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Workers need time to watch World Cup?
myway ^
| May 15, 9:17 AM (ET)
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Posted on 05/15/2006 3:00:35 PM PDT by rocksblues
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Maybe this is why America's popular playoff games are played at night or weekends.
PS Europe get TIVO!
To: rocksblues
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posted on
05/15/2006 3:02:01 PM PDT
by
Ben Mugged
(If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.)
To: rocksblues
I know I will be calling in "sick" a few times during the World Cup :)
To: mucho muchacho
Man, what a boring game. So much running around, so few points scored.
To: rocksblues
Here in NC, the week of the ACC basketball tournament might as well be a holiday. Little to no work gets done.
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posted on
05/15/2006 3:14:58 PM PDT
by
marblehead17
(I love it when a plan comes together.)
To: rocksblues
When millions are watching from 24 time zones it is difficult to schedule "night" games. Having said that it will be easier to watch at lunch time (here near the Golden Gate) than getting up at 1am or 4am was to watch like last time from the games in Japan.
To: travlnmn41
I know it looks that way to people who don't know the game but try playing it sometime and you may have a new appreciation for it. The fitness, stregth and agility levels required for top flight soccer is unmatched in virtaully any other sport.
To: rocksblues
Maybe this is why America's popular playoff games are played at night or weekends. Because sponsors prefer it that way, or because of altruism? I wonder.
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posted on
05/15/2006 3:25:12 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: SF Republican
All right, a fellow San Franciscan! Are you going to watch the Arsenal v. Barca game on Wednesday?
To: mucho muchacho
I usually just watch the French games on Saturdays. A couple of us here are very interested in the World Cup; are you downtown for lunch? I know a couple of years ago Schroders on Front had the games on for the EuroCup
To: mucho muchacho; travlnmn41
I know it looks that way to people who don't know the game but try playing it sometime and you may have a new appreciation for it. The fitness, stregth and agility levels required for top flight soccer is unmatched in virtaully any other sport.
So what if I was bored while playing it? It won't EVER sell in the US, it isn't nearly fast paced enough for the American sports fan. And Thank God for that.
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posted on
05/15/2006 3:38:38 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(aka MikeinIraq - Rob Schnieder is a Carrot)
To: mucho muchacho
I will be watching the Arsenal/Barca match here in San Luis Obispo. While I have no dog in this fight (my dog won the FA Cup in dramatic fashion on Saturday), the opportunity to see two of the games' most talented strikers go head to head should be a real treat.
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posted on
05/15/2006 3:41:03 PM PDT
by
Weimdog
To: MikefromOhio
There is always a TRUE AMERICAN SPORTS FAN on every "football" thread that states that soccer is sissy sport for euro-weenies and that the game WILL NEVER be popular here in the states. It's getting a bit old. How about spewing your holier-than-thou opinions on another thread?
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posted on
05/15/2006 3:46:37 PM PDT
by
Weimdog
To: MikefromOhio
http://uol.sltrib.com/TribPhoto/photos/2005/usacrsoccerdla70_0605.jpg
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posted on
05/15/2006 3:47:17 PM PDT
by
Utahrd
To: Utahrd
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posted on
05/15/2006 3:48:11 PM PDT
by
Utahrd
To: MikefromOhio
Well if American sports fans wanted fast paced sports then the NFL and MLB wouldn't exist.
To: Weimdog
How about spewing your holier-than-thou opinions on another thread?
Awwww did I hurt your widdle feelings? Make me. Tell me where I said something NOT TRUE.
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posted on
05/15/2006 3:49:20 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(aka MikeinIraq - Rob Schnieder is a Carrot)
To: rocksblues
I'd rather have my wisdom teeth pulled without Novocaine than watch five minutes of the World Cup. But hey, that's just me...
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posted on
05/15/2006 3:49:48 PM PDT
by
wireman
To: mucho muchacho
Well if American sports fans wanted fast paced sports then the NFL and MLB wouldn't exist.
What happens in each of those sports that DOESN'T happen in droves in soccer? SCORING.
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posted on
05/15/2006 3:49:56 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(aka MikeinIraq - Rob Schnieder is a Carrot)
To: Weimdog
The fitness, stregth and agility levels required for top flight soccer is unmatched in virtaully any other sport.
i guess there is enough of that "Holier-than thou" stuff to go around.
Soccer is exciting enough to watch but there are other sports that are more exciting.
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posted on
05/15/2006 3:50:16 PM PDT
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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