Soccer, Sports and Politics - Part Deux

On the contrary, there are two Christmas Islands - one is an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean and the other is part of the nation of Kiribati in the Pacific. The latter Christmas Island is known as Kiritimati in the local language - pronunciation hint: "ti" makes an "s"-like sound, so Kiritimati is pronounced more like Kirismas and Kiribati is more like Kiribas.

 

Hollis is also on an Island

 

I like our chances against Curaçao.

 

Was that when you were in a soccer match?

 

To bring it full circle, I think Harkes & Mrs Waldo rendezvoused in Curacao back in the day

 

Rendezvousing is not wise to be couplicating with someone else's hooha!

 

I think giving away big prizes is starting to trend

 

Why let superdave have all the fun doing it?

 

Only one of note!

Of course, it is more properly called Rapa Nui (Big Rapa) now, to distinguish it from Rapa Iti (Small Rapa; often just called Rapa) in the Austral Islands to the west. It is thought the name Rapa Nui was first used after the islanders were enslaved and forced to work in Peru where they met Rapa (Iti) islanders who had fallen to the same fate. They then adopted the name Rapa Nui for Easter Island. As to what it was called before European contact, well, no one knows for sure. Some say it didn't have a specific name. Other names suggested include Mata ki te Rangi (Eyes that look to the Sky; a probable reference to the statues) or Te Pito o te Henua (either the Navel of the World or the equivalent of "Land's End", the translations reference the isolation of the island and it being the last Polynesian settled island until you hit South America).

 

@Sounders78 what is the most current scholarship about how South America was settled? Polynesians, or American Indians crossing the Bering Strait and then dispersing across the hemisphere?

 

They can hang with Columbus Bishop Sycamore, but at least this school is real.

 

The timing is all wrong for Polynesians to be the original settlers of South America. Polynesia was settled in the last 3,000 years or so (with Tonga and Sāmoa being the first), but the eastern edge of Polynesia (Hawai'i, Marquesas Islands, Easter Island) only settled in the last 1,000 years. That said, there is evidence for contact with Polynesians, most likely with the Polynesians sailing to the Americas after they had settled the eastern edge of Polynesia.

South America was likely settled by people making their way south from North America. That said, it seems to be a relatively quick movement from north to south, given the dates for the early archaeological sites of Quebrada Jaguay in Peru and Monte Verde in Chile, both dating to a little over 12,000 years or so ago. The early sites in Peru are all coastal based, suggesting the first arrivals may have been by boat - so not necessarily crossing the Bering Land Bridge on foot, but maybe voyaging down the coast.

 

That must be where the Swiss got the reference to some of their coins...the Rappen [0ne-hundreth of a Swiss franc]. The Rap is Romansh!

 

You know what he's aften

 

That's funny. Iti and Nui and Mata ki te Rangi mean the same in bahasa indonesia.
For instance anak iti means toddler and anak nui big boy.

 

They're both in the Austronesian language family, so it isn't too unusual to find parallels like that.

 

Trinidad Chambliss quarterbacked Ole Miss this year. He wanted to play a 6th season of college football and sued. He lost the first round. He is appealing.

Part of his argument is that going pro will cost him millions of dollars.

I’ve been waiting for this…why can’t some young man whose skill set won’t translate to the pros just stay in college and play sports for a million a year until he retires in his mid 30s? Given how college sports operate at this specific moment, denying Armando Bacot a 15 year career playing hoops in Chapel Hill and making a million a year seems unfair and hypocritical. Plus he will be super employable when he finally retires, what with holding 5 different Master’s degrees. Win win win.

One thing I’m thinking about is, what must it be like to be just a normal guy at a smaller private school. Like, let’s take Dook. There are probably 50 males making 10s of thousands a year. How the hell does a normie compete with that? And what is it like for a woman who gets asked out by a student who can impress her by flying her to New York for a dinner and a Broadway show?

OK, Dook isn’t a great example because of the type of student it attracts nowadays. But you get the point. It’s really bad for the rest of the student body, for its social development.

 

Great to see this guy back in the starting 11.

 

Interesting. I didn't see Ole Miss at all this year (or much of anyone else), but he'd be the first Kiffin-tutored QB who didn't get to sign a contract, IIRC. If his concern is not making a team.

Because the NCAA gives like 6-7 years to complete eligibility once the player has begun. Chris Weinke the defensive lineman or middle distance runner- nobody wants to see that. It'd be unfair to folks just out of HS.