BillyVance 35 #26 May 3, 2010 I have no idea how the American sport of Football was called that to begin with..."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyMarko 1 #27 May 3, 2010 I love the videos that prove how big of sissies 'field fairies' are... oh hey look, I found one!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJwVVPkQEJs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #28 May 3, 2010 I have to agree with you, there are some really bad actors on the soccer field. Hell, I've seen the same thing on the basketball court. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyMarko 1 #29 May 3, 2010 Possible thread hijack...not too many fakers in the NHL...just sayin...sure some of the fights are a lil lame but when a guy takes a stick to the mouth and pulls his own tooth out on the bench(then loses 7 more later), now thats a sport ETA: link for said story http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/video-eric-belanger-pull-out-own-tooth.php Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #30 May 3, 2010 Quote Possible thread hijack...not too many fakers in the NHL...just sayin...sure some of the fights are a lil lame but when a guy takes a stick to the mouth and pulls his own tooth out on the bench(then loses 7 more later), now thats a sport Oh yeah, and they used to play without helmets in the old days! And the "old days" of hockey weren't all that long ago, like football."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #31 May 3, 2010 QuoteI have no idea how the American sport of Football was called that to begin with... I think it is only because the game begins with the kick of a ball! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #32 May 3, 2010 Soccer right? That's the game where a bunch of pansies run around and one falls down crying if another player looks at him wrong? Did I get the right game? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #33 May 3, 2010 QuoteI love the videos that prove how big of sissies 'field fairies' are... oh hey look, I found one!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJwVVPkQEJs I swore after the last World Cup I'd never watch again because of all the diving. I'll likely watch for a while but if the same crap is happening I'll find other things to do.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #34 May 3, 2010 They do look like a bunch of pussies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sangi 0 #35 May 3, 2010 haha, ace "Dream as you'll live forever, live as you'll die today." James Dean Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heatmiser 0 #36 May 3, 2010 My DZO does religiously. But he's an Auss.....oops I mean a Brit. What you say is reflective of your knowledge...HOW ya say it is reflective of your experience. Airtwardo Someone's going to be spanked! Hopefully, it will be me. Skymama Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #37 May 3, 2010 Quote Soccer right? That's the game where a bunch of pansies run around and one falls down crying if another player looks at him wrong? Did I get the right game? it's not really a game either. A game is supposed to be fun It's more something like "22 male barbies running after a ball" (and for les Bleus, hooking up with minor prostitutes)scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #38 May 3, 2010 QuoteThe most American thing about baseball is the capitalism, Baseball is not a sport. Anything you can do while drinking beer (and spilling little or none) is not a sport.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #39 May 3, 2010 Quote Quote Im curious how you guys in the states rate it . . . The vast majority of US Citizens could not care less. It's not even on their radar. Unless it's women beating the crap out of each other on the field like Elizabeth Lambert or taking their shirts off like Brandi Chastain.Then it becomes interesting to people in the US."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
metalslug 36 #40 May 4, 2010 QuoteThe vast majority of US Citizens could not care less. It's not even on their radar. If that's true, then the article linked below may be of interest. Quote As of February 2010, Americans have bought more tickets for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa than any other outside national group. http://southafrica.usembassy.gov/acs_2010.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #41 May 4, 2010 QuoteQuoteThe vast majority of US Citizens could not care less. It's not even on their radar. If that's the case, then the article linked below is quite remarkable. Quote As of February 2010, Americans have bought more tickets for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa than any other outside national group. http://southafrica.usembassy.gov/acs_2010.html Not really. The US has a population of roughly 310 million people. If 1% of the population wanted to go, that's still 3,100,000 people. If the top 2% of just those people were wealthy enough to afford to go, that's 62,000. Exactly how many seats are there in the stadium anyway? 42,000? So we can easily fill the stadium with 2% of 1% of the population and in my book, that's pretty low on the give-a-shit meter.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scratch 0 #42 May 4, 2010 Quote swore after the last World Cup I'd never watch again because of all the diving. I'll likely watch for a while but if the same crap is happening I'll find other things to do. +1 Anyway I am a Rugby Union person myself. You know.... American football without the pads, helmets, separate teams for defence and offence etc etc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #43 May 4, 2010 Quote the worlds greatest competition My arseFootball is the 'sport' of hairdressers (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #44 May 4, 2010 Quote Quote the worlds greatest competition My arseFootball is the 'sport' of hairdressers Didnt you use to ride a hairdresser's Harley? AKA a sporster? Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #45 May 4, 2010 They'd get more female viewers if they would play with their shirts off. Yummy. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #46 May 4, 2010 Quote Quote Quote the worlds greatest competition My arseFootball is the 'sport' of hairdressers Didnt you use to ride a hairdresser's Harley? AKA a sporster? Ouch (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,147 #47 May 5, 2010 QuoteI imagin many countries feel the same way about our World series, ! Would that be the same World Series that the world outside N. America is excluded from?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,147 #48 May 5, 2010 QuoteWell, the worlds greatest competition Everyone knows that the world's greatest competition is the Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #49 May 5, 2010 Quote Sorry to be an arse, but you still havent explained to me why you call something a world series when there is only 1 country directly involved in it What the F###! You just insulted the Candians. They have a baseball team or two, eh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #50 May 5, 2010 Quote Everyone knows that the world's greatest competition is the Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race. Here's the Prof as a wee lad cheering the Oxford team.http://scienceblogs.com/twominds/sports%20fan.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
