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To start, Im very anti-protest during the anthem but I dont see not -- SokurHoo83 07/10/2019 11:10AM One thing you can't have in America is a sign of individuality. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 07/10/2019 12:35PM Individuality is fine but theres a time to default to the team. WCs would -- SokurHoo83 07/11/2019 06:26AM I agree she shouldn’t be required to put her hand over her heart an sing. ** -- JMHoo 07/10/2019 12:10PM I'll defend Rapinoe a bit here, and I'll admit I was never a fan of hers -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 09:34AM I wonder if part of it is a protest of FIFA too -- WahooMatt05 07/10/2019 10:28AM That's a good point. I haven't heard her specifically mention that, but -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 10:53AM In no way would it diminish criticism of the US. -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 12:06PM You don't think bringing attention to LGBTQ issues in Russia and Qatar -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 12:12PM In my opinion the only people who would think that way don’t care anyways ** -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 12:16PM OK, but let's not imply that only applies to "homophobes". I suspect there -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 12:25PM Hence why she speaks out ** -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 12:59PM Oh absolutely. FIFA also controls World Cup payouts ** -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 10:53AM Payouts, which as a proportion to revenue in, go in higher rates for women. ** -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 10:55AM What are the revenue in numbers and how are the calculated? ** -- KCHoo 07/10/2019 11:14AM FIFA would have to pay out ~300% of World Cup revenue in order for the -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 11:02AM Source? They might have to pay a higher percentage of the total revenue, -- southdenverhoo 07/10/2019 11:41AM Just going on the article linked by JM below which has the revenue from -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 11:50AM And $30M paid out to teams from that $130M revenue. ** -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 12:15PM I'm just talking pay out vs revenue rate, not even equal pay. JMHoo linked -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 11:21AM A lot of the fifa World Cup sponsorship revenue is for collective rights -- KCHoo 07/10/2019 11:14AM I still can't believe Qatar is actually going to happen -- wahoo138 07/10/2019 10:48AM When has she complained about how others -- 00 Hoo 07/10/2019 10:25AM I recall a few comments but yes, for the most part she seems to accept -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 10:51AM I think he brought up slavery because she did. -- JMHoo 07/10/2019 10:01AM Yes, but that seems at most a trivial part of her criticism, and possibly -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 10:30AM With regard to your second paragraph, I think we're pretty darned good -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 09:55AM Agree completely. But IMO it's a bit absurd that someone can still be fired -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 10:22AM Real Murricans don't watch, let alone play, Commie Kickball. -- HowieT3 07/10/2019 09:22AM In all seriousness, one reason Men's side cant compete is -- TpkeHoo 07/10/2019 09:41AM Absolutely. A hugh factor. ** -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 10:36AM I don’t enjoy watching soccer at all really, but that trend is changing. -- WahooRQ 07/10/2019 10:17AM We've been saying the same things for years -- Capital City Hoo 07/10/2019 10:31AM Good points. Mainly noticing a decline in popularity of football and more -- WahooRQ 07/10/2019 11:21AM Yep, when I was in grade school during the Pele to the NY Cosmos -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 10:43AM Baseball? Not sure that’s any more popular than soccer. Half the majors -- WahooRQ 07/10/2019 11:14AM Certainly that is the trend, but we have some friends who are heavily into -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 11:27AM Certainly true with football and basketball. I see it less with baseball -- WahooRQ 07/10/2019 11:43AM I think you underestimate the athleticism of middle infielders -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 11:49AM The participation rate for a particular locality in football is rapidly ... -- HowieT3 07/10/2019 10:24AM I think that’s true, but the same is true for working/middle class areas -- WahooRQ 07/10/2019 10:35AM Exactly