So You Really Think Soccer Blows?

9. June 2006 | 1rudethug

[1rudeboy]

I can see you're upset. Maybe your boyfriend will give you a sucker.

[Poser]

"Awww . . . you mean, just because you can't win, the sport is for girls?"

Nope. It's just that soccer is a fine pastime for pre-teen girls.

I compete in handgun shooting. I win.

[balrog666]

I hate soccer.

Soccer is more boring than golf!

[Central Scrutiniser]

Soccer is great.

Want a ghey sport? Nascar.

Buncha toothless hicks drinking PBR with their fat bottomed girlfriends wearing a tube top and electric blue eyeshadow watching a freaking car go in circles in the hot sun, and secretly hoping for things to "blow up real good!" with a crash.

Boy howdy!

[SoCal Pubbie]

"I'd like to see an NFL player run nonstop for 45 minutes."

One of the biggest myths of soccer is that the players are always in motion. Two players on the field never leave a small area around each goal at any time of the game. About half the rest never leave either the offensive or defensive side of the field. At any one time, there are rarely more than three or four players actively engaged in the pursuit of the ball. A fullback watching his team attacking the other side's goal over a hundred yards away is hardly "running nonstop".

Furthermore, asking such a question is like asking a sprinter to run a marathon. Do you think Carl Lewis was not in shape because he could not have been competitive at long distances?

Soccer demands great conditioning but no more so than hockey, basketball, or football. Every sport has its unique specialization.

[JRios1968]

Wow...I am sorry you had to ask your mommy (or maybe one of your succer buddies) for help to come up with that. I bet you're now sitting at the Chuck E. Cheese telling all your 8-year old fellow fans how smart you are.

By the way, how are you able to stay up so late at the computer? I guess when you're a 35-year living in the basement at your mom's house you can stay up a little later...

[the scotsman]

'Any activity where the "stars" are known by only one name is not a sport.'

Sorry that makes no sense...what has the 'superiority' of two names as opposed to one got to do with anything?..surely the fact that the whole world(except your nation) knows a person by one moniker shows both the worldwide love of football and also the respect for their talent..


Any activity where the 'stars' are full of steroids isnt a real sport.

Any activity where most of the team spend the game in the dugout isnt a real sport.

Any activity where the 'athletes' barely move or stand still for most of the game isnt a real sport.

Any activity where its 'grestest hero' was an overweight man isnt a real sport.

Any activity where players 'pad up' UNLIKE RUGBY isnt a real sport...

Any activity where you HAVE to be a genetic freak who HAS to be a certain height(unlike 'soccer' where some greats were small,some average height and some tall)before you are allowed to play isnt a real sport.


ACTUALLY,I am not a football fan.but I DID want to show that your argument can be easily turned on your sports...

[the scotsman]

Given that the entire rest of the world is for football and the WC...

Doesnt it EVER cross America's mind that it alone does not have 'soccer' as its no1 sport?..do Americans ever think that being in the minority could mean they are wrong?.

[1rudeboy]

Dude, that is pathetic. I would've hoped that the anti-soccer crowd (you, specifically) could've come-up with something better. How can it be that some guy living in mom's basement led you to the lamest response, ever?

[processing please hold]

Ya know, I don't want to offend anyone's delicate sensibilities about their love of soccer, but, I find Canadian curling more exciting than soccer and I think one has to be semiconscious to enjoy that. :-)

[JRios1968]

How can it be that some guy living in mom's basement led you to the lamest response, ever?

You see, it's called "targeting your audience."

Follow me on this one...I know it's going to be hard for you to follow, but make the effort, ok? I will even type it out slowly for you to read it out loud.

You see, I have to tone my responses down to the lowest common denominator here, namely you.

By the way, do you know what "namely" and "lowest common denominator" stand for? I can explain, if you need it. I know, I am using big, difficult words for you, but I am sure you can follow.

In the meantime, while you think about it, and take 20-some odd hours to compose a completely weak reply, have some fun watching your favorite "athletes", as they demonstrate their "abilities."

[JRios1968]

ACTUALLY,I am not a football fan.but I DID want to show that your argument can be easily turned on your sports...

Maybe so, but I am not the one saying that because you don't appreciate the sports I appreciate, that makes you ignorant, or a bad countryman or anything like that.

In case you haven't noticed, I haven't set up a thread talking down to other FReepers due to their lack of support for any of my favorite activities, including bowling or softball. Why, you may ask? Because I am secure in MY enjoyment of said activities and because I have a sense of humor about said activities, namely,
- I fully realize that any activity where you can actually get better the more beer you have in you, ain't a sport, and
- I also realize that any activity that typically requires you to rent your shoes ain't a sport.

You see, I have a sense of humor about it, I don't get offended when others put down my favorite activities...I just wish the succer fans would develop the same sense of humor about their so-called "sport."

I get it...WE (the vast majority of Americans) get it. YOU like succer, and we applaud you for that, I guess. Just don't try to tell us we're unpatriotic for not caring one whit about the US team in the "world cup," because all you accomplish is make us dislike succer even more, and then make it personal.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

[1rudeboy]

Gads. You call that a flame? You are a parody.

[1rudeboy]

Just don't try to tell us we're unpatriotic for not caring one whit about the US team in the "world cup," because all you accomplish is make us dislike succer even more, and then make it personal.

No one is calling you unpatriotic. We are simply discussing the limits of your patriotism.

[1rudeboy]

That link you posted? Did you get it from me? I posted it a number of days ago.

[fredhead]

I had no opinion one way or the other until yesterday, when ESPN-2 pre-empted Salt Water Sunday (fishing shows) to show soccer. I look forward to my fishing shows all week, just to have them taken away.

[jmc813]

Great post. I think that the fact that soccer requires relatively intense concentration on the part of the viewer makes it less likely to "catch on" in a country such as the US which does not have a rich history of the sport.