This doesn’t address the far easier ways to circumvent the cap, which is to offer improper off-cap benefits or connections to dubious “sponsors” (the 2024 ACFC scenario and the Kawhi Leonard scenario, respectively)

Lesley Ryder@lesleyryder.bsky.social · 6h ago

on Salary cap compliance (Q @jennatonelli.bsky.social) "we have a full-time team who is responsible for salary cap compliance" adds "we do ongoing salary cap audits each year to have an additional level of protection and and confidence that everyone is is playing by the rules"

New: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to create a pretext to search a man's car for weed. Their justification? He drove from Wisconsin to Michigan, a “known source state for marijuana as it is legal there,” and Flock showed he "travels to Michigan frequently." www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

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There are no trans women in the WNBA. There are no trans women NCAA basketball players. Hell, who knows if there are even any trans girls playing HS basketball.

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · yesterday

Did we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?

The market can stay irrational for a long time, but sometimes it comes to its senses very quickly

A Champion, A Legend, A Reign from the very start. 👑

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

this should’ve been the beginning of the end for infantino. the fifa/eafc game is the most popular sports franchise in the world, for a “nonprofit” whose mission statement is to ‘globalize and popularize’ football, getting $150m for the game to literally be called ‘FIFA’ is the deal of the century.

Treblig 🇺🇦@camtreblig.bsky.social · 2d ago

An underrated cause of Infantino’s problems is him playing silly buggers with EA Sports: FIFA got $150m a year just to let EA use the name on a game. Literally free money. But Gianni got greedy and wanted more, EA called his bluff and walked away. Since then he’s been trying to make up the shortfall

75points.americansocceranalysis.com We’ve got an NWSL and MLS spin roster building game to ruin your work productivity

If you're curious about how the right is going to try to frame the horrific fires in Spokane Washington, it looks like they plan to blame them on homeless people, local (DEM) city leadership, and state (DEM) mismanagement of forests. So, many of the same frames as the LA fires.

New forecasts show #Seattle not only faces heat, but thick wildfire smoke this week that could bring poor to perhaps even unhealthy air quality at times :( Latest info in my ECW blog: emeraldcityweather.com/heat-wildfir... #wawx

Heat and wildfire smoke set to return to Seattle and Western Washington this week - Emerald City Weather Blog

(I know this is super long but it’s a lot to discuss, but here’s a TL;DR/ “Too Long;

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3 - @reignfc.com's Jess Fishlock has scored three match-winning goals as a substitute since the start of last #NWSL season. No other player has done so more than once in that time. Super.

Once again the Reign scored two early goals then held on for dear life as their opponent ran rampant and eventually equalized, but this time it was Seattle with the late game winner www.sounderatheart.com/2026/08/fish...

Fishlock goal lifts Reign over Bay FC, 3-2

Seattle blow another two-goal lead but find late winner to take all three points

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the people doing it here were backed by very rich hedge fund owner and his pac, who did it to push his slate of ballot initiatives (and that includes the teenagers they put courtside). none of this is organic

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d ago

Speaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn

At the risk of making generalizations I really think men, particularly, need to be concerned about this. The kind of attention they are socialized to want is exactly what’s being exploited here, and other men are going to need to yank their bros out of this.

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 5d ago

YouTuber Hank Green Admits He Has Unhealthy Relationship With AI After Facing Backlash Over Recent Video 'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Green

wrote about five young ballers to pay particular attention to the rest of the season because they're either in the midst of, or heading toward, on-pitch glow ups

5 young hoopers to watch

how these ballers can become household names

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Hopefully the follow up questions will be "why did you make this in the first place?" and "who requested this feature?" because I guarantee you it required plenty of Google employee man hours to add this feature to one of their most popular apps

404 Media@404media.co · 5d ago

UPDATE: After the publication of this piece, Google sent 404 Media a statement saying it was “rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails.” www.404media.co/google-earth...

Opta finally went back and re-scored the Wave-Reign game, and while it’s not quite as hilarious now that they’ve given Mercado’s goal a much more sensible xG, Claudia Dickey’s performance at the other end was also even better than originally advertised

Steve Voght@voght.org · last wk.

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This is why I give extra side eye to people who use AI that know better. I know they know about this. You're telling the world you couldn't care less how your little vibe code trash gets made. Doesn't affect white people, or me specifically, so it's fine. The most selfish amongst us.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d ago

The fact that it’s poisoning Black people is not seen as a negative to these folks.

TWO days left on July's Extra Life incentive reward for Seattle Reign fans - winner will be drawn August 1. Don't wait if you want a chance to win and also help the kids in need!

LP@likkitp.ynyaproductions.com · 2w ago

July incentive No. 2: @reignfc.com midfielder Sam Meza pulled off a tremendous double slide tackle vs the Thorns. This digital video frame memorializes forever the "double tackle" on loop You can find the donation link for this incentive on my Extra Life page bit.ly/extralife-lp... (4/4)

What is in Fifa's 25-page sales pitch: a reference to more than doubling the number of global tournaments held each year, from 200 to 450 What is not in Fifa's 25-page sales pitch: a single reference to women's football

Fifa’s sales pitch revealed: more tournaments, more debt … but no mention of women’s game

Fifa’s sales pitch to persuade members to approve the sale of the World Cup’s commercial rights clearly states that their plans for financial growth will be achieved by staging more tournaments, havin...

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Oh, so those girls at the Seattle Storm game were being obnoxious the entire time trying to provoke people and filming the reactions for content. Of course.

one side has been on a decade-plus crusade to attack trans women through faux outrage over bathrooms and women's sports while the other has exposed this as bigotry through science, gender studies and factual information and anyone believing the former can exist in good faith in 2026 is so unserious

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 6d ago

Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.

The NWSL is expected to start its 2027 season in February, nearly a month earlier than previous years, per @melanieanzidei.bsky.social and @aslipelit.bsky.social. In the draft schedule, preseason begins in January, with playoffs running through the weekend before Thanksgiving. nyti.ms/44Tiaul

Based on her insta stories about a 21-hour travel day and comments on the latest episode of the Good Vibes pod, it looks like Lynn Biyendolo is on her way back to Seattle this week #ReignFC

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The Frames - Revelate (Live in Sydney) | Moshcam

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If not for all the marketing promoting it, you'd be hard-pressed to differentiate this group from the usual dozen religious crackpots milling around outside every Seattle sports event

Circling Seattle Sports@circlingseasports.bsky.social · last wk.

Small crowd here for the “support Sophie Cunningham” rally outside of Climate Pledge Arena. Some folks opposing them are here as well. Interesting mix, some arguments taking place, and some Climate Pledge folks are monitoring it.

that is in fact literally in the bible. it's Matthew 6:5.

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · last wk.

Rep. Lauren Boebert insists that public Christian worship events are necessary for America to experience revival: "I don't think that Jesus ever called for any Christian to pray only silently or to keep their faith hidden only in the prayer closet."

This is like one of those 100 kids vs 2 pros soccer matches

Casey Drottar@caseydrottar.bsky.social · last wk.

Detroit Squirrel update: The Tigers' entire grounds crew went out on the field to try to get that thing out of there and all that's missing is the Benny Hill theme

All of these guys, these "grassroots soccer revolutionaries," wind up exposing themselves as grifters when you give them enough time.

Mike Pendleton@phat7deuce.bsky.social · last wk.

lol lmao even (This is the guy who was kicked out of Oakland Roots, started rival MLS Next Pro team The Town, co-founder of WPSL Pro – new women’s D2 league.)

Utah moved back into third place this weekend and Orlando got back into a playoff position. Much of the table remains tight so expect lots of movement in the coming weeks!