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Message: [QUOTE="DeGrozz, post: 1385985, member: 205"] In 2002 the Americans had just been knocked out of the quarter finals of the World Cup. Bill Simmons wrote an article that talked about how the NCAA was the greatest player development and scouting tool in the world. When you learn about the game and how players are developed around the world, then go back and read that article, you'll realize that Simmons is an extremely entertaining writer, but is completely full of shnit and spends a great deal of time talking out of his arss. The guy is extremely talented as an entertainer, but not very good when it comes to content. He'll get readers, which is the only reason Grantland has been so successful, but he's no Donald Barlett. He'll make money at Fox or CNN or where ever he ends up after ESPN, but the guy has done for sports journalism what Stephanie Meyer has done for fiction. [/QUOTE]