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So, are you of the opinion that during a school test, you and your teachers and the rest of your classmates should all cooperate to solve the problems on the test? That is foolish! Once the teaching is done, the coach should go to sleep, and let the students solve the problems.

Soccer is too foreign to Americans because they simply want to win, rather than enjoying the talent of the movements in this game. To me basketball without the 7 foot players and without the time out is similar to soccer. It is an art of movements and passes. However, America corrupted that game too by seeking giants for players, it made it that I cannot relate to these movements anymore. What do you guys think when you see the strongest men lifting cars, and the like, I say, that is not me!

However, America corrupted that game too by seeking giants for players, it made it that I cannot relate to these movements anymore

The goal of any sports team is to win. If team A in the NBA is loaded with 7 footers then Team B better have them or they will never win. Its called competing to be the BEST.

It was an advantage to have a soccer team full of 7 footers, all the teams would have them. But its not, so they dont.

It appears that you and I are attracted to sport for different reasons. You see it as art, while I see it as drama. I watch sports because I have suspense about the outcome, esepcially when the outcome involves the best players. (The Super Bowl is for that reason much more interesting to watch than a pickup game in a park.) Unusually great performances are nice too, but only in pursuit of the larger goal of winning.

I just don't see coaches as "teachers." I see them as part of the effort of individuals to work for a common goal, winning. Coaches do some things, players others, and sometimes in football and baseball smart players get to encroach on coaches' turf.

To me, which decisions were made at critical junctures and why is part of the drama of sport.

For the same reason, when I watch movies I pay attention to the plot and writing first and foremost because I like an interesting, well-written story. I hardly even notice the quality of the acting. I'm not even sure if I know the difference between good and mediocre acting.