Sentences with phrase «sports than a club»

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The National Hockey League (NHL ®), founded in 1917, consists of 30 Member Clubs, with players from more than 20 countries represented across team rosters, competing for the most revered trophy in professional sports — the Stanley Cup ®.

It sadly is Sue, we have a divided fan base, an majority shareholder who is (in my opinion) using our clubs assets to secure lending on his other sporting investments, a board who quite frankly see us fans as customers rather than supporters as shown by the chairman's AGMs performance, players who aren't signing new contracts, if you cut Ian Wright and others open you'd see cannons in their blood with some of our players now you'd find image rights and pound signs.

This seems to suggest that our club knows better than every other perennial giant in the sport, which is highly unlikely considering our glaring lack of results over the past decade.

Rugby has certainly grown to something that's more than just a club sport at the interscholastic levels.

The Acer Nethercott Sport Hall will be the first building in the redevelopment of the University's Iffley Road Sports Complex, a # 60 million project that will increase available space for the more than 80 University sports clubs and members of the local commSports Complex, a # 60 million project that will increase available space for the more than 80 University sports clubs and members of the local commsports clubs and members of the local community.

and frankly we might deserve this fate because we've let it go on so long... Gazidis is the equivalent of a prison bitch, Kroenke is the destroyer of all sports teams he touches and their are way too many complacent fans who believe we are the only club in the world that can't find a suitable replacement (try explaining to fans of clubs like Bayern, Barcelona and Real, who have had more manager changes in the last 4 year than we've experienced in 35 seasons)

«Clubs, more than sports, draw the whole family into the Lockheed community,» says Davis.

The story behind Russia's vast success at Squaw Valley was the same as it had been at Cortina: a massive sports program enveloping schools and clubs and labor unions and the military service, state encouragement, frequent outright aid to the specially talented, a fierce desire on the part of the individual to triumph, less for himself or his organization than for Mother Russia.

Borussia Dortmund is a bigger club than anyone imagines Bolt could make an appearance for, but weirder things have happened in sports.

It happened time and time again and it just proves what most fans think now that rather than being an ambitious competitive football club we are a financial institution treading water in a sporting arena.

It also states that he won't sell his shares anytime soon with terms such as popularity and scope of the club more valuable than any of his sporting teams by using Rams and Arsenal in the same context and the club buying out of deals with companies like Emirates.

Being at the club for so long and that stagnant is a crime, there's more to the sport than just kick and run.

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As it's been said many times for our now a business and not a sports clubs and we are here to benefit one person rather than the thousands who have supported this club and continue to do so.

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp is desperate to see the visitors go for it and not produce a repeat performance of the goalless draw with Liverpool on Monday night, as he believes that there is enough talent and pride within the club to do more than just sit back and be happy with a point.

It only happens once it comes on sky sports news and it speculation before if we get lemar or mahrez or both then good, but we need to sell ox, giroud, chambers, Jenkinson, Theo and Perez to free more cash, as for Alexis Sanchez well no one invincible and if he wants to leave then Wenger should sell him, no player bigger than the club

The FA Cup, may be... We just can not challenge for the major trophies... This is just not a top club... We look like one with a great stadium and massive fan based, but other than the sporting aspect of the club classed us as «nobody» amongst the best...!!!

Rhinos Rugby was started in 2013 as a local Orange County rugby club by passionate rugby players and dads who dreamed to do better than the status quo for their kids and the game, and teach them life skills and provide college opportunities through the sport.

City, who lost left - back Gael Clichy at the end of last season after his contract with the club expired, had reportedly offer # 40M for the defender as they look to tighten their defence ahead of next season, however the Ligue 1 champions are, as per Sky Sports, valuing the player at more than # 50M.

Henry, who is one of only two Gunners to score 50 goals for the club faster than Giroud, was fulsome in his praise in a Sky Sports report.

United are in far better financial shape than the Rojiblancos, being named the second richest club in the world last January [Sky Sports].

Diego Simeone claims that there is only one Premier League club better in terms of «sporting ability» than Atletico Madrid — and it's not Manchester United or City.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

Football clubs don't come much more powerful than Bayern Munich, and football managers don't walk much taller than Pep Guardiola, the apple of every sporting director's eye.

Milan will hope to secure his future with a contract extension sooner rather than later, but they continue to face a frustrating wait for Sino - Europe Sports to complete their takeover of the club.

