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.
How many cubits in a pitch?
I'm stupified. That's the dictionary definition.
>>Well I'll put in my 2 cents here. I am neither gay nor 3rd world and I enjoy soccer, in fact I coach it.
You're a recruiter for the 'other team'? Quick, hide the kids!
*snark* Just kidding.
and the Population Bomb...
So why should anyone it the world care if Americans give a dam about soccer?...who cares.. let people like, or not like what they want and need to not give a dam what the other guy likes
They should be as indifferent to American's liking the "World" sport as the American's are indifferent to the "World" liking American's sports
Why care about US indifference to world soccer?... it make world soccer and it's fans seem insecure and in need of affirmation with this "Pay attention to me!" attitude... it come off as a elitist wimpy whine
Personnel if any thing it drives the American's away
Then you are a communist.
I think they hire soccer players as kickers. But I was talking abour playing ruggers. Anyone who weighs more than 220 has a problem. Soccer players, of course, could take the brushing play. There are those, of course who could play any of these sports.
I would think a Catholic priest like him would like nothing better than seeing a bunch of men running around in shorts.
So who is wearing the Yellow Shirt in the World Cup now?
Yeah, one of those puddle jumpers. Same crash that killed Sen. Tower. But damn, pro soccer player, doctor, flight surgeon; that wasn't enough so he decided to be a pilot himself and got assigned as a pilot to the squadron for which he was a doctor. Damn!
My greatest achievement is that I am still not a convicted felon.
ANOTHER game primarily played by foreigners.
there's no failure in soccer. little johnny strikes out 3 times, you know he did it on his own.
run up and down the field for an hour , never touch the ball, and they'll still tell johnny "nice job".
Surely you jest.
Well sailor, soccer and six months at sea, next stop San Francisco, right?
I got through the Marines with no tattoos...
Good one! Thanks for the laugh.
The "Nancy boys" run 8 to 12 miles in a typical 90 minute match with little more than a 10 minute break at half-time. American football players, in contrast, need a 30 second break after every play and can't run 100 yards without grabbing an oxygen mask after the play.
"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.<
I was one of the those "Nancy boys" when I was in high school 30 years ago. Every day in the lockeroom, the football quarterback and his pea-brained teamates would pick on one of the soccer players "just for fun." One day, he made the mistake of picking on me. When he poked me in the chest, I bloodied his face, threw him over a bench, and then literally stuffed him into his locker. The whole skirmish lasted about 15 seconds. Word quickly got out that I had beaten the crap out of our 6'3", 210 lb., all-county, superstar quarterback, and he claimed that I had sucker punched him and that I never could have taken him out in a fair fight. So what did the idiot do? He picked on me again -- this time in the hallway between periods -- so that he could demonstrate how tough he was to the entire school. Even though the guy outweighed me by 50+ lbs., I beat the crap out of him for 30 seconds before a teacher pulled me off of him.
Soccer, right up there with golf and NASCAR as a snoooooozefest.
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