Posted on 05/31/2002 8:29:58 AM PDT by wallcrawlr
That "other" football championship is kicking off in Japan and Korea this weekend.
Just because soccer called itself football first doesn't mean that the World Cup offers a better game than the NFL. . . .
Cases in point:
No NFL game would never be dubbed as a "friendly."
Slovenia vs. Paraguay, June 12. Don't mark your calendars.
That's called a tackle?
No team should carry more than one kicker.
A "side" should only be something an offensive lineman consumes many of at KFC.
Five of those offensive linemen -- now that's a real "wall".
Why do you think there is an NFL Europe, but no Bundesliga USA?
A "header" hurts a little more in the NFL.
Without TV timeouts, you can't benefit from the exercise of running to the bathroom and hitting the fridge without missing any action.
Entertainers other than Brazilian (news - web sites) soccer stars who go by just one name: Madonna (news - web sites), Cher, Liberace.
Red and yellow cards. Ooh scary. I better behave.
The NFL has Jerry Rice.
The World Cup has someone who married Posh Spice.
Halfbacks shouldn't mean they are half-sized.
Touchdowns over touchlines, any day of the week.
"Throw-in" should refer only to NFL contract incentives.
The NFL's version of the "equalizer": the salary cap.
The World Cup's most exciting play: "Goooooooooal!"
Times that happens in an average World Cup match: 0.5
Excitement on almost every NFL play: "Boom! Whap! Thud! Crunch!"
Tunisia vs. Belgium, June 10.
It should take a lot more than touching the ball to qualify as "Illegal use of the hands."
If your sport somehow lets France win something, that's just embarrassing.
Don't worry -- there are only 99 days until the real football season starts.
First game: Senegal 1 - France nil.
Personally I think the list is funny as hell.
I liken the comparison to food-nazi's who only want you to eat a certain thing because it's "good for you because I know better".
Owl _ Eagle
“Guns before butter.”
How many soccer players can? The "futbol" games I've watched on the Spanish television channels involved two teams of 11 players apiece, and at any given time each team had two players running and nine walking around.
Other national styles are more aggressive.
Me too. I was (and am) an avowed football fan, and I had always made fun of soccer. But then I had the chance to be an assistant soccer coach for several seasons, and I learned to really appreciate the game. I can enjoy watching soccer now because I fully understand the game, and can see the strategies and tactics that I couldn't before. Both sports take an impressive amount of skill, although the skillset is very different for each.
Having said that, the list is pretty dang funny. Any sport that does allow France even the CHANCE of winning might be suspect...
I'm a former Defensive End in Football, and a former Goalkeeper in Soccer. It only serves athletes better to be proficient in more than one sport in my opinion, it is a good lesson for life in general.
Soccer is an unbelievably dull spectator sport at its highest levels. When a 2-1 game is a high-scoring affair, you know you've got a problem. Especially when a goalkeeper who makes six saves is having a "busy" game.
I don't know...just all of our defensive backs, tailbacks, receivers, and probably 1/2 to 2/3 of our linebackers and fullbacks.
So what you are saying is you really must sport a woodie for marathon runners?
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