So, ARG have qualified, yet still bringing in Old Man Messi for June matches.
Inter Miami might want him to rest or practice at home instead of flying, practicing, playing, and flying back, and then play in the CWC.
Not that I think Inter Miami will advance, playing against the second-best team in Brazil and (currently) the third-best team in Portugal.
I can’t tell if this is a warning or if he wants a bunch of breaks in the action in soccer:
Maybe the rest of the word is not attention-deprived as the US and their sports businesses attempts to exploit it.
“You don’t go to a basketball game [NBA] just to watch a basketball game,” he said.
"There’s a show. There’s a break, people come out dancing. Then there’s another break, fans come out shooting hoops. Before the game, someone really famous sings the national anthem.
"They make it worth your while to go. If you take that as a reference, it’s good for Brazil. In soccer, you have a 90-minute game and there’s nothing during halftime. Everyone goes to the stadium gates to hang out. Why not inside the stadium? Do something different?
“Entertainment can be used in many ways. And without detracting from everyone’s focus.”
Well, if the sports were more exciting, there wouldn’t be any need for all the bullshit during the breaks.
My wife and I have tickets to a Hartford Yard Goats (AA affiliate of the Colorado Rockies) game this week.
Like almost all AA-and-lower minor league baseball games, you don’t go for the baseball. You go for the concessions, promotions, people-watching, etc.
(I picked this particular game because it’s one of the “alternate identities” nights this season. The Yard Goats will be rebranded as the “Thunder Chickens” for the night, and I was vastly amused by the logo.
We also have tickets for the night they’ll be playing as the “Leaf Peepers” – the branding isn’t as fun, but the symmetry appealed to me.)
LWTwJO is doing a bit on Minor Leagues, offering a night of changed identity, no questions asked, no requests listened to, to any Minor League team.
I think they picked Erie.
I was disappointed that he didn’t pick the Yard Goats. After all, he is already familiar with Connecticut.
All the reasons I DON’T go to basketball games.
What I like least is cranking up the music so loud that you can’t talk to the person beside you.
The last thing the team wants is fans talking about how shitty the team is playing (if/when that happens).
More teams have qualified. USMNT odds drop even more.
