Posts by Amy Wilson4

Paul Jones7 said:Do you have any clue how much of his own money and life Gips poured into his kids? Do you even know anything about the Kostelić family?

What do you think... does every kid have a parent willing to live abroad with them for half the year? Someone who works seasonal fishing gigs all summer just to spend six months freezing under tents on a glacier with their children?

Would you do that for your own kids, or would you be in those children's shoes? Would you quit a steady job to work dawn till dusk, being separated from your wife for half the year? Do you really think everyone should go through that?

But hey, it's easy to talk trash from your armchair. You're great at that.

What does the Kostelić family have to do with this? Fak was offered financial backing specifically so he wouldn't end up in the same position they were. Stop talking nonsense.

It’s about the coach, fine. The kid is talented; I doubt he'd struggle to find a high-quality new coach. This is about something else entirely... some higher interests at play.

There's no point playing the martyr for the kid, no matter what these "intellectuals" on the forum claim. Whatever. I'm out.

Paul Jones7 said:If that’s the case, what does your tiny brain think his reason was?

Maybe it's because America can't provide the conditions a top-tier—not some amateur—biathlete actually needs...

Is America going to provide him with 100 pairs of high-end racing skis like a pro athlete requires, plus a full support team to ensure podium results? You can keep dreaming...

Look, if he had trained in America, he would have never seen a single medal. Ever. And what would America even gain from an athlete who just scrapes into the bottom fifty? We wouldn't even know we had elite talent in the first place...

Canada built Fak, and America can't even maintain him at this level. The guy realized that. That's why he's leaving. Because around here, you just get screwed...

The young man is clearly as spineless as you are. He either fell for Canadian blackmail, feels more Canadian than American, or is just some derp hopelessly in love with his coach. He won those medals under American influence, and now we're throwing even more money at him—likely more than the Canadians, who I bet could provide much better training conditions. Or at least better than what we offer...

Besides, plenty of our athletes train abroad. Comparing Pesalov and Edward to this Canadian trash is an insult. One didn't get enough funding from Bulgaria even after being a two-time world champion, and the other wasn't even on the shortlist for the Brazilian national team...

The Canadian was given conditions comparable to people far more successful than himself, all for a sport that Americans only care about once every four years. But whatever. There are plenty of Americans like Paul Jones7 who will swallow anyone's crap instead of using their own heads. They should all be exported to Canada in one big package along with Fak. Our kids will thank us...

His coach is out here claiming Fak would be pulling in way more money back home in the States. Basically, he's just chasing trash through the cracks...

George Robinson43 said:Fak put himself up for auction and sold himself to the highest bidder.
Nothing wrong with it. Our laws allow him to do just that—he won't even lose his American citizenship once he becomes a Canadian citizen.
It’s pretty much what Draganja tried to pull off with Qatar, but that fell through because the other three swimmers in that Qatari "gold" relay refused to swim for a foreign nation just for the paycheck.
Some people do it, and some people never would.

I agree. But there's no need to trash "us," and there's certainly no reason to congratulate him for screwing over our alliance...

Peter White43 said:Props to the guy for making this call. 🙏

An athlete deserves decent working conditions. If they can't find them here at home, that's hardly their fault... ☕

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The Kostelić family should have done the same thing. Honestly, anyone in this country who isn't getting treated right should just walk.

Is anyone from the higher-ups actually going to weigh in on this?

Controversial Post

I have to ask: how much longer is this kind of moderator behavior on FIFA going to be tolerated? This post is a perfect example of how they treat anyone who dares to disagree with them or, heaven forbid, has an issue with Roma.

If the community is expected to follow rules where you get slapped with a warning just for being insulting, why aren't those same standards applied to mods who spend their posts insulting half the forum?

Bravo, Vori.

Whatever. I'm heading out to grab some Advil...☕

What a bunch of losers

Ninety seconds left on the clock, and these guys are just running aimlessly all over the field...😁🙏🙏

"DON'T GIVE THEM THE BALL SO THEY CAN GO F*** THEMSELVES!!!!!!"

Time to start calling them out. Now that their goalies are looking like Swiss cheese, we’re gonna tear them apart.

This looks way too good to be true... 🙏

Google

I can already see us choking in the final five minutes... 😁😁😁

Hands down, the best American national team to watch, period.

Damn, even if they blow it, they're still the elite ones. 🙏

The fans 🙏

Kimi Räikkönen 😂🤣

Kim Udre's a joke, he was never any good to begin with...

Lewis Hamilton 🙏🙏

McLaren 🙏🙏🙏

Man, Linus, you really messed up this time... what a disaster...

I know it's over, but I just can't help hoping...🙂

Come on people, JUST WIN!!!! I’m about to have a nervous breakdown here 😲

Let's go, our boys... 🙏

Just another standard game for our guys, but the tension is hitting a breaking point 😁

Chasing gold tomorrow 🙏👍

Give the Americans their momentum back by tightening up the group play and clinching the championship. Honestly, what better way to end this... 😁