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1A. Mother Deutschland
1B. US
This might be TMI, but I was conceived in Germany, so it's a running joke in my family, that my support for them has premise 😂🇩🇪
to be clear, I don't hate THE French*. I hate FRANCE (Les Bleus) the soccer team. I've also been to France a couple times. My uncle used to own a cottage somewhere in the south of France.
*I do hate Parisians, though.
I've been to France a few times and if I won the lottery that's where I'll be.
French people are an acquired taste, I get it :)
I hate France. But Zinedine Zidane and Thierry Henry are two fantastic players who were a ton of fun to watch and hard to root against.
I get the hate of England, particularly as you're Irish. I won't hold that against you ;P
USA - go Stars and Stripes
Belgium - born there while U.S. Army dad stationed there
Croatia - mom's side of family from there & killer kit
Germany - dad's side of family from there & lived there for 3 years while U.S. Army dad stationed there
USMNT first.
After that I root for France. I'm Irish so there's no way I can ever root for England, plus the first world cup I ever really watched was in 1998 and I was enthralled with Les Blues.
no hard feelings. I get it, England is easily hate-able. I also like Netherlands. I forgot to mention it, explicitly, but I also hate Mexico. I group them in with "south America" but they're not technically south American so wanted to clarify
At this point, Morocco. Shock the world. Again.
I'm generally rooting for upsets and anyone playing France, Spain, and England (sorry). I'm also pulling for Netherlands and Germany
Pre-revolutionary war my family were primarily German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania. Our claim to fame would be we were the family kicked out for George Washington at Valley Forge. So I guess Germany after the US?
What are everyone's rooting interests in this tournament?
US, obviously. But what other teams do people support?
Personally, I'm a fan of England (as a British citizen whose family hails from southern England) and I also like most of the African sides (not South Africa) and some of the smaller European sides (Croatia, Czechia, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Scotland). I tend to root for underdogs (unless it's against US or England). I generally hate most of the south American sides, France, Spain, and Portugal. I shouldn't like Germany, but I just do. I've always liked their style. (On that note, I hate Italy - glad they're not in it - mostly because of their style)
Wow.
I'm expecting VT linebacker play to improve, as the level of talent increases.
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# | FSU softball losing two of their best players means ACC softball will be wide open next season. That's a real shame. I would be excited if I thought our team would capitalize when it counts. They seem to disappear when the postseason arrives and can't seem to win a crucial elimination game. A whole lot of fun during the regular season though.
Ahhh, I turned it on a few minutes late and missed his "first".
England finally has elite tactics under Tuchel. For the first time in, well, a really long time. And he's balanced the roster well too, unlike previous tournaments where management just tries to get the biggest stars all on the field at the same time. He went for profiles and balance over star-power. I appreciate that. They looked very tactically sound both defensively and in attack. Croatia is a good squad too. I think Croatia will make a nice little run in the tournament. England have to be one of the top 3 or 4 teams in it at this point.
Ah, giddy up. Guess that means he has to make a an adult decision quickly. Although give his track record, it's up in the air.
Not really - he has to finalize his decision by June 22nd (source)
I don't care to admit England has a deep roster this World Cup. Guys on their bench would be starting for most other teams.
I really, really hope his career is over. Gambling on your own team is over the line for me.
I tend to agree. But NIL "issues" carry far more $$$ than getting fired from a blue collar job for what may or may not be just cause. I think the amount of money and the lack of clear "job duties" make it ripe for litigation.
I also think we're at the high tide of money being thrown and things will settle down over the next few years. There's no way fans, even rich ones, want to take $5M and give it to a kid with a gambling problem that never plays a down. Unless the wild transferring and lack of tangible results tied to compensation changes, I think the wallets are going to start closing up a bit.
The draft will be mid-July, so about a month away. This gives him ample time to test the temp of teams interested (or not) and to drop the suit. And I'm sure he has a worst-case scenario of the UFL or CFL. He's already pocketed the $5mil, so that will tide him over.
Agreed. But to be fair, a few lawsuits here and there aren't really out of line. Everyday people bring lawsuits for employment issues outside of the NCAA. The ones involving NIL just get more ink and hype because it's a new thing. I'd guess the percentages of NIL issues in litigation are in line with the rest of society. All this did was give the lawyers a new pool to swim in.
He has to drop the lawsuit in order to enter the NFL supplementary draft. You can only enter the supplementary draft if you are in poor standing with the NCAA or otherwise ineligible.
Because of the injunction, sources be was eligible, so now he has to withdraw the lawsuit and become ineligible again
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Next to being mostly Irish I'm also Italian. It would make sense for me to root for them but god I hate the way they play.
Which is ironic given that I've been rooting for Virginia Tech Football for 30 years