Posted on 07/05/2006 2:13:36 PM PDT by Ebenezer
Father William Maestri with the Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana makes this damning (at least to soccer moms nationwide) remark in his latest column on The Clarion Herald, the Archdiocese's newspaper. The quote is just the proverbial tip of the iceberg as he rants in no uncertain terms against this sport which he mockingly calls "kickball".
But then, what is the Padre's sport of choice? Not basketball, not football, not even "the national pastime" of baseball. It's tennis; Wimbledon tennis!
The article is available only in .pdf format, so I urge fellow FReepers to access it through the source URL, read it, and reach your own conclusions. While I agree with Father's disdain for fútbol, "take me out to the ball game".....anytime.
Really? Didn't they play the Cosmos on Randalls Island last week? ;-)
I have been a rescue swimmer (U.S. Navy), been trained for dynamic entry/hostage rescue, played organized baseball, football and surfed competively. I've jumped out of perfectly good airplanes, made a living swordfishing, and other commercial fisheries.
The single most physically demanding activity that I have participated in, is the 20 years of soccer that I played.
I have noticed that the people who spew the uninformed nonsense about soccer being a "gay" sport are usually those who question their own sexuality or uncoordinated pussies, or a combination of both.
I was dragged to the OMNI back when the Flames played in Atlanta.
The Tuborg beer was nice but I was soooo glad when the game was over after halftime.
THEN they come out and tell me there's going to be a THIRD half I have to suffer through!
Thank god for Tuborg!
Sorry, a mixture of Carbon Monoxide and guys and gals with mullets is not my scene.
"Nancy boys" who can do that are probably in good enough shape to beat the crap out of just about any participant in any of the "more American" sports.
(Seek medical attention immediately.)
Have you seen a fat soccer player in the entire World Cup (the closest I saw was Ronaldo, and he shouldn't have been there)? I don't think you'd have any trouble finding enough of them in baseball and football (some linemen). You won't find them in the highest levels of Basketball, soccer, tennis, hockey, etc. The rest of this whole thread deals with preferences, nothing objective.
Speaking of "gay" games, in what sport does play begin with one player pressing his hands into the butt crack of another player as he yells hut, hut, hut? And then there's the obvious phalic connection between baseball and gay men who like to play with their bats and balls.
Did Monica ever dry off?
"Soccer has 90 minutes of action in a 90 minute game. Football might have four minutes of action in a four hour game."
I've always figured eight to ten minutes but the point is the same. There is no there there. The crowd noise is artificially manufactured and the players act like they've won the Super Bowl after every play. Taunting goes on all the time. I've pretty much lost interest in football except for a few college games. Absolutely no NFL.
Or football, buncha steroid-pumped rock stupid rapists poinlessly slamming into each other. Or golf, buncha too-rich pork-my-best-friends-wife snobs knocking a stupid ball around. Or bowling, buncha drunk yokels copping feels on the waitresses when they're not tossing a big ball into a gutter.
Do you think if soccer changed the scoring system so one goal equals 6 pts, Americans would like it better. Games would then be 12-6 or something and everyone would think there was a lot more action.
I like soccer a lot. I think some people who don't like soccer, feel that way because they don't understand the game. I've played about ten sports in my life, but not soccer. Each one was/is great in its own way.
I'd describe Monica as perpetually damp.
And smelly.
Like a mop.
Either that or a true American sport like Lacrosse.
Great game. Most of the giants who dominate American football could not endure a whole match.
"Or football, buncha steroid-pumped rock stupid rapists poinlessly slamming into each other. Or golf, buncha too-rich pork-my-best-friends-wife snobs knocking a stupid ball around. Or bowling, buncha drunk yokels copping feels on the waitresses when they're not tossing a big ball into a gutter."
I take from that, the only sport you like is curling?
On the other hand, the soccer boys wouldn't last one play against the Packers.
Curling. Buncha Canadian-wannabe oldsters fartin' and throwing a disc in front of a pair of broom-handlers on crack slipping around on the ice.
I hear ya. The tickets have gotten too expensive but they are the best fans. They'll give you the Dick Trickle shirt off their back, even if it does smell like watermelon and beer.
He was a friend of the family. Look at all the stuff he accomplished.
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