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The Corrupt Game   Today I am going to break from what the first two entries of this blog have brought. We have talked largely about “American” football. Today however, I would like to talk about a very pressing issue in the world of the “other” football: soccer. Last week and this week the world of soccer has been in the international break- a period of time where club soccer largely stops to allow the top players to participate in matches for their national teams. Without question, this international break has been a serious one on many levels. European Championship preparation, World Cup Qualifying, and some high-profile friendlies have all been taking place. The sporting world is beginning to look forward. We are, hopefully, beginning to move forward into some sort of normalcy soon after seeing the sports world largely re-shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. As we do though, problems that existed in the pre-pandemic world will once again take center stage. Today we will look ...

  The State of College Football Recruiting             Both the early and traditional national signing days for college football have come and gone. While many fans will shift their attention away from what happens on the recruiting trail, coaches and their recruiting staffs, certainly are not following that lead. This is the time where coaches dedicate themselves to either building upon already existing relationships with potential prospects or they will start forge those relationships all together. Recruiting is almost as important as the games themselves and coaching staffs at the collegiate level treat this process as such. But this all comes with an ugly side, as recruiting truly presents one of the darkest aspects of college sports as it a process that is riddled with scandals.             This most recent, and arguably most head-scratching recruiting scandal come...

  Quarterbacks: Evolution and Future Of             Much has been said recently about young quarterbacks. Without question, they are the future of football. The NFL – like it or not – is no longer becoming a passing league. It already is a passing league. In spite of all this, there are a few peculiarities that I have noticed and become fixated on in recent years.             What we have witnessed in recent season is perhaps the most covert QB revolution that we have ever seen. Covert, only because most do not seem to pay attention to it. The question here being, why are numbers amongst young quarterbacks at all levels seemingly down? It seems like it is becoming the new norm that quarterbacks finish a game under 300 yards even when they do play well and lead their team to a victory. So why is that?             I...