Random sports question thread

[MDK]

15 minutes ago, Colly said:

Why is it Derby County and not Derbyshire County?

So we could have the classic Derby match joke every week.

[Pooker]

5 hours ago, Gazz said:

Are NBA players allowed to veto trades. If not, why not? Having to potentially uproot your family from one coast to another with basically zero notice seems terribly unfair.

They can refuse to report to their new team, however. Happened to the Jazz in 1997/98. Traded for a center from the Heat but he refused to report. The guys that we traded went down to Miami, practiced with the team, I believe even set behind the bench for a game, and then the traded got reversed because the other player refused to come to Utah.

EDIT: It was actually with the Magic. Read a little more about it. Supposedly, the guy had a hurt foot and the Jazz pulled the trade off the table. But, still, he had 48 hours to report to the Jazz and never did. So, a player has 48 hours to report to his new team, and if he doesnt, the trade can be called off. But it rarely happens.

[Adam]

Nevermind Derby, why is it Stockport County!? They're not from Stockportshire.

[Meacon Keaton]

This is becoming a geography question thread!

[Bobfoc]

50 minutes ago, Dwight K. Schrute said:

Nevermind Derby, why is it Stockport County!? They're not from Stockportshire.

I asked this question in another thread. Someone said it was because Stockport was a county borough in the late nineteenth century.

[The Lusophone]

5 minutes ago, Bobfoc said:

I asked this question in another thread. Someone said it was because Stockport was a county borough in the late nineteenth century.

And right up until the 1970s.

[Pooker]

Can soccer ever be as big in the United States as it is in the rest of the world?

[Lineker]

No. TV networks won't allow it.

[MDK]

15 minutes ago, Pooker said:

Can soccer ever be as big in the United States as it is in the rest of the world?

At grass roots level, maybe.

 

4 minutes ago, Lineker said:

No. TV networks won't allow it.

Most probably. 

[Taxation is Theft]

3 hours ago, Pooker said:

Can soccer ever be as big in the United States as it is in the rest of the world?

The answer is about ten years out.

[MDK]

How the hell does the MLS draft system and registration rules work? What is Generation Adidas? What is The Combine?

[Colly]

Heel and face stables respectively. 

[Gazz]

Players in the MLS are registered to the league and allocated to teams. Generation Adidas is a developmental program aimed getting the best young players into teams since their wages are paid by Adidas and don't count towards the salary cap. The combine is a series of tests to determine athletic ability (sprint speed, jump height etc.) and a series of trial games for scouts.

[MDK]

This is basically FM related. The board bought an extra DP slot but it hasn't shown up. Explain plz.

[Gazz]

You need to go on Pornhub if you want extra DP...

[stokeriño]

An extra DP slot makes it TP, surely.