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Panama is 36th in the world. The others you mention aren't even ranked. Apples to spaghetti.

This. And our two others that should have gotten the nod over Sargent are hurt.

Primary reason are athletes in the US are groomed into other sports. Soccer probably fifth or sixth on the list for becoming pros.

I don't understand how the third most populous country in the world can't find a striker that can actually score goals. It's sad we are reminiscing on the days of Jozy Altidore.

cool- then play offense. Go after under the table payments that are still happening. Go after Nike that pays AAU kids to go to duke- which is still not legal. If players sue Virginia Tech, fix the shit show the other way by playing offense. Go after all of the illegal shit, require players to read on grade level to get into your school. They have the power. VT can admit whomever they fucking like. It's been that way since the dawn of time.

And that would get them sued so fast, their collective heads would spin. That's what the antitrust exemption is for, to allow for that collusive behavior which, absent that exemption, would be against several labor laws. The ones that lawyers have been using successfully over the past two decades to unravel the rules behind college athletics.

This should probably be a separate thread, though.

But they're not going to do that without some form of collective bargaining. That's the balance to the antitrust exemption to prevent exploitation.

The only people that can fix this shitshow is university presidents. They still have the power. They can refuse to participate in inequitable situations. They can refuse to allocate millions to player salaries. They can meet and agree to limits on student transfers, etc. You can sue your company if you get fired, but you still don't own the company. The owner does, and he can hire lawyers too and he can find someone to replace you. University presidents are much more powerful than players, coaches, the NCAA, ESPN. They could end all of this- rather easily.

I honestly think if Scout nails it with their Harvester platform, where its a 4 stroke gas generator recharging the electric battery, it'll completely course correct where the technology should be right now. Battery technology just isn't where it needs to be in order for us to go completely electric, and the power grid is already showing cracks of not being able to handle the excess demand from everyone going EV. But, a gas generator just powering an electric engine and recharging batteries on the fly, potentially reducing the strain on the power grid as well as being able to still give you the quick 10 minute refuel we currently have while getting immediate torque and more range? Well, now that is something that would appeal to everyone. It would potentially be as big a development to the EV industry as the iPhone was to mobile devices, and its worth noting that Scout was formed with a partnership of VW and Rivian, so if that engine works, it'll be quickly adopted by a couple other major players in the EV space.

All congress has to do is provide the NCAA with an anti trust exemption. That's what the pro leagues have.

Yeah WV dealers are putting on a full court press to get the direct to consumer options shut down in all states. With that said, it only takes one state to allow it for Scout to make it work. Just set up a Scout office there and consumers will flock to it. You're only delaying the inevitable by fighting it like the dealers are.

And at the end of the day, the dealers are up in arms because they know they provide absolutely no benefit to the consumer, and only exist to set insane markup prices to gouge the consumer at the point of sale.

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