[DennisR]

oh goody! We can now become fans of the world’s most popular sport... soccer! Where it’s the fans, not the athletes, who get beat up, trampled, or killed. Ninety boring minutes for a 1-0 score!

[refermech]

I don’t believe anyone is being forced to play football.

[1rudeboy]

That's an interesting economic concept: instead of paying to watch people knock themselves senseless and become mentally retarded in the process, actually participate in the risk . . . .

In any case, enjoy the rest of the thread, because:

[Himyar]

Football is too war like for the wussies out there. Attacking, taking ground etc. All these do gooders want to abolish everything that could possibly hurt anything. There is growing pressure on equestrian sports too. Pretty soon it will be tiddly winks or nothing.