Eric Galvan @eg720

Former longtime journo. Now I just tweet about the Raiders & wrestling. Joined February 2013

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Eric Galvan @eg720

a day ago

@bordeauxyoutube taking on @EASPORTSCollege for the betterment of us all. #CFBPlayDontPay

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@OTD_in_WWE @KliqThisPodcast @RealKevinNash Bobby Heenan’s “Yeah, but whose side is he on?” has bugged me for a while now. Completely glossed over it as a high schooler watching this live. There was no reason to think Hogan would be on the side of The Outsiders. In retrospect, Heenan saying that feels like a giveaway.

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Eric Galvan @eg720

a day ago

@Allthehage @SimonMiller316 Yeah, I was surprised. Did not expected THAT.

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Eric Galvan @eg720

2 days ago

@SprtBookReviews And that doesn’t even cover having to pay extra for tournaments, travel, hotels, food, etc.

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Eric Galvan @eg720

2 days ago

@BenVolin Yeah, you should probably just delete this.

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Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta

2 days ago

In Germany, a talented 14-year-old earns his club money. In America, his parents pay the club $15,000 a year. That single inversion explains why "we will not" is the most accurate line ever written about US soccer. FIFA built a global system for this. Training compensation and solidarity payments send a cut of every transfer fee back to the clubs that developed the player, from age 12 onward. Develop one future pro and your academy gets paid for a decade. Barcelona's La Masia, Ajax, every Bundesliga academy runs on this logic. The kid is the asset. US Soccer refuses to enforce those rules. When Seattle's Crossfire Premier claimed its $60,000 share of DeAndre Yedlin's transfer to Tottenham, it got nothing. Claims on the Dempsey and Bradley transfers died partly because the federation couldn't even produce the youth training records. So American clubs earn zero dollars when a kid turns pro. They earn when a kid enrolls. Which makes the parent the customer, and the product is whatever keeps the parent writing checks: travel tournaments, hotel weekends, $500 showcase events, private training at $100 an hour. Elite pathways run $8,000 to $20,000 a year. A comparable academy spot in Italy costs about 120 euros. Follow the incentive one level deeper and it gets darker. A club dependent on fees can't cut its weakest paying players, so rosters optimize for retention over development. The scouting pool shrinks to families who can afford the cliff, which appears around age 11, exactly when development matters most. The country runs a talent filter sorted by household income instead of ability. Every four years someone proposes fixing this. The proposal always requires the people profiting from the $15,000 model to vote themselves out of business. They will not.

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3 days ago

“And every four years when the World Cup comes around, we will say that we’d dominate if we had a stronger youth program.” “And will we develop a stronger youth program?” “We will not.”

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Eric Galvan @eg720

2 days ago

@KennyKing_Jr Word.

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Eric Galvan @eg720

2 days ago

The United States is collectively done watching the World Cup.

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Eric Galvan @eg720

2 days ago

@TheMattCanada @nflrums You need to specialize in reality not antiquated perception.

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Eric Galvan @eg720

2 days ago

If/When the #USMNT loses, a lot of people in this country will stop caring about the World Cup.

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Eric Galvan @eg720

2 days ago

@VinnyBonsignore @49ers At what point is it on the team to decide whether or not a player’s behavior is more than just someone acting out? For as much as people want to talk about mental health and offering to help, actions like Brandon Aiyuk’s seem like more than just someone acting a fool.

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Eric Galvan @eg720

2 days ago

@JoeTipton @Rivals @umichbball @Balas_Wolverine @CSayf23 @WolverineCorner @umhoops @MaizenBrew @MaizeRageUM “…despite Dusty May's departure.” Get it. Totally get it. But, please stop.

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Eric Galvan @eg720

3 days ago

@uofmcoverage @JoeTipton I’m glad all these guys are staying, but this slow burn, daily “…despite Dusty May’s departure” is a lot.

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Eric Galvan @eg720

3 days ago

@Disambi64422791 @MoveTheSticks

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Eric Galvan @eg720

3 days ago

@MoveTheSticks Barely? How did you make it this long? Also, when that 2% check comes in the mail, you feel like such a baller.

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Eric Galvan @eg720

3 days ago

@KennyKing_Jr I’ve just never seen you selling tickets.

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Eric Galvan @eg720

3 days ago

@ChrisVannini It’s partly recency bias, partly the World Cup having games in the U.S. and those games being played at times people can watch live. If this exact World Cup was played overseas in Qatar or Russia, there would not be as much hype in the U.S. The USMNT playing well obviously helps.