right. One example I cited on our Soccer board was Smoke Mizzell. -- HowieT3 07/10/2019 10:16AM In many it's The sport for the best athletes regardless of affluence. Hoops -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 10:44AM Is RDS a thing yet? -- Capital City Hoo 07/10/2019 09:19AM Sorry, an opinion piece from that site isn't worth my time. ** -- graycalhoo 07/10/2019 09:14AM Snowflake alert -- wahoo138 07/10/2019 09:03AM An open letter from a confused author, not America. -- Chuck Taylor 07/10/2019 08:34AM Bingo ** -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 10:04AM People are trying to torture her? -- HokieDan95 07/10/2019 09:15AM I too was struck by the number of words -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 09:00AM "Open letters" as a rule are stupid -- Stimp 07/10/2019 09:22AM Agree. I feel sort of the same way about Rapinoe. -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 09:57AM It's like half-protest half brand-management. ** -- hoodeyo 07/10/2019 12:05PM Glad I am not the only one who bailed on the article -- VaTechie 07/10/2019 09:08AM The next year every kid on our HS track team did it every time we placed in -- southdenverhoo 07/10/2019 09:17AM It is funny how I was only 6 years old when it happened -- VaTechie 07/10/2019 09:45AM Her antics created an aversion to watching the tournament for a significant -- Hoos Operator 07/10/2019 08:25AM Weren't TV ratings for this women’s World Cup at record levels. Did you see -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 10:10AM Can you please provide data to support your assertion? -- Capital City Hoo 07/10/2019 09:22AM This kind of thing is entirely emotional, i.e. not factual or even......... -- Chuck Taylor 07/10/2019 09:32AM Snowflakes ** -- hooshouse 07/10/2019 08:51AM Oh lawdy lawdy me, it's a enough to give you the vapors. -- Chuck Taylor 07/10/2019 08:47AM Nm** -- wahoo138 07/10/2019 09:04AM I must admit that I have little interest in women’s soccer. -- Hoos Operator 07/10/2019 08:51AM How many is "many"? I'd love to see you support the notion that any -- hoolstoptheheels 07/10/2019 08:38AM The number is more significant than you think. I know that several of my -- Hoos Operator 07/10/2019 08:48AM LMAO- didn't see this... rich, thanks HO. next time, maybe you should -- Capital City Hoo 07/10/2019 09:30AM Granted it is anecdotal but it is also factual. The reason they didn’t -- Hoos Operator 07/10/2019 09:54AM No it's not factual. How many people tuned in just because of the -- hoolstoptheheels 07/10/2019 10:12AM Thanks. That was excellent support for your argument. Very Trumpie: -- hoolstoptheheels 07/10/2019 09:04AM Meh, nothing else to watch this time of year for the non-offended sports -- Hoos Operator 07/10/2019 09:13AM Ok. I'm not arguing that point. Fact is the ratings were through the -- hoolstoptheheels 07/10/2019 09:24AM If you are labeling not watching as a boycott, then you’re wrong. A lot of -- Hoos Operator 07/10/2019 09:36AM Yep, even anecdotal evidence means less fannies in the seats and less -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 09:48AM Unless of course she attracted even MORE people to follow -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 10:20AM Make Snowflakes White Again ** -- WahooRQ 07/10/2019 08:27AM Racist ** -- Hoos Operator 07/10/2019 08:28AM Anti Semite! ** -- WahooRQ 07/10/2019 08:54AM Sharpton! ** -- Hoos Operator 07/10/2019 08:55AM Let her protest however she likes. It’s her right. I just don’t understand -- carolinawahoo 07/10/2019 08:11AM Who cares? Why so much concern over the politics of a 30-something -- hoolstoptheheels 07/10/2019 08:33AM I don’t care. I was simply pointing out the hypocrisy of the situation. -- carolinawahoo 07/10/2019 09:31AM This is such a lame argument. I quit. I'm going home. -- HoosWillWin 07/10/2019 08:29AM You should go and find exactly what she has said. -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 08:26AM You mean “Fuck Trump”? Yeah, not divisive at all. ** -- JMHoo 07/10/2019 10:24AM But she said it in a locker room so that’s OK, right? -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 10:52AM How many Hokies on Team USA? ** -- MasterRusty 07/10/2019 07:40AM Women's Soccer Team...I'm guessing Zero...on Team USA...a Million or more ** -- Tuckahokie 07/10/2019 07:57AM VT womens soccer got to the Elite 8, maybe they'll have a player soon ** -- hoodeyo 07/10/2019 1:02PM You didn’t build that? ** -- WahooRQ 07/10/2019 07:32AM Yes! I was just about to post that when I read that line: -- hoolstoptheheels 07/10/2019 08:24AM Touche. -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 07:56AM They got a good start with this tournament. Trick is to build on that. