tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post7032044502629562857..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: How to Save SoccerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-17008802825688460402010-06-28T22:27:20.305-05:002010-06-28T22:27:20.305-05:00Brilliant plan. To which I might add... cheerleade...Brilliant plan. To which I might add... cheerleaders in bikinis and public executions at halftime.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-18865234951542080832010-06-28T17:30:40.008-05:002010-06-28T17:30:40.008-05:00How to save baseball? Superheroes!How to save baseball? Superheroes!Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-88661448130076296232010-06-28T17:29:52.116-05:002010-06-28T17:29:52.116-05:00I think they should put adverts in films, too. You...I think they should put adverts in films, too. You could skip most of The Searchers and Lawrence Of Arabia and put a nice advert for a weak beer instead of all that boring desert stuff.Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-83167061700945792262010-06-28T16:15:10.045-05:002010-06-28T16:15:10.045-05:00Next week I am going to supply Steve with my plan ...Next week I am going to supply Steve with my plan for fixing baseball.Mrs. Weddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074823078224650638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-46212669833427164592010-06-28T14:52:58.895-05:002010-06-28T14:52:58.895-05:00really don't get the complaints about 'tie...really don't get the complaints about 'ties' to be honest. Its overlooking all the drama, the tension, the politics.<br /><br />its like great fiction. the story is HOW the two teams get to that result. there are so many different things involved.<br /><br />a game might end 2-2, 3-3 or 4-4 (ive seen them all) after two teams have gone all out for 90 minutes, a drama of neither side deserving to lose. Ive seen teams sent out to draw, where they gamble that the opposition wont nick a goal and that a draw is better in the long run. I've seen a team get a man sent off and then hold out against a siege for 60 mins to earn a draw thats as priceless as a win.<br /><br />Surely fans of great crime fiction also enjoy a sport with as many complexities and subtleties as football?<br /><br />A football match is 90+ minutes of passing, of movement, of tactics, of team work or individual flair, of underdogs or arrogance, or goals and saves and fouls. <br /><br />its just missing commercial breaks. and nakedness. and chocolate.<br /><br />Hmmm....i think i have invented a new sport today.Jay Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764183157841848163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-8497608649195666492010-06-28T14:38:09.586-05:002010-06-28T14:38:09.586-05:00My biggest objection to soccer (apart from the lac...My biggest objection to soccer (apart from the lack of scoring--a 1-0 lead can be "insurmountable") is the fact that if the game ends in a tie, I believe they give each team five free kicks. Is that it?<br /><br />Well, what they've done is switch at the last minute from a game where it's impossible to score, to a game where it's impossible NOT to score. It's like switching from soccer to shooting free throws to determine a winner of the soccer game.Mike Dennishttp://mikedennisnoir.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-58146333134173733012010-06-28T14:24:44.514-05:002010-06-28T14:24:44.514-05:00Finally someone admits what the issue is! Your wif...Finally someone admits what the issue is! Your wife is dead right. Of course you could take 5 min commercial breaks in soccer and not miss a damn thing but that's beside the point. Kudos to your wife for finding the answer most Americans don't want to admit to.Eric Beetnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12504563937840205835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-53245430767066528832010-06-28T13:17:05.155-05:002010-06-28T13:17:05.155-05:00Travener -- Don't even get me started on curli...Travener -- Don't even get me started on curling.<br /><br />Jay -- Yup. Some of the most exciting baseball is the tightness of a 1-1 game going in to the 9th.Steve Weddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876211586767139613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-17374969192136604602010-06-28T11:16:03.456-05:002010-06-28T11:16:03.456-05:00Great theory steve. Tell the head of the household...Great theory steve. Tell the head of the household that she's a genius.<br /><br />It's better tha hearing people complaining about 'ties,' like they want their fiction to be grey areas but their sport to be black and White. So many different tactical approaches, so many different ways to draw a game and the tension that comes with it. Wouldn't trade that for any sport in the world.<br /><br />Except maybe a naked one with chocolate.Jay Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764183157841848163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-61171672997087453402010-06-28T10:02:48.653-05:002010-06-28T10:02:48.653-05:00This is actually a pretty good theory. Novel, too...This is actually a pretty good theory. Novel, too. Usually you hear that Americans don't like it because there's no scoring. Hell, there's no scoring in hockey, either. Of course, those guys are on a much smaller field, on ice skates, carrying big sticks, slamming into each other all the time, and whacking "the ball" about 150 mph. I consider myself a sophisticated internationalist but have the usual American aversion to soccer.<br /><br />Cricket, on the other hand, rocks.Travenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160810997837674165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-5385111701018419152010-06-28T09:59:50.475-05:002010-06-28T09:59:50.475-05:00Joanne -- Yes. Can you imagine the excitement if t...Joanne -- Yes. Can you imagine the excitement if the International Kickball Tournament had a big push for its ads? But they have no place to put them. That's the problem, isn't it?<br /><br />Dave -- Also, they play game while the US of A is at work. They need to play the games on weekend afternoons or at whatever time makes it 7 pm my time. Probably something like 2 am in Europe, but that's ok with me.Steve Weddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876211586767139613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-81809389972423129322010-06-28T09:35:53.772-05:002010-06-28T09:35:53.772-05:00http://jacksondonne.blogspot.com/2009/07/soccer-fu...http://jacksondonne.blogspot.com/2009/07/soccer-futbol-football.html<br /><br />My soccer opinion... <br /><br />You make good points too... But during the USA England game, watching twitter was hilarious. Everyone for the first ten minutes was all "USA!!!" and then by the 14 minute mark "WTF, this boring!"Dave Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10185814518997114591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-26803682135453638422010-06-28T09:21:44.069-05:002010-06-28T09:21:44.069-05:00Commercials...of course! That's the whole reas...Commercials...of course! That's the whole reason we watch the Superbowl isn't it?Joanne Young Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14431836725661024756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-65637909783033745842010-06-28T07:27:53.525-05:002010-06-28T07:27:53.525-05:00Paul -- Thanks for that. I have a Spider-Man and t...Paul -- Thanks for that. I have a Spider-Man and the Dallas Cowboys comic from a few decades ago. That one you link up is hilarious.<br /><br />Irene -- Sorry about that. Hope you weren't visiting with folks at Panera or anything.Steve Weddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876211586767139613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-71806281687034343822010-06-28T07:26:07.567-05:002010-06-28T07:26:07.567-05:00I'm glad you credit your wife for the epiphany...I'm glad you credit your wife for the epiphany. But "light beer and soft peters"; that one made me shoot hot tea through my nose at a high velocity.Irene Zieglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13757567044422162107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-80332451774393495862010-06-28T03:38:22.166-05:002010-06-28T03:38:22.166-05:00Oh, and a great way to save American Rugby-apart f...Oh, and a great way to save American Rugby-apart from getting the players to take off the cushions and helmets- is to bring in superheroes<br /><br />http://comicsmakenosense.blogspot.com/2010/06/crime-is-unsportsmanlike-conduct-monday.htmlPaul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-90739982260741089382010-06-28T03:31:21.165-05:002010-06-28T03:31:21.165-05:00arf.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sD_8prYOxoarf.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sD_8prYOxoPaul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.com