Subscribe to Women Rule on Apple Podcasts here. | Subscribe via Stitcher here. As World Cup fever sweeps the country, soccer star Hope Solo is hoping to make some drastic changes in how the sport is played – and regulated – in the U.S.Story Continued Below “Soccer in America has become the rich white kid’s sport,” Solo, the former goalkeeper for the U.S. Women’s National Team, said on the latest episode of the Women Rule podcast. She ticked off a list of grievances against the U.S. Soccer Federation, the sport’s governing body, saying the costs it imposes to play in soccer clubs have “alienated” Latino, black and rural communities. From expensive coaching licenses to rising club fees, Solo maintained that barriers to participation have contributed to a lack of talent at the highest levels of the game. “U.S. Soccer should be helping coaches get their licenses, should be helping youth players play on different clubs,” she … [Read more...] about Hope Solo: ‘Soccer in America is just a mess right now’
Football playing right now
How to Give Prospects a Reason to Respond ‘Right Now!’
Follow the second rule of direct marketing to inspire immediate responses from your target market. Dan S. Kennedy Published 10:45 am, Tuesday, June 5, 2018 Photo: MangoStar_Studio | Getty Images Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Photo: MangoStar_Studio | Getty Images How to Give Prospects a Reason to Respond 'Right Now!' 1 / 1 Back to Gallery The following excerpt is from Dan S. Kennedy’s book No B.S. Direct Marketing. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | IndieBound Hesitation and procrastination are among the most common of all human behaviors. If you’re a mail-order catalog shopper, you have -- more than once -- browsed, folded down corners of pages from which you intended to buy items, set the catalogs aside, and never placed the orders. This happens with every marketing … [Read more...] about How to Give Prospects a Reason to Respond ‘Right Now!’
Change Is Inevitable. Here’s How to Start Preparing Right Now.
Four important words: Work your next job. Jason Feifer Published 8:00 am, Tuesday, May 29, 2018 Photo: Nigel Parry Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Photo: Nigel Parry Change Is Inevitable. Here's How to Start Preparing Right Now. 1 / 1 Back to Gallery One night this past April, Martellus and Michael Bennett were texting each other. If you follow the NFL, you know these brothers: They’re big and tough, with Super Bowl rings to prove it. But Martellus also spent the past few years making comic books and other entertainment for kids, and he recently retired to pursue that work full-time. Michael is still in the NFL, but he knows it won’t last forever. So over texts, Martellus was giving his brother advice on how to build a bridge out. Related: 7 Ways To Grow Your … [Read more...] about Change Is Inevitable. Here’s How to Start Preparing Right Now.
Proposed Illinois ban on youth tackle football dead for now
John O'connor, Ap Political Writer Updated 4:52 pm, Wednesday, April 18, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-3', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 3', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Rich Saal, AP Image 1of/3 CaptionClose Image 1 of 3 FILE - In this March 1, 2018, file photo, Chris Borland, a former NFL linebacker and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year for the University of Wisconsin, testifies before a Illinois House Mental Health Committee hearing in Springfield, Ill., on House Bill 4341, which would ban tackle football for kids under 12 years of age. Borland was illustrating how repetitive sub-concussive hits that begin when children play impact sports can be as dangerous as a single hit that results in a concussion. Democratic state Rep. Carol … [Read more...] about Proposed Illinois ban on youth tackle football dead for now
RANKED: The 23 best footballers in the world right now
CIES Football Observatory, one of the leading sports think tanks in Europe, has published its list of the best players on the planet. The Switzerland-based institute analysed performance data over the last three months from Europe’s “big five” football leagues – England’s Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, Italy’s Serie A, Germany’s Bundesliga, and France’s Ligue 1. Football Observatory’s methodology considered the performance of players in six different areas of the game – rigour, recovery, distribution, take on, chance creation, and shooting – in order to produce an overall score. Team results were also studied so a player would benefit from victories but would be punished for losses, regardless of his own individual performance. Here are the best performing 23 footballers on the planet, according to CIES scores, ranked in ascending order. 18: 22-year-old Marseille midfielder André-Frank Zambo is an expert … [Read more...] about RANKED: The 23 best footballers in the world right now