Posted on 04/14/2008 2:26:11 PM PDT by WesternCulture
Yes, but I think the complaint isn't so much the officiating of the games -- it's that the practice seems so tolerated by soccer players and fans with seemingly no shame. Don't get me wrong, players in sports Americans love will sometimes embellish to get a call but not to the same degree. To roll around on the ground like your knee has been shattered acting like you have minutes to live only to then jump up and run off like nothing happened 3 minutes later just offends most American's sense of sportsmanship. We like the guys who don't show pain...not ones who fake it. For me, other than that aspect I think I could enjoy watching soccer.
One of hockey’s biggest flaws (from a casual spectator’s standpoint) is that it simply doesn’t translate to television very well.
Yeah it’s unamerican.
It’s not loud, in your face, or manly enough.
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