is left wondering what happened. nothing was deleted by me -- i think it's all there, some name calling etc. I assumed there was another message above the one that talked about a HAT… figured it was self censored.
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Post by rifle on Sept 29, 2021 12:00:41 GMT -5
I hate when posts get deleted. The peanut gallery is left wondering what happened.
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Post by rifle on Sept 22, 2021 20:36:05 GMT -5
Appears the Coaching staff at ACs new club resigned four days after he signed
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Post by rifle on Sept 21, 2021 17:52:19 GMT -5
snipped about detroit in '94 and then when the world cup refused to do it for the women's world cup. from www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/sports/soccer/world-cup-has-precedent-of-installing-grass.htmlRogers said FIFA spent about $2 million on the Silverdome project in 1994 and didn’t blink an eye. These days, according to several turf grass experts, converting each artificial turf field to grass for next year’s Women’s World Cup would cost anywhere from $150,000 to $400,000 per field, depending on where the sod is harvested. In fact, it’s really not that big a job anymore. Steve Bush’s company, Bush Turf, needed less than 72 hours this month to lay grass over the artificial turf at Michigan Stadium for a friendly between Manchester United and Real Madrid. The sod arrived in Michigan in a refrigerated truck from a farm in New Jersey, and Bush covered the artificial turf with a landscape fabric before bringing in thickly cut sod and installing it. “You just unroll it onto the field,” he said. The promoter of the game footed the bill. But why pay anywhere from $150,000 to $250,000 to install grass for just one game — again, a preseason friendly — that will be over in 90 minutes? Because the men coming to play on it demanded it. I attended USA v Switzerland at the silverdome in 94. I remember they used palletized hexagons of turf that were approx a foot thick. The pallets fit together tightly and were heavy enough not to roll up like some other temporary turf installations. They filled any gaps with sand I think. Seems like a decent solution for MBS to copy unless the UV light gimmick actually works. MBS will be a lot nicer with air conditioning. Silverdome was HOT.
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Post by rifle on Sept 21, 2021 11:59:30 GMT -5
Pretty sure MLB pulled the baseball all star game.
Pretty sure if FIFA puts a WC in Qatar, FIFA won’t pull a game out of ATL over politics.
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Post by rifle on Sept 20, 2021 21:09:28 GMT -5
Only If driving/walking/riding while (fill in the blank) was a legal defense for liking/disliking USWNT soccer .. Just imagine the possibilities for equality when connecting socioeconomics to their PR coverage. Winning a World Cup often results in a lot of PR coverage.
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Post by rifle on Sept 20, 2021 19:04:53 GMT -5
Not looking for a debate but I'm actually interested in hearing your perspective if you think things like redlining, segregation of schools, racial discrimination in mortgage lending, disparity in criminal sentences, bias in policing, etc. are not systemic issues negatively affecting black people in this country? Obviously, I have my own opinion about this and it is very clear to me that these "systems" are impactful to that group of people but I am interested in the thoughts of a person where this is not the case in your mind. Why/how do you see these practices? Are they myths? Not impactful? Happened a long time ago and not relevant anymore? I do think all of those things existed and not even in the very distant past. I do think that 99% of that has been done away: 1) redlining - mortgage companies and banks fined and more regulation put on them 2) segregation - no true segregation has happened since the Supreme Court decision to desegregate. I found recently that it is the minorities that self segregate in schools now not whites. For instance an Atlanta Public Principal was in the news just recently segregating all their minorities into 2 classes while all the white people were in 3 other classes. A black parent actually complained about it, and the Principal's response was she was doing it for the child's own good so that he wouldn't be mad fun of and made to feel dumb. I'm like wow.... Really? 