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9 Dec, 14 tweets, 4 min read
Hey Kanawha County. Explosion at the Chemours Plant.

Shelter in place up within two miles of Belle.

Please be careful everyone!
This is crazy looking.
Tremendous debris in the area from the explosion... Rt 60 is shut down.

Damn, this is scarey.
For those of you who don't know the area....

So the shelter in place is from the west end of Marmet to the Cheylan Bridge.
They just shut down Riverside HS, Dupont MS, East Bank MS, all feeder elementary schools in the area along with Carver for tomorrow.
Steel from the explosion landed all the way in Chesapeake on the other side of the river.

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9 Dec
This is a common question... one that needs an answer specifically designed for the US's geography.

IMO this is the best way to handle it.

#ProRelForUSA
Each of the 4 regional conferences mimic what we roughly think of as college conference sized geographic footprints.

They guarantee representation for the entire country.

They qualify teams for the "champions league style" Super League that is a national competition
This now gives us best vs best from each region running concurrently with the regional conferences

Lots of regional rivalries... something to compete for... the ability for the largest cities in the US to host multiple big clubs without it blowing up the system for everyone else
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4 Jul
Financially MLS teams have zero incentive to run good academies.

They can acquire young players without having to pay compensation to the developing club, they have a draft, American MLS players are severely contractually restricted, and there is no punishment for being bad.
Developing good young players in house is a positive in top leagues where salaries are high because the players are less expensive.

MLS teams pay American players low salaries and they do not have transfer fees attached to them...
Why spend big money developing players when comparable players with the same salary costs are available with zero transfer free on the player marketplace?

If you arent super confident that you can make money selling pre-Academy slots to parents to turn a profit on the system...
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23 Sep 19
The term "recreational" soccer was created by people who didnt want the sport to be as competitive as the traditional American sports.

It was intentional.

"Travel" soccer was created by those who wanted to take it serious.

It was coopted by those who saw they could $ off it
Every level of soccer governance has failed when it comes to the children who play the game in this nation.

"Rec soccer" is used as a pejorative nationally.

Basically every single player starts in some sort of "rec" program.

If you take "rec" too serious you are ostracized
"Why dont you go play club?"
"This isnt what rec is for!"
"Why are you so serious?"

Well... the kids deserve the best that we can offer them no matter who they play for first and foremost.

That is a fact.
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