How to Watch Club America vs. Atlas, Liga MX Clausura Live Stream, Schedule, TV Channel, Start Time

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Club America hosts Atlas on Saturday aiming to continue its surge up the Liga MX Clausura ranks. The team returns to Estadio Azteca after a pair of back-to-back road victories. Los Zorros outfoxed Miguel Herrera’s heavyweights 3-0 at home when these teams met during the Apertura campaign in August, but almost three years have passed since Atlas beat America on its own soil.

Club America vs. Atlas

  • When: Saturday, February 15
  • Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
  • TV: TUDN, ESPN Deportes
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

Atlas has failed to score in successive league trips to the Azteca, where America holds a 1-1 record during this Clausura campaign. The Apertura runner-up is fourth in the standings after five games and could climb to the summit provided the right results go in its favor during Week 6.

Andres Ibarguen scored in both halves to clinch a 2-1 win away to Queretaro in America’s last fixture, while Saturday’s opponent has suffered defeat in three of its past four matches. Atlas surrendered 3-1 at home to Monarcas Morelia in Week 5 to record its third loss of the campaign, having defeated Tijuana 2-1 at home for its second win of the season prior to that. That was Rafael Puente Jr’s first victory at the helm after he was appointed Atlas chief at the end of January. The 41-year-old is now set for his first away fixture with his new club.

The odds appear stacked in favor of host America on paper, but it’s worth highlighting Herrera & Co. suffered a 3-1 humiliation at home to Juarez in its last outing at Azteca. Atlas will hope to mimic that result and seal its first victory at the Mexico City venue since April 2017. A win for the travelling side could see Puente Jr’s men climb as high as fifth, with the minnows seeking to clinch their first Liga MX title since 1951.

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Prescott contract demands crystal clear through lens of 2016 draftmates

The Dallas Cowboys have let Dak Prescott’s contract run out and now will pay the price.

Quarterback Dak Prescott is set to become a free agent in less than a month’s time, a situation the Dallas Cowboys have certainly played a part in reaching. The two sides have been negotiating on a new deal since last offseason, with talks being called off early in the 2019 season.

David Moore of the Dallas Morning News stated Prescott has earned $2.7 million dollars in his four years with the organization, but it’s a little more than that. The quarterback earned a performance escalator for 2019, making his total earnings just over $4 million.

While contracts are built to pay players for future performance, the fact Prescott played in 2019 for pennies on the dollar of what his fellow draft class mates made is a very solid argument for why his deal should surpass theirs.

Based off his past performances, statistics and record as the starting quarterback, Prescott has been severely underpaid compared to his counterparts from that same 2016 draft. Both Philadelphia Eagles’ Carson Wentz and Los Angeles Rams’ Jared Goff have received their big pay days prior to 2019.

Through 2019, Goff has already pocketed $49 million. Wentz has pocketed over $39 million. Both will receive at least $30 million in cash in 2020.

Prescott was taken in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft which to some can lead to lower expectations as far as success in the league but also and more importantly for the Cowboys at the time, a lower salary to deal with for his first four years.

Again, Prescott has earned $4 million through four years and at worst, has played on par with his counterparts.

At the time of him being drafted, Prescott was in line to be the third string quarterback. Clearly this wasn’t the case when both starting quarterback Tony Romo and backup quarterback (now second-year offensive coordinator) Kellen Moore went down with injury. Prescott was immediately thrown into the fire. Turns out the next four years went pretty well for Prescott from an organizational standpoint.

Prescott’s idea of what his new contract should be has a floor of the current Wentz and Goff deals, and a ceiling of what’s about to happen in the very near future. With Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson and Lamar Jackson in line to receive their second contracts in the coming season or two, Russell Wilson’s $35 million average will be left in the dust sooner rather than later.

Moore believes this is going to take a five-year deal, but that may be against Prescott’s wishes. who wants either elite tier compensation or a chance to re-enter the market quickly.

There are many factors that come into play when trying to sign a franchise quarterback. When it comes to these larger and lengthy contracts in the NFL, it’s all about the guaranteed money. Over the summer, the Cowboys presented Prescott an offer which would have put him in the top five highest paid at his position. In addition to that, the team went public by stating it came with a $90 million dollar guarantee. Goff’s deal had a guaranteed $110 million.

There’s really no way for the Cowboys to help Prescott catch all the way up to Goff and Wentz over the course of this next deal, but it does seem a little stunning that they’d allow Prescott to continue to fall further behind the pace.

Regardless of how many opinions are floating out there, the Cowboys know they want Prescott to be their quarterback. It’s hard to argue, based on what his peers have earned and are about to earn that he doesn’t have the right to want to be made whole for both past and future performance.

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Aleem Ford’s Aggressive Play Must Continue

The play of Aleem Ford down the stretch will play an important role in Wisconsin’s success over the remainder of the season.

In Wisconsin’s win over Nebraska on Saturday Aleem Ford only scored three points on 1-for-5 shooting from the field, which snapped a three game streak of him reaching double figures.

In the three previous games since Kobe King’s departure, Ford was averaging 11.3 points a contest on a combined 12-for-23 shooting from the field.

Ford in Wisconsin’s win against Nebraska didn’t show the same kind of hunter mentality like he did previously. In order for Wisconsin’s offense to have success over the Badgers remaining six regular season games and the Big Ten tournament, the Badgers will need Ford to be able to attack the basket to help generate high percentage shots.

With Wisconsin’s offensive success against Nebraska coming from three against the Cornhuskers the Badgers didn’t need for Ford to attack as three of his five field goal attempts came from 3-point range.

Although Ford didn’t have the same kind of success scoring against Nebraska he did use that attacking mentality that Badger fans have seen over Wisconsin’s last four games on the glass.

Ford who was a rebound shy of registering his first career double-double against Ohio State was active once again on the glass. Ford finished with a season and career-high 10 rebounds against Nebraska. It was also Ford’s second straight game where he led the Badgers in rebounds and his third overall this season.

If Ford can consistently string together strong rebounding games he will help take the pressure off of Nate Reuvers who leads the team in rebounds (119). Ford on the season is only averaging four rebounds a game and his 100 rebounds rank fourth on the team.

In particular, if Ford’s aggressive style of play continues over the remainder of Wisconsin’s season even if his shot isn’t falling he can still make a positive impact by cleaning up his miss or one of his teammates by collecting an offensive rebound.

Wisconsin is only averaging 8.1 offensive rebounds over conference play, which ranks 13th in the league. Simply put with games starting to have more significance as the Badgers try to improve where they are in the Big Ten standings and to continue to solidify their seed in the NCAA tournament the Badgers can’t waste their opportunities if they want to set themselves up for possible postseason success.

The play of Ford down the stretch could prove to be an important factor in how far Wisconsin goes in March.

 

 

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