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To: freedumb2003

In the tiny bit of Soccer I’ve been forced to watch, I think off-sides and letting the clock run is stupid; and in hockey (husband is forcing me to watch the Rangers right now, in the Stanley Cup playoffs), icing is stupid (they’re calling it right now— it looks like defense to me!) and off sides is pretty dumb. I guess I just don’t like off sides calls! Well, they make sense in football.


57 posted on 04/30/2012 6:17:09 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: MacMattico

>> I think off-sides and letting the clock run is stupid; <<

Watch how the Europeans play it — theoretically offsides starts when the ball is kicked. But in reality, when they are beaten, the Euros run TO the ball to force offsides.

And of course, they should give more Oscars to soccer players than on any year in Hollywood. If they get touched they act like they have been knifed in a back alley.

My wife is from Mexico so we agreed I will watch the World cup and I won’t make too much fun of her while she watches games from home. If I have to watch, I make it a point to learn the rules and strategies. Speaking of which, try watching and trying to understand Cricket sometime. Man, how the English ruled the world while playing that game is amazing...

PS: Mexico plays US Style Football, and pretty good, too (wife’s brother was a linebacker). There has been talk of a Mexico team in the NFL.


73 posted on 04/30/2012 6:36:04 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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To: MacMattico
and in hockey (husband is forcing me to watch the Rangers right now, in the Stanley Cup playoffs), icing is stupid (they’re calling it right now— it looks like defense to me!) and off sides is pretty dumb.

Icing is allowed -- when you are shorthanded. Otherwise, you have to actually try to move the puck out of your own end, not just fling it down ice.

And offsides is the thing that prevents hockey from being basketball. Again, you have to actually move the puck into the zone.

And the defense can gain the blue line to force all of the other team's players to leave the zone. It releases the pressure in your own end.

Without offsides, you could have a guy stand next to the goal all game long and then pass it to him the entire length of the ice.

146 posted on 05/01/2012 10:00:05 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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