3) sentencing issues - I believe Trump's prison reform helped a lot of this, but it was only the first step. I think sentencing is better than it was previously due this, but I believe more needs to be done for there to be less prison time for non-violent offenders no matter what race especially on just simple drug possession crimes as I think they need treatment not jail. Now the people distributing and or transporting need to be put in jail just as long as they always have though. I think the prison issue is more a socio-economic issue not racial. That system is indeed made so that high paying lawyers win cases and if you don't have that money then you may get the short end of the stick. As I said though, I think that is across racial boundaries and is more of a socio-economic problem not racial. We also can't discount the fact that these people all did something illegal to begin with or they wouldn't be in the situation they are in. Personal responsibility still trumps all this. 4) Bias in policing - there are issues here but I still don't believe the vast majority of police in this country are out being biased toward minorities. I think there are some bad police and the good police need to police their own and get rid of the bad apples, but by far I still don't think it is systemic. Not every police shooting or altercation is racist. In fact 99.9% of them are not. People always forget 99.9% of the time when a shooting or altercation happens it was the suspect that escalated things by not listening and following the officer's directions. The road side is not the place to try to practice law. If you feel like you are getting a raw deal you will have your day in court to say your case. There are some FBI statistics that also shed light on the disproportionate amount of blacks stopped and/or arrested over other races. The majority of violent crimes committed in America are by people of the black race. Look up the stat I am correct on this. The black population is about 13% of America as well. So a disproportionate amount of blacks versus the rest of the population have to be committing violent crimes in this country based on the statistics alone. That would also meant that police are going to have more encounters with people of the black race, and statistically those interactions are indeed more likely to escalate. I know people will crap all over all of this, but I am a very logic and statistics driven person. The stats don't lie. People try to sugar coat them and blame other things or ignore the stats but they are true none-the-less. I agree at one point there were a lot of systems in place that not only held down minorities but also anyone that was poor or any race. I believe most if not all of those barriers have had light shown on them and are not holding motivated people back in any significant way anymore. I believe people are still bringing up these old barriers as an excuse to not be motivated to succeed on their own at this point. You may disagree but those are my thoughts. Appreciate the brain dump. One thing that was eye opening to me (white bread/corn fed Midwesterner who has lived in six different states) that I want to share related to practicing law on the side of the road. Notwithstanding the very real socioeconomic connection to a good legal defense.. Imagine being pulled over for driving while black. But calmly taking the ticket because it’s better to fight it in court. Then walking up to the courthouse… that is supposed to be the place where you will be treated fairly… and having to walk right past statues of civil war generals on your way into the courthouse. It’s not even a little bit subtle.
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Post by rifle on Sept 19, 2021 19:36:17 GMT -5
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Post by rifle on Sept 18, 2021 10:34:16 GMT -5
….I know this isnt really his recruiting class so will have to see where he is at in about 3 years. Wish him the best of luck. Agreed on the timeline. Recent years SC has played a lot of Route 1 soccer. Curious to see what they do with TA in charge.
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Post by rifle on Sept 18, 2021 8:22:59 GMT -5
I suspect it’ll take some time for TA to put his stamp on the team. Probably a lot more than he thinks because of the NCAA rules that lead to “track meet” tactics.
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Post by rifle on Sept 18, 2021 6:26:11 GMT -5
South Carolina is struggling right now. Man. They just lost 1-0 to Upstate. After losing to Presbyterian 2-1, coastal Carolina 4-1 and Clemson 5-0. Keep in mind Georgia state tied Clemson There is a reason many college prospects don't currently have SC on their top 40 list. Plus GSU has a much stronger program than folks give them credit for. Didn't they just build a really nice soccer specific complex in the heart of town - Is that a practice field - and they play matches at the old Turner Field/new GSU “stadium”? Because it appears to have no place for fans to sit.
