By El Luchador If you have AT&T UVerse, you will miss the first half of tonight’s MLS Cup play-off game between the Crew and RealSaltLake. Ray Stein, and the other RedState Buckeye-fetish troglodytes at the Dispatch Printing Company are demonstrating once again that their understanding of the World’s game is equivalent to the level of understanding that the Taliban have for women’s rights.
El Luchador has written before about the contempt that the Limbaugh-loving hamburger heads at the Dispatch Printing Company have for the Beautiful Game.
The Dispatch owns ONN (UVerse Channel 233). As we all know, unfortunately ONN is the company that owns the rights to broadcast grainy, community-television quality coverage of all Crew games that are not broadcast by real channels like ESPN and Fox Soccer Channel.
ONN is broadcasting tonight’s first-leg match at Rio Tinto Stadium in Utah. Look at your ONN television listings on UVerse, and you will see that it is not even listed. It just lists “Local News” during the game’s 6-8 p.m. time slot. Read the Dispatch’s television listings in the sports section, and you will see that the game, which starts at 6 p.m., is listed on ONN at 6:45 p.m. with an asterisk and the following note: “* - the game will be seen in its entirety live at 6 p.m. on Time Warner Ch. 24, Insight 432, WOW! Ch 101 amd WBNS-DT 10.2.”
The Dispatch’s Game Preview lists “TV: ONN (joined in progress).”
In other words, the only professional sports franchise in Columbus history to ever win a championship tonight defends its title in the first leg of its playoff bid to become the first team in MLS history to win back-to-back MLS Cup and Supporters Shield victories, and the capitalists who run the home town media machine, “Ohio’s Greatest Home News Paper” and its television station will not show the entire game.
Calls by staff of the Luchametric Institute to ONN and the Dispatch Printing Company corporate headquarters were not returned.
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GMS=Games Played: LM=Lucametric Score; Z Score=Z score for the LM; PTS=Actual Points Earned; P Pts= projected points to be earned by end of season; For more comprehensive data, click on image.
Final EPL 2010-11 Team Stats June 15, 2011 (Short Version)
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EPL and MLS Power Rankings, Handicapping and Comprehensive Statistics
The Luchametric is a weighted statistical score that measures a team's overall production. The LM represents the total number of offensive events the team creates each game (for example, Shots and Shots on goal) minus the total number of offensive events per game the team allows to be created against it. Each event is weighted in terms of its relative "worth" in goals.
The weights for each category were derived by looking at a range of variables (statistical categories) and subjecting them to simple regression analysis to identify those stats which were the strongest measure of a team's strength relative to other teams. The metric considers and weights the following variables:
Home Goals, Away Goals, Home Wins, Away Wins, Draws, Losses, Shots, Shots on Goals, Quality Shots on Goal, Corners For, Corners Against, Goals Against, Shots Against, Shots on Goal Against, and Recent Form.
The Z-score gives the relative differences among the teams in Standard Deviations. In other words, if Chelsea has a Z-score of 2.0 and Hull has one of -2.0, Hull is 4 full standard deviations below Chelsea in the rankings. Based on our analysis, in the EPL and the MLS, a difference of one full Standard Deviation indicates a significant difference between any two teams.
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MLS Fixtures Odds, Probabilities, Recomendations: August 19, 2010
Our recommendation is based on the LM Power Rankings, a comprehensive statistical comparison of both clubs, and our overall estimation of the real probability of a win by either club combined with the value of the payout offered by the books. "Added Value" is our estimation of any additional percentage probability of a win. So a team with an added value of +10 is deemed to have an additonal 10% chance of winning. A team with a negative added valude is deemed to have less of a percentage chance to win. Recommendations in blue are our best bets.
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A Message from Crew General Manager Mark McCullers (From the Black & Gold Standard)
Nordecke Supporters:
I have received several emails regarding the increased security presence in the Nordecke for the Saprissa match. We have respectfully requested that the chants including profanity, most importantly GTFO, cease. Unfortunately that chant has continued, specifically during the Cruz Azul match and then several times during the LA match. During our highest attended game of the year, with the opportunity to impress people that might attend more Crew games at Crew stadium, we instead left a negative impression with unnecessary chanting of unacceptable profanity.We have received numerous complaints from fans, and now have indications from sponsors that they are reconsidering their financial support because they cannot be associated with an environment that includes this behavior. My pride in the Nordecke and what it brings to the club is deep and well documented. But this behavior, again, compromises our repuation and cannot be tolerated. We must identify and deal with those who insist on perpetuating this behavior, which explains the increased security measures.
I apologize to those who respect our policies and standards. I hope that those who disrespect the club and others in the stadium begin to understand our position and refrain from unnecessary and detrimental behavior. Until then, we must take action to protect our reputation and collective interests.
This is an exciting time for our team and organization. I regret that this blemish has once again manifested itself and hope that it is quickly resolved.
Sincerest regards, Mark
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