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To: AreaMan

This is just another reason why most American men will never consider soccer a real sport.

It’s the sport where everyone is ‘a winner’. That isn’t how real sports work.

And you can also be an awesome player, and play hard, and have respect of the other team and fans, even if you lose.


70 posted on 03/11/2009 10:19:02 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
It’s the sport where everyone is ‘a winner’. That isn’t how real sports work.

No, you've just described the NFL. No matter how bad a team sucks, they all get an equal share of TV revenue.

If you suck in the EPL, you get relegated to a lower division the next season.

71 posted on 03/11/2009 10:20:52 AM PDT by dfwgator (1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“It’s the sport where everyone is ‘a winner’. “

Oh please. All little kids’ sports in the U.S. are that way. But by the time you reach a certain age in soccer, it’s all about scoring goals and winning the league or district or whatever. The best players get most of the playing time and your benchwarmers warm the bench, except in a blowout.


89 posted on 03/11/2009 10:42:29 AM PDT by gracesdad
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To: Secret Agent Man
It’s the sport where everyone is ‘a winner’. That isn’t how real sports work.

That is NOT a tenet of Association Football, that is socialist concept imposed by American liberals.

Don't blame the game, blame the people using it as a vehicle to advance their agenda.

102 posted on 03/11/2009 10:59:11 AM PDT by Wil H (No Accomplishments, No Experience, No Resume No Records, No References, Nobama..)
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