It crashed up his ass

Their owner is a pompous cheapskate asshole who pays for big-name flashy signings instead of developing a healthy organization. They always have talent, but never a larger plan.

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I am curious as to how effective sportswashing has been thus far? It seems to me that it brings a lot of these countries issues to the forefront, rather than normalizing them. I think I would have forgotten all about Jamal Khashoggi if it weren't for the WWE's Saudi Arabia shows, LIV, and Newcastle. Not to say that his killing wasn't horrifying and important, but there are a LOT of other horrifying and important things going on in the world.

What a farce

Roggers bouta say hold my beer

Show me how and when you became such a bitch

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Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is the chairman of the PIF; in November of 2018 the Central Intelligence Agency concluded that MBS had ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Despite the UK not putting MBS on the list for political reasons, it was absolutely a human rights abuse.

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Not in this sense but the militarization of sport in US is massive. From the fly bys and anthem, to the military recruitment adverts and movie-military tie-ins, US sport is tied to the military industrial complex

What are you talking about? Brett Favre took them to the playoffs just a few years a...oh no I'm old.

Its not.

How do you figure? None of the owners, nor PIF have comitted human rights abuses and dont appear on the UKs list.

The Angels have sacrificed building a complete team for signing aging players (namely hitters) for too much money, with Ohtani as the exception. They got lucky with Trout, who they drafted, but otherwise they also draft horribly. Additionally, they have consistently had a bottom 5 pitching staff in the league (and yes, even with Ohtani at full strength).

Every year there is some glimmer of hope they will be somewhere between ok and good with their new crop of signings, but each year they prove they are downright bad at winning baseball games. Its very sad to see as a fan.

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The 180 Newcastle fans did when they were bought was impressive. ManU fans going through the same thing now as well. If the option is "competing for top 6 and hating the owners" or "competing for top 2 and hating the owners", it's a fairly easy choice to just turn a blind eye.

And let's be realistic, you need a big-money owner to consistently challenge for the title in England. Chelsea and City (and now Newcastle) changed the landscape so much.

Rest in piss

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The batting order is 9 players long. 2/9 only gets you so far when everyone else sucks.

Jets, rebuilding since 1969

Everyone else on the team is someone paying off a debt they incurred while at Disneyland.