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I have to agree with John here. I mean, it's a shame that United held a gun to Ronaldo's head and forced him to sign that contract agreement. If they just hadn't done that.... Anyways, give me a break. Players would NEVER accept being on one-year contracts only. If you asked the PFA about it they'd laugh at you for about half an hour. It gives the teams way more leverage on them than they have right now. Plus having long-term contracts tends to work in favor of the players than it does in favor of the teams. Think Kewell is happy that he had several years of high salary that his play on the field didn't dictate?

Beautiful, isn't it?

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Yankees cap? Sell him to the Mancs or Chelsea. That's just unforgivable. I mean... at least he should have a Texas Rangers cap on. Support the owner and all.

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Kia is such a slime he makes Roman look like an amazing human being.

Just because their other sporting teams have had no success doesn't mean it's their fault. In general (with few exceptions, exceptions that don't involve Messrs. Hicks and Gillette), the only thing that US sports team owners do is write the checks. And Hicks was willing to write the biggest check in sports history -- the 10 year, $252 million contract the Texas Rangers gave to Alex Rodriguez in 2001. He also signed a pitcher to a 6 year, $60 million contract that same month. Now, it turns out the team's management was horrible and they spent 3 years in last place after those deals were signed. But Hicks, especially, has never been one that's been reticent to splash the cash when the team's management tells him it's a good idea.

I don't think you (or anyone) could name one manager in the history of the game who hasn't made quite a few bad signings.

I doubt they're going to ban 3rd party ownership. It's the way things generally work in the South American leagues, and without it, the leagues wouldn't be able to survive at anywhere near the level they survive at right now.

I LOVE YOU PEPE

I'm only a five minutes' drive from the nearest hospital, I think I may have to go over there right now and watch the rest of the match from a hospital bed. I'm shaking so badly I can barely type.

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That's what I was thinking. I'm hoping for Valencia, if only for the possibility that half their squad will be suspended.

I need a cigarette after that. I'm almost shaking as I type right now. Onward we go.

Really stupid question, but I always forget the rules: If we were to be down 0-1 after regular time, would we go through on away goals at that point, or would it go to extra time (with away goals being looked at after the end of extra time)?

USA 94 may have been poorly run... ...but it was (and still is, I believe) the most profitable World Cup ever for FIFA. And since we know what their highest priority is... its pretty simple to see why they'd want another World Cup here.

Yeah there is... forward for the Montreal Canadiens. Been in the league for over a decade now. At work and didn't get a chance to hear the press conference, but I like what I hear from this thread.

Interesting response from one of the team execs, though I can't really argue with his thinking.

I doubt the NHL will care. The NFL, for a time, had a rule that stated that an NFL owner couldn't own a team in another sport. But the NHL never had that rule. Besides, the NHL needs money. They don't exactly have owners clammoring for teams, and they're not going to interfere with this. "Rival" owners in sports enter into business agreements with each other all the time; this is just another type of business arrangement. And besides, since Montreal and Dallas are in differing conferences, they play each other (at most) once per season. There's so little overlap that it's not even worth mentioning. Hicks being involved with the deal makes me happy. He's an owner that's never been afraid to spend the money to improve his teams, especially his baseball team.

I don't think it's either. I've taken it to mean the 100 players that meant the most to the crowds and the supporters. Not only ranking by who's the best player, but also taking into account what the player meant to the crowds and the supporters (which takes into account big goals, which Luis has been able to do several times)

Don't say that. Tomorrow there's going to be an "exclusive" on skysports.com... GERRARD IN AFFAIR WITH BENITEZ'S WIFE; TO BE SOLD TO CHELSEA

West Ham gets away with trying to take Crouch's shirt off in the box....

You'd think they'd want this completed before the group stages actually start.