Player shocked by penis probe (Soccer on the field incident)

Reuters ^ | November 28

[Slainte]

Sherman, set the wayback...

In April, John Hopoate, a winger for the West Tigers was suspended for twelve matches (and later resigned from the club) following a bout of "unsportsmanlike" conduct during a rugby match.

Seems that Mr. Hopoate stuck his finger into the anus of not one, not two, but three North Queensland players in the course of the match. He denied it, but the video was, well, conclusive. In the ensuing media coverage of the story, it turned out that it wasn't the first time he had pulled this stunt, and that his coach, Terry Lamb new about the previous incident, and had seen video tape of it and laughed.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/rugby/news/2001/04/11/hopoate_downfall/

http://www.smh.com.au/news/0104/01/sport/sport1.html

But never fear, he was back in the NRL playing for the Sea Eagles in July.

In an even more bizarre twist on the tale, the New Zealand Cancer Society used a photo of one of the incidents in an advert for prostate cancer checks, which irritated the NRL and Mr. Hopoate's manager mightily.

http://afr.com/sport/2001/04/04/FFXVZWNY3LC.html

[i_dont_chat]

I hope he didn't inhale!

[11th Earl of Mar]

Player shocked by penis probe?

A penis probe? That hurts just thinking about it!

[Liberty Ship]

Good point. It starts with "innocent" towel popping in the locker room, followed by the inability to keep one's hands to one's self, culminating -- I thought -- in the bizzare juxtaposition of the quarterback and the center. Now this "spanish football" variation of manly athletic affection. Where will it end?

[motzman]

"Sir, we need you to sign this permission slip so that your son can play in the soccer league"

"You know I don't sign any document issued by a government institution. "
--Dale Gribbl..er, ahh

Rusty Shackleford!

[motzman]

uhh..

[damnlimey]

"I think genital biting is permitted in the classic rules of the game of cricket"

Uh oh,I think someones lying to you.
What did you do ?Maybe you can sue?

[d14truth]

This is not what Jack Nicklaus, or Tiger Woods, had in mind when they stressed the importance of 'getting a ball to bite' on the green, is it? {;~)

"Soccer is the Marxist concept of the labor theory of value applied to sports--which may explain why socialist nations dominate in the World Cup. The purpose of a capitalist economy is to produce the maximum output for the least amount of exertion and work. Soccer produces huge volumes of work and effort but no output."

[Paul Atreides]

This story makes me think of the Crocadile Dundee movie, in which Dundee grabs the big woman at the party, making sure she isn't a guy in drag.

I can just hear Barney Frank reading this in the paper and saying, "Maybe I'd better go there someday!"

[Nate505]

Amen!! I simply cannot believe that this God-awful Euro, sissy game is catching on with American kids. Heaven help us!

I've played both football (in high school) and soccer (in middle school). Anyone who calls it a sissy game probably has never played it. It takes a fairly good amount of stamina to play. Hell, most people who are making fun of it now probably couldn't run half the amount a regular soccer player runs in a game. Not liking it is fine, I don't care for golf very much, but it is no more a sissy game than baseball is.....

[NoCurrentFreeperByThatName]

ping

[Angry Republican]

"I don't think what I did was very noteworthy," Gallardo was quoted as saying by the Spanish press on Wednesday.

Forgive me for sounding like an ignorant American, but what in Sam Hell would make you think this!!!!!????

[Righter-than-Rush]

>>Anyone who calls it a sissy game probably has never played it>>

Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but I have played both and, while scoring calls for celebration, any guy who gets 'that' kind of friendly at any time had better have good cranium-fracture insurance.