«We understand winning is a little more realistic for some clubs than others,» says Kelly, who's entering his 14th year as the Twins» manager, the longest tenure of any current manager or head coach in American professional sports.

I do know that if we ever get there, if we come to that point we see in other sports, where the player thinks he's bigger than the club, then I'm gone.

«For a youngster to come into a club like Arsenal, and thinks he is OK to go out less than 48 hours before a game, it says there is something wrong in the dressing room,» Wright said on Sky Sports» The Debate.

Gary said: «This is a better club than Chelsea,» he told Sky Sports after the 2 - 2 draw with Manchester City.

As a result, we currently have 83 different sports clubs — more than any other British university.

After years of seeming to be more excited about Arsenal and his other sporting clubs balancing the books than actually managing to win a trophy, the American billionaire may have changed his tune.

At Arsenal, it seems that the powers that be are self serving and are not interested in the sport of football other than seeing the club as a business cash cow.

This is a decent article, yet the negatives from fans are still there, I would love to see arsenal like I did at the end of the 90's and at the beggining of the 2nd millennium but it doesn't mean in order to do so I would buy all the best players in world, I would get a rich owner to put his filthy money in, change the manager every 2 years to do so, there's so much wrong in football nowadays that yes it's still a sport but there's more focus on the filthy amounts of money being spent on clubs and players that I think attracts more attention than the game itself, now that is wrong and it's very wrong, even our owner though not like the arabs or Russians, yet the yank is clueless about the tradition of our game, it's just sad, so the fact that Wenger has remained for this long through all these changes that have occurred whilst the money game has elvolved, it makes me happy that arsenal do not spend stupid amounts of money on players, we don't try and buy the league, hell we even tight with wages and transfer fees, I'm glad it's like that, though our season ticket is a rip off I still don't mind it because at least we are not like the other supreme teams, there's a bit of tradition left at our club, yet you go to man shitty or Chelski, there is no tradition, it's all about buying ur way all the way to the top, on the other hand spuds don't know what to make of them besides how the heck have they finished above us?

Comolli says Fenway Sports Group (FSG) insisted back in early 2012 that the club did not spend more than $ 10m on any player and stipulated that they all had to be under 21 years of age.

It pays for Kroenke to invest in the club and sporting success: Arsenal winning trophies rather sooner than later is a necessity for him.

«In an era when football has become more of a business at many clubs than an actual sport, Benevento represents the heart and soul of what a football club should be about.

«I do think always that it is better to compete with the strongest clubs in the world than to train a lot of times in the week,» the Dutchman told Sky Sports News.

On Tuesday night, Manchester United's U23 side face Liverpool at Leigh Sports Village, less than 24 hours after the first team face the same club.

Less than originally budgeted due to what the club said were increased bonus payments due to «sporting personnel».

* Complete Authenticity — All the authenticity EA SPORTS is known for with officially licensed clubs, leagues and more than 15,000 players.

The wider public have to demand this type of pieces that are very original and supported by facts, emotion and logical development of ideas.The main stream medias like sky sports and BT have to start inviting individual bloggers and fans of different clubs in the premier league and champions league pre, mid and after match discussions rather than sticking to the so called «pundits» who are vomiting their rotten, ill fated and unbalanced views.

The former Arsenal striker turned television pundit was live on Sky Sports when Liverpool announced that Rodgers had left the club after more than three years in charge.

The victims included more than 20 Brazilian sports journalists as well as a similar number of players and club officials.

Without a top sports club occupying it, its pulling power would diminish quicker than Arsenals Champions league challenge.

In my book our American friend with his multiple sports interest's has to be a better bet for the club than Jabba with his questionable affiliations.

But, according to sports physician Dr Phil Batty, alcohol and tiredness should be more of a concern for clubs than smoking.

Real Sociedad's Alvaro Odriozola has been consistently linked with a move to Real Madrid, but the club's sporting director Lorenzo Juarros claims that Real Sociedad have no intention of selling the player for anything lower than his buyout clause.

When I'm not online, I have more hobbies than I can shake a stick at, including knitting / crocheting, shooting sports, spending time outdoors, reading, sort of trying to learn piano, and volunteering in my community with the Lions Club.

The main advantage of St. Louis is an absolutely unique park system which consists of more than 100 parks which include different outdoor sport clubs, open music scenes, playgrounds and other entertainment spots which perfectly do for setting up new acquaintances.

Even Wii Karaoke U and Wii Sports Club are rated higher than Mario Party 10.