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Don't know about soccer but cyclists are hated because 1) because they hog the road and 2) because they wear stupid clothing. Anything that requires participants to wear Lycra Spandex can't be a real sport or a viable mode of transportation.

Are soccer players the worst crybabies in sport? Tell it to John McEnroe. Soccer players don't have anything on him.

If you want more respect for soccer, give the players bats or sticks. That seems to work for other "gay" sports like baseball and lacrosse. And if it doesn't work, you're kids will be ready for what the others dish out.

[mbennett203]

"Don't know about soccer but cyclists are hated because 1) because they hog the road and 2) because they wear stupid clothing. Anything that requires participants to wear Lycra Spandex can't be a real sport or a viable mode of transportation."

Where the heck did that come from? But I totally agree. Ride on the freakin' sidewalk if there's traffic, people like me that drive cars (like normal Americans) don't like having to focus so much on some jackhole wearing a yellow spandex suit and "them lil' ol' shorty-shorts." I have to make sure you Lance-Armstrong never-gonna-be's don't get crushed under the weight of my Cherokee if you fall, so I have to slow down, and drive close to the OTHER LANE.

The Critical Mass hippies are another story. The spandex bike queens annoy me, but those folks make me homicidal. Blocking faster car traffic because you want to make a statement is both dangerous to you and other road users, and it's so rude it's indescribable.

At least scooter drivers burn hydrocarbons like normal folk.

[Asphalt]

Cyclists are very gay. They shave. They wear spandex. They are also some of the greatest athletes on earth. They ride six hours in freezing cold and boiling hot weather at speeds up to 70 miles an hour, and on long climes with grades of 15 percent