Back to actual football chat... This is actually a point that I have been trying to make for a while. When people say "Sports are a business" I don't disagree. Of course it is. But the imediatte bottom line can't be the only thing they focus on, or else they risk blowing up the whole business model. Here's the trick, most sports watching is actually kind of crap, with a chance of actually ending the experience disappointed or even angry. If movies were as bad as sports we'd never go. Yet we still do because of that connection that sense of community. Sports clubs toy with that at their peril. Basically they want to be allowed to act like any capitalist business while asking us to treat them like a civic institution. If that's the ledge you are going to try and walk it's pretty stupid and ARROGANT to then shine a bright light on that.
Two normal bottles of beer poured into a cup. They're actually called doble (double) for that reason. Also a question, how many pounds are in one "stone"?
Almost 34 fluid ounces in a liter. So 24 ounces is 0.7 liters. Which works out to a little bigger than a British pint. Americans should remember that British pints are bigger than American ones. Cups as a measurement are mostly used in cooking. They are standardized as 8 fluid ounces or 236 ml.
A British pint is 20 fluid ounces, so 24 ounces is 1.2 pints. An American pint is 16 ounces but some bars sell 20 ounce pints. As American craft beers tend to be stronger than your local UK bitter (5-8% vs. 3-5%), I'll take the 16 ounces.
The Galaxy have some of the steepest beer prices I've seen anywhere. Sac Republic is good if you get there early. Until 30 minutes before kickoff it's $6 for a 16oz craft beer. Then it jumps to $7 for 12oz or $12 for 20oz. For some reason they stop selling 16oz beers and start selling the other sizes at that time.
I've tried a few US IPAs, and they seem to be on a ridiculous quest to make them as hoppy as possible. I had one in Santa Monica that was almost like drinking a hops smoothie, and was completely undrinkable. The USA is the only place where I've been asked if I wanted a small or a large pint. Some places do have ridiculously cheap happy hours though. I stopped off in one place in San Francisco, and it was $2 for a pint of Guinness. I bought a beer at the Staples Center, and it was actually decent value going purely by the size of the beer. Unfortunately I didn't check the brand, and it was only when it was handed over that I realised I'd ordered a Bud Light. It tasted like a beer made by scientists on a challenge to make a beer using purely artificial ingredients.
Not law .... it's just more of a "we have Shiner and Ziegenbock wtf are you drinking bud light/et al for? wtf is wrong with you?" kind of vibe. I get folks have differing taste preferences and pallets .... but the amount plenty of folks pay for truly, shit beer when the likes of Shiner/Ziegenbock are available is just astounding to me. 24oz = 710ml and uh, 90% of IPAs are the drizzling shits
The confusion for those not familiar with it is saying "ounces" rather than "fluid ounces". One is a measure of weight, the other a measure of volume.
I think you need to add the 11,000+ posts from the previous and since locked thread for the true number.
Looks like the Glazers' Super League shenanigans have made them even more popular: "Manchester United v Liverpool game postponed after fan protest" https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56960091 https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...united-liverpool-in-doubt-live-premier-league
The Spanish league is introducing a new 40 team pro third tier starting next season, the Primera División RFEF. Most of the teams promoted to the second division this season will immediately be relegated back to the third tier along with 4 teams from the Segunda. Teams finishing near the bottom of Segunda B will be relegated to the fourth tier Segunda División RFEF. Primera División RFEF cubs will be licensed and will have to meet minimum financial and infrastructural criteria, including capacity and floodlight power.
Is the essence of BLM looting? Well, ok, the Trumpistas believe that but I know you're not one of them.
Seriously, though, English storming if nothing else is more chill than over here. One dude lost his shoe and the steward made sure to get it back to him.
This thread hasn't been the same since the NASL sued to end the possibility of pro/rel and then promptly imploded.
Just a reminder for those who want to learn why Manchester United supporters feel the way we do - about vandalism inside Old Trafford... these past 16 years. pic.twitter.com/n2LnPI2S9a— Barney @Red News (@barneyrednews) May 2, 2021
So they are mad about money?? I mean, I get it. It's been awhile since ManU has won the EPL or champions league. Where was the outrage during the glory years? The debt hasn't prevented ManU from spending absurd amounts of money on transfers. The money hasn't been spent wisely since Sir Alex retired, however, that's a different matter. I get it. The supporters and their families have been following and supporting ManU for a 100+ years, over multiple generations. It's the community's club. It sucks. The Green and Gold protest at matches. If they don't continue to buy their season seats, someone else will. The supporters who went and founded FC United of Manchester, mad respect. They put their money where their mouth is and took a stand. So, IF the Glazers decide to sell...it most likely is not going to be to the Man United Supporters Trust. So, it will be to someone else. Who most likely will take a loan out to purchase the club. The Uber rich didn't get and stay rich by paying out large sums of their own cash reserves (unless it's middle eastern oil money). So at the end of the day, IF the Glazers sell, sure ManU and their supporters won't have the Dirty American owners in charge anymore. They'll just have a different owner that they will end up being pissed off at in short order. Sure a potential new owner will say all of the right things in public, but behind the boardroom doors, they'll be running the club like the multi-billion dollar business it is.