re: Megan Rapinoe “It was uncomfortable kneeling, but that’s what it takes, progress is hard.”

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Kneeling has contributed nothing to "progress."

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Eh, if it shines a spotlight on any police brutality i'd say it is a little progress. they picked a stupid time to protest and alienated a lot of folks who otherwise would be on their side.

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multiple accusations

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He probably believed Kav was running an underground gang rape ring in high school also

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He probably believed Kav was running an underground gang rape ring in high school also

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nah... i don't... i think they were all doing stupid shite at a time in their lives where stupid shite is more or less supposed to happen... he wasn't a 50+ year old man doing the things he was accused of... he was in high school, fresh out of high school, whatever... and her story sounded more like an "everyone was really drunk, some more than others" type of thing, that went a little too far, but wasn't a predatory, pre-planned event...

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"We want equal pay to the men's team!"

"Women's soccer brings in less revenue than men's soccer, so lets make the World Cup about our little protest that'll make a large number of fans tune out that would've otherwise watched and/or bought merchandise"

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3rd time:

record sales of the USWNT’s home jersey. Nike chief executive Mark Parker reported the jersey “is now the number one soccer jersey, men’s or women’s, ever sold on Nike.com in one season.”

Overall, from fiscal 2016 to 2018, the women’s games generated about $900,000 more revenue than the men’s games. In the year following the 2015 World Cup win, women’s games generated $1.9 million more than the men’s games. And in recent years, the men’s revenue tally also includes the fees that opposing teams pay in order to play the United States.

The USSF points out that if this calculation is extended to fiscal 2015 — in order to include a men’s World Cup cycle — the men’s team brought in $10.8 million more for the federation. For the current World Cup cycle, the women’s team is likely to have higher revenue, since they won the championship while the men failed to qualify. (as in, no revenue)
Gross revenue — especially for games — isn’t everything. Matches are expensive to produce and players have to be paid, so games don’t always turn a profit for the federation. That said, in fiscal 2016 and 2017, the women’s team generated more cash than expenses, bringing in net revenue of $8 million and $1 million, respectively. The men’s team in fiscal 2015 and 2016 posted net revenue of $350,000 and $2.7 million, respectively.

Comparing each team’s expenses is a good exercise. The USMNT consistently had higher expenses (a line item that includes salaries and bonuses) until fiscal 2018. The USWNT did make more in bonuses and salary than the USMNT in fiscal 2018, according to our estimates, but it’s worth noting they also played almost double the number of games and won significantly more often.

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accused of

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She never will. She’s a professional athlete in the freest country on the planet.


And she gets played to play a game.

So hard.

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The thing didn’t happen. The woman is a bald-faced liar. Anyone with half a brain can see that

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i'm not gonna say "nothing" happened... but i will say i've been there where i'm around people who are drunk, do something stupid in a joking way or in a way that makes sense to them in that moment, only to have someone else take offense to it, after the fact...

i think a lot more was made of the interaction that what should have been, obviously...

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Where did the "without consent" part come from?

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Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.

if he isn't waiting for confirmation that she even wants to kiss, then you think he's waiting to do "anything"? c'mon man...

Because this is how it goes


Trump is the biggest bullshitter in the world.
Trump constantly lies
Grab her by the pussy
That's 100% true!!!!