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I think why Europe is and always will be better than the US is due to kids in the US want to play other and/or more exciting sports. We are super diluted whereas Europe basically has soccer, rugby, and cricket.
I ran some numbers and found:
Roughly 90% of kids in Europe play organized soccer.
Google says 5-10% of kids play organized rugby, and 7% play cricket.
There are 21.5 million youths registered in some sort of soccer in Europe
Where was only 7% of kids play soccer in USA = 3 million.
Kids see pro athletes and would rather griddy on fools after scoring a touchdown or bat flip after hitting a homer vs play soccer. (IMO)
I feel like the world is catching up to the US women, however, I believe a large part of why the US women were so dominant in decades past is because much of the world did not even have girl's/women's programs, college programs, and/or even allow women to play sports at all.
What do we call guys now in their 5th year? Once upon a time that dude would be referred to as a redshirt senior. But now do we just call him a 5th year senior? Supersenior? Whatever happened to tradition?! /s
Is there a rule in Mormonism that states the mission has to be done by a certain age? If a kid has a chance of playing D1 ball at any college really, they should go get their ball playing done, hopefully make some pocket change, and then go on their mission, and then continue on to the next chapter of their life.
I forget the numbers but 5* is first round expectations and the hit rate is really high if you accout for injuries.
4* was at like 33% NFL hit rate.
3* is even lower because there are so many 3* recruits, but there are more 3* recuits in the NFL than 4* because of the sheer number of them.
EDIT: I wasnt clear on what numbers I forgot, it was the hit rate, not the number if 5*
I saw this question posed elsewhere and I'll ask here. Most of this is based on the men. The US women's team is generally one of the best (others catching up).
Why?
Girls programs here are similar to boys. Is it just that there's no football (softball and basketball take a lot though)? Are the girls youth programs in Europe vastly different than the boys?
Genuine question, I don't know the answer.
oooooh C2S software, that sounds stable and boring ( I architect ground systems for satellite constellations)
Do you follow the industry much and if so how do you see things going with all the VC backed players that have just popped up in the last 3-5 years like Quindar, Turion, True Anomaly? And how would you compare that with things like OpenC3?
Also do you develop for operations only or does the C2 software get used in spacecraft I&T prior to launch?
just had a bad thought while i was weedeating. this would take some coordination, planning and volunteerism, but what about organizing/having a TKP memorial golf tournament?
I didn't know Chris personally or even met him, but just what I know of him on here, he was an avid rabid Hokie fan. Maybe proceeds could go to setting up a scholarship fund in his name???
On the way back from the nebraska game my friend and I were sitting in Ohare waiting for our connection and some guy asked why would we go to Nebraska. We were like because it's Nebraska! At the time they and Miami were the only 3 time champions in my lifetime and I had been to miami.
Your responses are epic, thank you
When we lived in Murrells Inlet the nearest Acura dealer was in Charleston so had to take my wife's car down for service. Always made sure to schedule a loaner and get out to lunch down there.
I agree. Greene was a high-3* recruit and White was unrated, so if either can make it to the NFL they will have done well for themselves.
I think the definition of a 4-star player by 247 is they are projected to be either a day 2 or 3 draft pick or a high-priority free agent signing at worst, so yeah NFL ambitions are definitely warranted by 4* recruits.
I believe they actually made Ron Swansons character based off of my life
Ryan Burton and Bo Bassett with easy 10-0 TF to advance too the finals
As a public servant, I'm curious which Parks and Rec character you most identify with?
Honest-to-God - and agnostic of who is playing - watching a CFB game at Nebraska is the sports venue I would most like to personally experience. Have heard great things from the VT people who went there and the few people I've met who went there were pretty impressive. The sea of red looks good to. If you said I could pick a venue and see a game with any random team playing, I'd take a September or October game there before it starts getting too cold.
Ayden Green and Jacquez White are the two to have an eye on IMO. Both have NFL potential but haven't put together an NFL season yet. If they are like 5/6/7th round good, then we may be able to keep them around an extra year.
But also, I'm not sure that's good for us. I still think most 4-star and up players come to school with (somewhat) realistic ambitions of reaching the NFL. More draft picks is still better for recruiting high school and the portal.
so who here is rooting for Morocco over France this afternoon?
Yes, there is an exceptions list for official religious missions, active duty military service, and pregnancy under the new rule.
I hate the idea of BLTs as a sandwich.
I've often said it's a sandwich made entirely of toppings
the start of the academic year immediately following the athlete's 19th birthday, if born before Sept 1st
I believe religious missions and military service can delay the 'immediately' part.
Edit: drinking
Is there an exception for things like BYU players doing mission work?
So as far as the industry I'm definitely still getting my feet wet especially with the history (I've only been here for a year) and there's a large gap between what goes on in the commercial side and then what goes on in the government side.
I called my work C2 but I work on two projects neither of which are C2 its just the closest parallel I can draw for government/IP reasons. If you're familiar with the Joint Antenna Marketplace the underlying software of that is part of what my company made, this is the kinda boring one I work on the other is less boring. Both projects are operations only.