...we really couldn't care less about being able to covert between units using the number 10. In fact, using the metric system screws up many equations with unnecessary conversions to and from those politically driven and arbitrary measurements.
Posted on 06/27/2014 8:16:11 AM PDT by Kaslin
What is the additional time for?
If there had not been this extra time wouldn’t USA have won against Portugal?
“Soccer sure as hell doesn’t need him.”
And America sure as Hell doesn’t need some Euroweenie socialist soccer.
except for blown saves, you mean?
Only if they do away with the offsides rule, wear pads, allow contact.
Oh wait...watch Australian Rules football or Rugby instead.
...we really couldn't care less about being able to covert between units using the number 10. In fact, using the metric system screws up many equations with unnecessary conversions to and from those politically driven and arbitrary measurements.
I just blew out my cerebral cortex looking at that equation.
Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXFNrcsXPCQ&feature=share
Part two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGMC6xib6bo
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog on the World Cup.
Simple—the answer is 2.
The rules for soccer differ from the rules for some other games, just like the rules for poker are different than the rules for rummy. They are different games. Saying that one is better than another because the clock runs forward or backward is a matter of opinion, but it doesn’t really matter, because the games are different by design. They are supposed to be different.
I just don’t understand why people think one is better than the other because the rules are different. So are polo, rugby, lacrosse, you name it. If you don’t like to watch soccer, don’t watch it. Nobody is holding a gun to your head. Change the channel. Is it too much to ask that I be allowed to watch a sporting event that I enjoy? Otherwise, I don’t get why those who don’t enjoy it care whether it’s offered.
And again, speaking as an amateur sports economist, we have plenty of American socialist sports. So if you are claiming that our socialist sports are better than their socialist sports, that's ok.
My apologies to soccer, golf and NASCAR fans, but all three sports are as exciting as watching grass grow. You can walk away from your TV for any one of these sports, eat a four course dinner and return to your TV and not have missed anything.
The World Cup is getting much better ratings than for the NBA Finals.
The MLB World Series gets lousy ratings.
Don’t think the ratings are great? The U.S.A. v. Portugal match was the highest rated non-football event, EVER, on ESPN.
The World Cup crushes the World Series in the ratings but it’s not just about that. The demographics coveted by advertisers are soccer fans. Young people with disposable income watch soccer while old Luddites watch baseball & hockey. Going forward that will be a boost to the growth of the sport in the US.
Golf has got to be the worst sport to watch. NASCAR isn’t much better.
If you know the game, soccer at the highest level is very watchable, but you do have to understand it. It is a lot better to watch than what SEC football was 10 years ago when it was not uncommon to have 9-3 or 9-6 final scores.
The extra time is because the referee is the only one who keeps actual record of when the clock is stopped and started. If you notice that the clock keeps running, even though play has stopped for an injured player. The ref has stopped his stopwatch, but the clock in the stands continues to run. So where there are stoppages in play, the ref is the one who is keeping the official time. The time allotted is 45 minutes for each half. When there is a little bit of time added, it’s because those minutes added up, and they are “made up” when the big clock runs to 45 minutes or 90 minutes.
No, the USA couldn’t have won because the time allotted wasn’t up. It wasn’t the end of the game until the ref’s whistle blew.
The ratings are higher than the NBA Finals or World Series.
Okay, thanks for the explanation.
I was at a party when the game was being played. I was nearly the only one oblivious to it.
“The ratings are higher than the NBA Finals or World Series.”
2 reasons. World Cup is every 4 years so it’s a big deal. 2nd, welcome to New America which is now filled with 3rd worlders. Great, World Cup rating are nice - yeah lousy crime filled country. But hey, ESPN has some nice ratings.
Let’s keep those borders wide open and keep importing 3rd world from Africa/ME and ratings will get even better!
BTW, how does soccer do after the World Cup regarding US TV audiences?
You’re welcome. I’m glad you asked the question. Some people don’t want to know the answer, and just think that it’s arbitrary. It isn’t.
Psssst. Brazil isn't in Europe. Neither is Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, South Korea, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Chile, Mexico, Australia, Japan ...
I'm not really sure where "socialist" came from, unless you've been reading Ann Coulter again.
If American doesn't need soccer, America won't watch soccer. But at the moment, a lot of Americans are watching soccer. Along with the rest of the world.
I don't know about a plot. But perhaps a natural extension of the conditions that Communism brings.
And it will become more popular in the U.S. when kids can't afford all of the football, hockey, and baseball equipment. Of course the fancy training camps will be the first to go, and hockey ice time is expensive.
Playing soccer with a bunch of wadded up rags, (wrapped in duct tape if you are rich) will be the sport of choice/necessity.
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