Oh he knows it: Apparently Trin earning 2% of the going rate for an expansion NWSL team over her new deal is the "Suez Crisis" which laid bare to the UK that they weren't a superpower post WWII.

Because that's how that went down in Egypt.

Still trying to square "Eurorich" football with "crowds of 800" in the same column.

"Organic growth" ignores the fact that pro women's soccer didn't happen by spontaneous generation; a lot of people with a lot more money got together and made it happen... if they want to spend more on players? Good

The universe is vast but nothing in it is more fragile than the untempered male ego.

Nothing.

The fact that basically everyone is going to say "no, of course not, that's absurd" just screams that that's not what's going on here and the difference between this & gambling is who the regulator is

Team's own games is 1 thing but isn't the idea of pred markets that there's value by letting someone w/insight- better model, w/e – get contracts so interested parties can have improved accuracy?

So wouldn't you *want* the ppl who know the game best – y'know, players, coaches, etc. - in the mkt?

This is the dumbest thing: Begs Q of if teams/ppl involved Sports gambling for those in the sport is clearly wrong and illegal. But "predictions?"

Is this some extension of insider trading? A trainer can't "predict" b/c they've got material nonpublic information? It all seems absurd.

Almost like the project was financed for something other than belief about how it'd do at the box office....

Seriously, though: On top of Arman's MLS knowledge, dude has 2 econ degrees. I took like 2 macro classes.

Add that to his deep knowledge MLS and the cap.... if you're a true sicko, his (free!) substack is a must footyanalyticmusings.substack.com

And Bamba gets the Fire off to a 1-0 lead off of service from Gutman

This ties into something I thought: don't base front office hires based on Football Manager.

But if you don't ask to see someone's FM save before hiring them into a role....
Are you really doing your due diligence?

Honestly don't see that harm in trying

Congrats! Can't wait to see a lot more of your bylines at The Guardian!

Big. J. Journalism.