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His name is John. His nickname is Jack. It's already done.

Anyway. The main topic. Relegation. It's interesting--wouldn't a Buffalonian love to see the Bisons in the majors? But NA sports aren't set up that way.

Here's my favorite team. I'm not seeing it: https://fbref.com/en/squads/1c781004/Norwich-City Here's Liverpool. Not seeing it here, either: https://fbref.com/en/squads/822bd0ba/Liverpool There is an 18 year old who played, but nothing on his player page indicates that he is an academy player. His wiki page indicates that he is with the senior team. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Jones_(footballer) And here's Palace, which I randomly picked from mid-table. Not there: https://fbref.com/en/squads/47c64c55/Crystal-Palace I don't know what else I'm supposed to look at. I'm certainly not going through every roster in English soccer.

They believe they want him to do that?

I don't think this is correct. They might loan out younger players. Call ups are infrequent in my experience, but I really only follow one league (England).

Not really. They're not calling up 16 year olds to play for the big club and then sending them down to the academy team for more training. I'm sure it's happened, but it probably happens once or twice a decade.

Those are the academy teams I referenced. They don't have farm systems as we understand that term in North America.

They sign the players as children to what they call "academy" teams and no, there is no farm system.

It would require a complete overhaul. Those European soccer leagues don't have drafts, for example.

Eichel works for the team. Do you want Kerry and Tim to fire Eichel? Seriously, though, the game day experience needs to change, big time.

It won't be easy, but they will.

Yes. A Pizza Hut pan pizza, to be specific.

Well, they just announced it during the Pro Bowl and then immediately cut to an image of a pizza. How ceremonious.

Everything about this all-star weekend was disappointing. The skills competition wasn't interesting, the 3-on-3 games sucked, the presentation on TV was horrible (hat-tip to @spndnchz), and there were too many stars missing.

Because they had to pick someone from Filly. Damn, I wish there was an "ignore thread" feature. I don't know why I keep clicking on this.

They are tremendous.

It's probably in or close to my top 10, but why is this comment here?

This is too much ***** for one family to bear.

We're sure. It's been hashed out on this board many times.

Not how it works.

RIP, Rip.

How does this thread still exist? Kill it with fire.

They probably even can sign McCoy if they want. Agreed--no need to take one early.

What a complete pain in the neck. Thanks for all you do to host us.