Comments on: This Week in Misleading Headlines: Real Madrid Signs a Seven-Year-Old! http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/09/this-week-in-misleading-headlines-real-madrid-signs-a-seven-year-old/ Sports, Media, Entertainment Mon, 20 May 2013 05:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Wide Word of Sport (?)http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/09/this-week-in-misleading-headlines-real-madrid-signs-a-seven-year-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1394209 Wide Word of Sport (?) Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:54:48 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=113492#comment-1394209

The off-cited comparison is Messi coming to Spain as a 13-year-old, when Barcelona agreed to pay for his growth hormone treatments.

Something here just feels dirty. I’m sure it’s up-and-up, but there’s an incredible potential for conflict of interest when you mix healthcare and sports.

I guess it’s no worse than an MLB team trying to decide b/w paying a pitcher for a year to have TJ surgery, or rehab so they don’t have to be without him as long, but it just feels dirty.

]]> By: The Fan's Attichttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/09/this-week-in-misleading-headlines-real-madrid-signs-a-seven-year-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1394205 The Fan's Attic Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:51:07 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=113492#comment-1394205 wasn’t the really big deal that they signed a kid from argentina named Leo? You know, just like that other Leo that Barcelona signed at a young age.

]]> By: tyduffyhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/09/this-week-in-misleading-headlines-real-madrid-signs-a-seven-year-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1394143 tyduffy Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:39:18 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=113492#comment-1394143

By the way, this is not a shot at you duffy. Bill Plaschke deserves to be called out for writing a stupid column, but it seems like atleast 50% of all sports blog posts are bloggers calling out all the stupid shit traditional media says or writes. There are so many good bloggers out there, you would think people would move away from taking shots at others and just concentrating on their own writing and coming up with sound arguments without bringing traditional media into the foray.

Again, not a shot at you. It’s a general observation of ALL bloggers out there.

I would term this confronting and dispelling an idea in the marketplace. Was writing about it anyway. Just happened to see that MORONIC Plaschke article while doing so.

]]> By: Der Kaiserhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/09/this-week-in-misleading-headlines-real-madrid-signs-a-seven-year-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1394084 Der Kaiser Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:54:33 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=113492#comment-1394084 By the way, this is not a shot at you duffy. Bill Plaschke deserves to be called out for writing a stupid column, but it seems like atleast 50% of all sports blog posts are bloggers calling out all the stupid shit traditional media says or writes. There are so many good bloggers out there, you would think people would move away from taking shots at others and just concentrating on their own writing and coming up with sound arguments without bringing traditional media into the foray.

Again, not a shot at you. It’s a general observation of ALL bloggers out there.

]]> By: YYSAhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/09/this-week-in-misleading-headlines-real-madrid-signs-a-seven-year-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1394083 YYSA Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:51:53 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=113492#comment-1394083

An NFL scout calls him “what you get after you kick Ray Lewis’ dog.”

VONTAZE!

]]> By: Der Kaiserhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/09/this-week-in-misleading-headlines-real-madrid-signs-a-seven-year-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1394081 Der Kaiser Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:50:28 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=113492#comment-1394081

I don’t think soccer will ever be that popular in the US to ever subsidize the costs of those youth soccer academies.

If I’m not mistaken, most MLS clubs already have their own youth academies. I don’t think they train as extensively as kids in academies from Europe or South America though.

]]> By: Gerard Portmanteauhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/09/this-week-in-misleading-headlines-real-madrid-signs-a-seven-year-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1394079 Gerard Portmanteau Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:49:17 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=113492#comment-1394079 Look, you’re asking Bill Plaschke to do research when he has frozen daiquiris to be drinking with Woody Paige on top of their favorite cash-pile.

]]> By: spencer096http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/09/this-week-in-misleading-headlines-real-madrid-signs-a-seven-year-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1394077 spencer096 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:43:29 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=113492#comment-1394077 it’s just as bad as those kids who spend their entire lives at one of those golf or tennis “academies.” kinda sad, really, but it’s not newsorthy and it’s just as bad as any of those over competitive sports parents in football, baseball and basketball too.

]]> By: jimhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/09/this-week-in-misleading-headlines-real-madrid-signs-a-seven-year-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1394076 jim Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:38:17 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=113492#comment-1394076 I don’t think soccer will ever be that popular in the US to ever subsidize the costs of those youth soccer academies.

]]> By: tyduffyhttp://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/09/this-week-in-misleading-headlines-real-madrid-signs-a-seven-year-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1394073 tyduffy Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:35:02 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=113492#comment-1394073

The off-cited comparison is Messi coming to Spain as a 13-year-old, when Barcelona agreed to pay for his growth hormone treatments.

Oh ok I see….wait, what?

Messi was treated with growth hormones, when he was young. Doctors thought he was going to be abnormally small. Part of the reason he went to Barcelona was that Barcelona was willing to pay for his treatment.

]]> By: ms621http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/08/09/this-week-in-misleading-headlines-real-madrid-signs-a-seven-year-old/comment-page-1/#comment-1394056 ms621 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:25:48 +0000 http://thebiglead.com/?p=113492#comment-1394056 The off-cited comparison is Messi coming to Spain as a 13-year-old, when Barcelona agreed to pay for his growth hormone treatments.

Oh ok I see….wait, what?

]]>