So You Really Think Soccer Blows?

9. June 2006 | 1rudethug

[JRios1968]

Soccer shows us exactly what so many of us dislike about the United Nations...they spend a lot of time running around in circles, artificially limiting themselves as to what can be done...excessively celebrating when something actually happens...and two sides accomplishing nothing is considered perfectly acceptable.

The "there isn't a need for a winner" mentality of sucker is a perfect representation of the UN.

[JRios1968]

Hmmm...that was supposed to be "UNenlightened..."

[soccer fan]

LOL

You all make me rolling over the floor, really, the world series is a joke, base ball is a game with fat people who can't run 5 min before having a heart attack, american football players are so girly they need heavy protections so they don't get hurt (poor darlings) and basket ball, let's not talk about it.

Only ice hockey is ok if you want my opinion (which you don't)

By the way, it's not soccer, it's FOOTBALL

[discostu]

No that's not it. Soccer is pushed in elementary school because it's cheap, all you need is the ball and some room to play and something to mark where the goals are, I remember once we used chairs as goal posts because the traffic cones had gone missing. Baseball is expensive, you need bats and at least 9 gloves to go with that ball, and you need the diamond. In elementary school they never let kids play tackle so that means you need flags, more equipment. Elementary school PE is all about cheap, and soccer is the single cheapest sport you can have a class of 30 kids play for 40 minutes.

[Poser]

I like soccer.

It gives pre-teen girls something to do.

[Mad Dawgg]

"So You Really Think Soccer Blows?"

Yes, Next question.

[JRios1968]

Any activity where the "stars" are known by only one name is not a sport. Yes, RonaldoPeleAlexei Chastahamm, I am talking about you. Any activity where you can sustain a "painful injury," only to stand up and say "hey, I'm ok" after 30 seconds of Oscar-winning acting, is not a sport. Any activity where grown-up men run around in very short shorts for hours, chasing a ball they're not allowed to touch, and where one of the "team members" can dress completely different from the rest of the "team", is not a sport. Any activity where the fans bring gigantic phallic symbols to the stadium in order to taunt the other "team's" fans, is not a sport. Any activity where you have to mobilize the police to prevent a riot inside the stadium on any given game, is not a sport.

And finally, any activity that has fans hell-bent on convincing the unconvinced that it is indeed a sport...isn't. Succer reminds me of the old saying, "if you have to keep telling people how rich, sexy, smart, or cool you are...you aren't."

[Polybius]

Soccer is pushed in elementary school because it's cheap, all you need is the ball and some room to play and something to mark where the goals are.......

Which is exactly why soccer enjoys such a worldwide popularity. Even the poorest neighborhood in the poorest country can afford it. (All you need is the head of the captain of the last losing team.)

[discostu]

Certainly plays into it's global popularity, but there's nothing wrong with a sport being cheap to play, we still get impressed by 4 minute miles and look how little equipment that takes.

[1rudeboy]

Girls play it in elementary school, yes. And boys that were cut from their team respond in kind here.

[1rudeboy]

That's funny. I went to watch my neices play T-ball, and they weren't allowed to win the game either. Go figure.

[1rudeboy]

Looks like I made my point, thanks.

[1rudeboy]

But I welcomed comments on this Smoky Backroom thread. I think its hilarious that "real men," defined as those that feel the need to tell me that my sport of choice is "gay," are so insecure of their manhood. Don't fret . . . maybe the man of the house will give you a foot massage and you'll feel better.

[1rudeboy]

Again, insecurity. Where did anyone tell you that you must watch? I had to watch the opening ceremony on Mexican TV in a language that I cannot understand. If that is "forcing" anyone to watch then the anti-soccer folks are more limp-wristed than I realized.

[1rudeboy]

Spoken like a true Cubs fan.

[Drango]

If you cannot bring yourself to cheer for or even defend your own country,...

You equate support a sport (any sport)with supporting your country???Are you on drugs or are you 14?

[1rudeboy]

Awww . . . you mean, just because you can't win, the sport is for girls?

[1rudeboy]

It's quite simple, really. Most should understand. That team you see on the field? It is wearing USA on its jerseys, and playing in a foreign land. I'm not too sure if its members would understand the distinction you are making.

[JRios1968]

I'd say 1rudeboi's hissy fit shows his IQ is 14. But, I wouldn't want him to send his mommy after me. Hey rudeboi, how was your post-succer-game Chuck E. Cheese party?

[JRios1968]

Don't fret . . . maybe the man of the house will give you a foot massage and you'll feel better.

Wow...now that is what psychologists call "projection." Here, let me give you a little advice...go drink your Capri Sun, suck on a few orange slices, then sit in front of your life-sized poster of RonaldoAlexeiPele and ... well, you're (allegedly) a grown up, so you will know what to do.

Just make sure you have Kleenex nearby.