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 07/10/2019 09:05AM With what? The NWSL? -- Faz d. Hoo 07/10/2019 10:20AM That was one of my first thoughts when I read it ** -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 07:51AM She definitely strikes me as leaning into the whole "woke for the sake of -- CharlestonSC 07/10/2019 12:18AM He's a Knick, cut him some slack. Whatever talent he may have once had -- hoolstoptheheels 07/10/2019 08:59AM Sports media feels the need to be Woker too. -- MasterRusty 07/10/2019 07:25AM If she is trying to grow support for her sport, it may be wise to not -- Tuckahokie 07/10/2019 06:59AM I seriously doubt it's the kneeling that has had a meaningful impact on NFL -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 07:51AM I dunno' know Boca...this is anecdotal, but I know a good chunk of NFL -- Tuckahokie 07/10/2019 08:02AM Have you checked NASCAR’s numbers? -- hooshouse 07/10/2019 09:20AM NASCAR's decline is a direct result of the neutering of the sport's -- Tuckahokie 07/10/2019 09:48AM Have you seen the ratings for this last World Cup? ** -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 07:01AM Nope...I hope the ratings report is not 800 pages :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 07/10/2019 07:08AM I'm not really sure what she's protesting. I get that she doesn't -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 06:53AM She’s been doing that for a while -- WahooMatt05 07/10/2019 06:58AM Her kneeling on foreign soil as a representative of the U.S. probably -- Tuckahokie 07/10/2019 07:04AM When did she kneel on foreign soil? ** -- 00 Hoo 07/10/2019 10:19AM Apparently a lot of people are in a tizzy though. JMHoo and others, -- HoosWillWin 07/10/2019 06:48AM Just be sure to whine and pout when donnie et al uses it against you ** -- HokieDan95 07/10/2019 07:25AM I reserve the right to complain if he misrepresents the message, -- HoosWillWin 07/10/2019 08:20AM If your method of protest can so easily be turned against you... -- HokieDan95 07/10/2019 08:36AM Trump lies, and there -- HoosWillWin 07/10/2019 08:58AM So consumed with your bitterness you can't see straight ** -- HokieDan95 07/10/2019 09:02AM Ha! Think we found one of that subset. ** -- HoosWillWin 07/10/2019 09:03AM Bingo ** -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 07:02AM Serious question though. What progress does she want us to make? -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 06:55AM What she's protesting... -- 00 Hoo 07/10/2019 10:40AM The Soapbox IS my google at times. -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 10:50AM So it's not that you don't know what she's protesting, -- 00 Hoo 07/10/2019 11:36AM TBF the article you linked was rather dated. I just watched an interview -- Hoodafan 07/10/2019 12:21PM Yeah, I just picked one mostly at random (but going with -- 00 Hoo 07/10/2019 12:28PM Thank you for showing me how I could easily find out with google. -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 12:51PM Well it was both until the soapbox google informed me that -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 11:55AM Honestly haven't followed too closely, but one big thing was equal -- HoosWillWin 07/10/2019 06:58AM Pay equality for women -- Hooddihsm 07/10/2019 07:01AM The US women’s soccer team draws bigger crowds, -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 07:03AM And revenue is far less for the women than the men’s team. Look at college -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/10/2019 08:17AM And watch out, because when paying college athletes becomes a reality -- jackethoo 07/10/2019 1:16PM To me though, the question is whether the pay is proportional -- HoosWillWin 07/10/2019 08:24AM That’s a reasonable question and I agree the percentage should be equal. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/10/2019 08:27AM Right, but the pay of the World Cup players is a function of -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 07:28AM Correct, that’s a FIFA issue. But that’s not the extent of the disparity. -- 111Balz 07/10/2019 08:25AM I think the standard pay for simply -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 08:43AM Except the men have many more options to earn a sizable salary outside.... -- Generic 07/10/2019 09:02AM Yeah, but that's a different problem. If Megan wants to fix that, she -- BocaHoo91 07/10/2019 10:59AM That would be a pretty incredible marketing play. ** -- HoosWillWin 07/10/2019 09:02AM There’s a gap in bonuses -- Hooddihsm 07/10/2019 07:20AM Rich Lowry had a column with some numbers (link) -- JMHoo 07/10/2019 07:26AM
