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To: stanne

Too little scoring. Watching it’s like listening to a broken record.

The NFL is the opposite. They want more scoring so the running game has little effect on the game other than to run out the clock. Baseball has the DH-it stinks.

Soccer’s been around longer and is world-wide. Will our football take over the world like salsa replacing ketchup?


4 posted on 05/30/2026 1:47:37 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

If a touchdown was worth 1 point the scores would be similar to soccer scores.


5 posted on 05/30/2026 1:49:02 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: DIRTYSECRET

And naturally today’s Champions League Final went to penalty kicks.


6 posted on 05/30/2026 1:49:53 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Soccer can be fun. But not much.

I used to take the kids to major and minor league baseball. They lost me with four hours of play for an hour of action. At least 15 years since I went to a game or watched one on TV.

NASCAR lost me when they got all gay and stuff. I was a thirty-year fan until they went woke. I haven’t watched a race in almost 20 years.

NFL lost me with all the kneeling stuff some years ago.

Olympics? Crash and burn. Now that so many US athletes hate America.

You know what I like now?

Banana Ball https://www.youtube.com/@officialbananaball

King of the Hammers https://kingofthehammers.com/


14 posted on 05/30/2026 2:09:42 PM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Will our football take over the world like salsa replacing ketchup?

No. You can fill up a stadium in a huge city like London once or twice a year, largely with ex-patriots. TV ratings for those games are most in the UK (under 1 million). NFL Europe failed. Cities like Charlotte or Jacksonville mean little to most native Europeans. Outside of kickers, there is almost no locally grown talent, so it is like watching the Tampa Bay Lightning knowing that none of the players have a connection with the entire region of the country.
37 posted on 05/30/2026 3:07:35 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: DIRTYSECRET
The NFL is the opposite. They want more scoring so the running game has little effect on the game other than to run out the clock. Baseball has the DH-it stinks.

Too many commercials in a NFL game. I agree with you on the DH rule in baseball-it changed the game just like the 3 point line in basketball.

45 posted on 05/30/2026 4:07:12 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Will our football take over the world like salsa replacing ketchup?

Let’s hope not! Three hours to play. 60 minute game, when the ball is only in play about 18 minutes.

Oh, and let’s not forget that the NFL league isn’t even pro-American.

49 posted on 05/30/2026 5:50:16 PM PDT by voicereason (When a bartender can join Congress and become a millionaire...there’s a problem.)
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