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Kim McCauley
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I write and edit @thetransferflow.bsky.social. Data and scouting @ Crux Football. Former: @angelcity.com. Contact: kim [at] varianceincorporated [dot] com
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I do wonder how much NWSL would have to spend on salaries for England to just decide to not respond. Right now they’re spending just enough to be a clear No. 1 but those clubs obviously have the capacity to spend £10m/yr on salaries if they think they need to.
November 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I’m sure that will calm everyone down
EXCLUSIVE:

spoke to #NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman this morning about Trinity Rodman and the salary cap, which doesn’t seem to be going anywhere

the salary cap, she said, is “the reason our league is the most competitive league in the world”

www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/...
NWSL's Berman defends salary cap as Rodman contract expiration looms
Berman talked exclusively to CBS Sports shortly before Rodman's Washington Spirit kicked off their NWSL semifinal match vs. Portland Thorns
www.cbssports.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Aaron Donald beating Pat McAfee's ass in a WWE match would be quality television
November 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hey are those Disney channels on my YouTube TV what happened lol
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fricked up my Immaculate Grid because I forgot which Corboz sister played for Sky Blue, this is the worst thing that's ever happened
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Real Madrid taking "how did you not score there" to previously unseen levels
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
if this was true (it isn't), wouldn't it completely undercut their argument that they aren't utterly dominant and it isn't obvious who they are
From @karleighchardonnay.bsky.social at Outsports:

Jennifer Sey, who said the NWSL had “several males” has issued a $10,000 bounty to the next player to “speak out like Elizabeth Eddy.” An anonymous donor added $5000. Clay Travis said he’d double it.

NEAT.

www.outsports.com/2025/11/14/2...
Transphobic clothing brand feels every athlete has a price - Outsports
Anti-trans activewear XX-XY teams up with sports shock jock Clay Travis to pay athletes to speak out against trans women.
www.outsports.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
found where yo momma lives
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Is crypto legit now?
YouTube video by Good Work
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Yes it was. This is a weird thing to lie about.
“This wasn’t about Season Pass not working” -Don Garber in SBJ
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
1 car per household limit and you need to apply for a permit proving a legitimate need to get anything larger than a 4-door sedan
"my least woke opinion is---"

That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.

Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I'm a 1000 rated chess player and I just played back-to-back games at 1400 level my brain is growing chat
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
1. Transfer market alignment is going to make it a lot easier to sell players for big money and sign good players for reasonable money.

2. Playoffs now happen in a relatively quiet part of the NA sports calendar.
Genuinely why? I think it is largely neutral to maybe bad for my reasons to attend with young ones in a northern market. If they don’t take the training wheels off re: roster regulations what is the point
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Obviously there are some pretty significant potential drawbacks but I think the upside is bigger. It’s the right decision.
BREAKING: MLS owners have voted and passed a schedule change. The league will run from the late summer months through May.

This is due to start in summer of 2027. MLS will take winter break in Jan/Feb

More from @paultenorio.bsky.social on the ground at BOG meeting: www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
MLS owners vote to flip schedule to European calendar, change format starting in 2027
MLS will soon align with leagues that play from the fall to the spring after a transformational decision made by its owners
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I wish John Fetterman a speedy and full recovery but also if you're in the Senate and have chronic health problems that prevent you from doing your job all the time, you need to resign
John Fetterman was taken to the hospital after suffering from a “ventricular fibrillation flare-up” and falling near his home
John Fetterman Hospitalized After Fall
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reposted by Kim McCauley
Sunderland are the PL's best story so far, a club earmarked for relegation yet are currently 4th with a better GD than last season's champs (Liverpool).

This week's article for @thetransferflow.bsky.social analyzes Sunderland's hot start to the season
www.thetransferflow.com/p/the-secret...
The secrets to Sunderland's early season success
They've been lucky, but they're also doing a lot right.
www.thetransferflow.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Reposted by Kim McCauley
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:

saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3

and a worker tier whose emails are like:

Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
We're Doing 50 Year Mortgages Now
YouTube video by Big A
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November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
go off queen
also:

our sister publication, NIL-Wire, wrote its most important story yet.

a sit down with Boise State's Goth Volleyball Player

www.nil-wire.com/p/nora-hayd-...
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
if I had fuck you money I'd probably just find the absolute most unhinged shit on Kalshi to gamble on
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Reposted by Kim McCauley
Thomas Massie to CNN on the Epstein files: "This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. And what are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate … and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'"
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It's not particularly relevant what a grown adult's job was at the time they were assaulting teenagers, but I was under the impression Trump was hanging with Epstein and doing crimes 20 years ago, not like, while he was the President
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Still wondering why Biden's justice department covered up all this Epstein shit!
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Hello, I am playing the game Subway Builder in Atlanta :)

Ring line complete and site picked for downtown transfer station. Come hang out and make suggestions!

www.twitch.tv/kimischilling
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Subway Builder — Atlanta! [she/her]
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November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Really wishing I could make fun of Donald Trump and the current MAGA infighting over whether or not to keep supporting him but unfortunately the reason is he did the bleakest, most unfunny thing possible
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM