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Futbol Frenzy Segment on Morning Joe?

by Miriti Murungi

Holy bejesus. I’ve seen it all.

I was watching Morning Joe this morning. Judge me on that if you will. I was kind of paying attention as Al Sharpton and Joe Scarborough talked Glenn Beck, Martin Luther King, and whether Sharpton will allow Beck to reclaim Martin Luther King’s dream. Sharpton basically concluded that Glenn Beck should have a different dream.

As the Sharpton segment finished, I heard someone reference a segment recapping the weekend’s football action after the break. Surely the reference was about the ol’ gridiron variety, so I paid no attention. (more…)

Media | Outside the Lines
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Culture

UEFA Champions League on Fox: The Emergence of the American Fan

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

Inter Milan and Bayern Munich square off in today’s UEFA Champions League final live on your local Fox station. The fact that the final will be shown on regular network television, on the people’s television, shows how far soccer has come in a relatively short period of time in the United States. (more…)

Culture | Supporters
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Player & League Development

The Diving Pandemic: This is Only the Beginning

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

Soccer players aren’t born diving. It’s not like Cristiano Ronaldo stepped out of his mother’s womb and tripped over the doctor’s leg, rolling around in agony until a referee awarded a free kick. At some point during the course of Cristiano Ronaldo’s career, something happened to him and the rest of his contemporaries that provided the right incentives to dive whenever presented with the opportunity. (more…)

Player & League Development | The Game
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Daily Banter – 4.14.2010

by The Chairman

It has been reported by The Sun that the Premier League plans to increase the amount of money paid out to clubs that get relegated to the Championship. A number of Football League clubs are outraged with the proposal because the parachute payments increase the financial capacity of relegated teams, thereby creating an unfair advantage in the battle for promotion to the top flight. (more…)

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The Game

Random Weekly Football Review: Around The World In 90 Minutes (4.4.2010)

by The Chairman

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Baseball Tops Football in Global Review of Sports Salaries

According to the Annual Review of Global Sports Salaries 2010 by the Sporting Intelligence, the New York Yankees are the highest paid team in all of sport. That’s surprising considering the global appeal of football around the globe. Only four football teams (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester United) were included in the top 30, with the first three clubs cracking the top ten. (more…)

The Game | Weekly Review
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Matches

Random Musings About The EPL (Feb. 27-28)

by The Chairman

With so much drama in the Premiership, I couldn’t resist pontificating on this weekend’s games. So here we go … (more…)

Matches | The Game
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Finance

Nightmare at Fratton Park: Searching for “Owner #5″”

by The Chairman

Fratton Park, Portsmouth, England

The unending saga of Portsmouth Football Club’s ownership merry-go-round has taken on a life of its own. The club has had a staggering four owners since the start of the 2009-10 Premiership season. Some clubs haven’t had that many owners in the past decade, let alone a year. Talk about poor financial management. The club’s finances are in such a poor state that it recently requested permission from the Premier League to sell players outside the January transfer window. (more…)

Finance | Outside the Lines
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Daily Banter – 2.20.2010

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

Title race in the EPL is on. Everton beat Manchester United 3-1 this morning with a pair of late goals. Everton is on fine form as of late. Since the arrival of U.S. international Landon Donovan, Everton is 5-1-1. I’m not saying that there’s a correlation, I’m just saying. It will be interesting to see if Donovan finds a way to extend his loan until the end of the season. Do you think he should stay?

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Finance

A Sustainable Way Forward

by The Chairman

Arsenal Manager, Arsene Wenger

It is no secret that Arsenal Football Club (AFC) is run under a self-sustainable business model. The club takes great pride in touting this fact, sometimes to the detriment of some of its own fans who want greater on field success in the form of silverware (AFC has gone five long, arduous years without a major trophy – cue the violin). According to Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, it is imperative that football teams live within their means, by which he means that clubs should only spend what they make. That is why a few years ago, after the club decided to build Emirates Stadium, Arsene embarked on an odyssey of sorts to revolutionize how the squad was constructed. (more…)

Finance | Outside the Lines
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Daily Banter – 11.4.2009

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

St James' Park

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Now this is perfection. Rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it. I’m looking forward to the day we get to see nutmegradio [dot] com [backslash] new stadium @ Exxon Mobil Refinery in the Delta Region Stadium.

You get the feeling that Newcastle wanted corporate sponsorship, but wanted to hold on to the history associated with St. James’ Park.

Newsflash: That’s @#^%@% stupid.

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