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Post by rifle on Sept 17, 2021 17:13:04 GMT -5
09.18.2021 Schedule for local teams... U13/14/15/17/19KSA @ SSA (Sat) U13/14Atlanta United @ AFC Lightning (Sat) KSA @ Inter Atlanta (Sun) U15/17DC United @ Atlanta United (Sat) U16Atlanta United @ AFC Lightning (Sat) kinda cool that DCU youth teams arrive with the first team (or at least coincident)
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Post by rifle on Sept 17, 2021 17:12:13 GMT -5
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Post by rifle on Sept 16, 2021 16:51:36 GMT -5
Let me ask another question: Are you against social justice? Despite the fact that some people absolutely do amplify their own problems, a lot of people face undeniable hardships based only on their skin color, religion, lack of parents, their address, gender.. a lot of things. The unfair, unnecessary hardships are real even if you don’t want it to be discussed (or taught in school). I grew up telling jokes that I’m ashamed of today.. but I’m thankful that I lived and learned - basically “woke up” and grew out of [some of] my ignorance. I know a lot of people who could stand to do the same so I try to speak up sometimes. I pick my battles because I know some folks don’t want to hear it but some appreciate other perspectives. No I have no issues with people fighting for the same rights and privileges as all Americans should have. Are there bad people out there that try to hold people down? Sure, but ultimately it isn't some big system made to keep people down as the social justice warriors and as Critical Race Theory tries to teach. Those concepts are B.S. Punish the few people that can truly be shown they held down people and use legitimate evidence to prove it not cockamamie new theories that just shifts the blame for people's problems on someone else or some system. We also have to remember in these rights people fight for it needs to be rights or both ideological sides. Religious liberty is part of our constitution, but there are wokes that try to stifle religious liberty any time they can as a vendetta. To the wokes its their way or the highway. If you don't agree in every single thing they say, then you will be made to care or you will be cancelled. That is not a way to win arguments or hearts and minds. The wokes will figure that out eventually as they go further down the rabbit hole. I have always subscribed to the live and let live philosophy. Everything is not racist or racism. Everything isn't the system keeping you down (as I don't believe there is a big system to keep people down to begin with). Everyone doesn't need to keep inventing reasons to be mad at something, and people don't need to be cancelled every time a mistake is made or worse when no mistake or bad thing happens yet because of the "wokes" the person gets cancelled anyway. What this country has become due to PC BS that should have never been an issue to begin with is just crazy. It will backfire. Liberal minded folks always take it too far because there is no satisfaction with them because their beliefs are controlled by their emotions and not logic. The majority of the country will eventually reject this crap as the wokes keep going further and further down the rabbit hole with crazy ideas and theories. We have more in common than not.
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Post by rifle on Sept 16, 2021 12:01:02 GMT -5
I've heard this before, in other sports. An abusive coach is "not a good fit". How is an abusive coach a good fit for anyone? My child was not one of the victims but she still didn't like seeing other kids mentally & verbally abused by the coach. (This was not MC and not even soccer, just an example.) Everyone has their own opinion. My wife's cousin played for Bobby Knight and to this day holds him in high regards. Many don't. So saying someone who yells and screams at kids (which he shouldn't don't get me wrong) maybe a fit for their child is their opinion not mine. I like when guys like Knight get exposed for what they are.
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Post by rifle on Sept 16, 2021 11:56:35 GMT -5
Whatever "woke" topic dujour the crazy social justice warrior types are fighting for today. It changes day to day, and gets increasingly more crazy at every iteration and every topic. I saw some woke liberal teacher yesterday post a video that PBIS (good behavior standards in school such as sitting in your desk, keeping quiet, paying attention to the teacher, etc...) is now white supremacy as well. I can't make this stuff up either. Let me ask another question: Are you against social justice? Despite the fact that some people absolutely do amplify their own problems, a lot of people face undeniable hardships based only on their skin color, religion, lack of parents, their address, gender.. a lot of things. The unfair, unnecessary hardships are real even if you don’t want it to be discussed (or taught in school). I grew up telling jokes that I’m ashamed of today.. but I’m thankful that I lived and learned - basically “woke up” and grew out of [some of] my ignorance. I know a lot of people who could stand to do the same so I try to speak up sometimes. I pick my battles because I know some folks don’t want to hear it but some appreciate other perspectives.
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