Have you ever seen someone issue a nice, spicy tweet? Just a real kick in the old taste buds, guaranteed to get ratio’d and quoted and discussed until the multiple ripples from the original tweet crescendo into a cacophony of Twitter buzz?
That was Eric Wynalda this morning as Alexi Lalas decided to stir the pot like Ursula stirring the oceans with her trident at the end of Little Mermaid:
Dear #USSF President candidates (tagged): As President how would you deal with a U.S. player kneeling for the national anthem? pic.twitter.com/S2vUj1WrHI
— Alexi Lalas (@AlexiLalas) November 7, 2017
For the record, this is a fair question, and the answers it elucidates from the candidates are relevant to the future handling of US federation matters, especially as the player pool and the fan base continue to grow and diversify.