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Piers Morgan Scoffs at 'Ravens Being Declared World Champions
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Posted on 02/04/2013 6:04:20 AM PST by chessplayer

CNN's Piers Morgan is apparently trying to get another petition started to have him deported.

Shortly after the conclusion of Sunday's Super Bowl, he tweeted, "Got to laugh at Ravens being declared 'World Champions' of a competition only American teams enter":


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To: chessplayer

What does Piers Morgan know about American football? Not long ago, I actually heard him say that the “football” he likes is played with a round ball. It’s a safe bet that he doesn’t know a touchdown from a touch back or a pass play from a punt.


41 posted on 02/04/2013 7:14:10 AM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: mnehring

And lets not forget that we’re all fat because we eat 40 lbs at a sitting. LOL

Sadly, he’s completely correct that American cars are mostly crap.


42 posted on 02/04/2013 7:17:19 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: safeasthebanks

I suppose we could set up a playoff between the NFL champion and the Canadian Football League champion. Common rules for the game could be set because the NFL and CFL have some different rules. Canada is the only other country that plays football the way the US does.


43 posted on 02/04/2013 7:33:39 AM PST by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

The b@stard is knee deep in it now! Is he trying to p@ss EVERYONE off?


44 posted on 02/04/2013 7:35:55 AM PST by poobear (Socialism in the minds of the elites is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
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To: Vigilanteman
Britain is free to field a baseball team or football team if they could compete at the same level.

I think that is precisely the distinction that many fail to understand. Britain is not free to field a baseball team. MLB would not allow it.

As for the World Baseball Classic? It's a joke, because the best MLB players don't play.

45 posted on 02/04/2013 7:36:30 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: chessplayer
"Got to laugh at Ravens being declared 'World Champions' of a competition only American teams enter":

All right, Piers, so which team from overseas that plays American-style football would you send up against the Ravens to determine the real world champion? The Molasses of Asnières sur Seine, France? Poland's Poznań Kozly (Goats) or Czerwone Byki (Bulls)? The Donetsk (Ukraine) Scythians?

46 posted on 02/04/2013 7:41:14 AM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Obozo.......


47 posted on 02/04/2013 7:43:36 AM PST by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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To: 1rudeboy
Britain is not free to field a baseball team. MLB would not allow it.

MLB would have nothing to say about it. Japan, South Korea and Taiwan (just to name three) all have very healthy professional baseball leagues in their respective countries. While they could not compete at the MLB level, the Japanese are at least getting very close.

I have personally met the Japanese Commissioner of Baseball in a previous life on a business matter and he told me they have a very good working relationship with their MLB counterparts. For instance, MLB will send an all-star or World Series champion team to play their Japanese counterparts every November or December. Every game is a sell-out and nearly every game is competitive, though the American side generally wins two-thirds of the games. At one time, the figure was close to 100%.

48 posted on 02/04/2013 7:48:56 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: chessplayer
True, although for me (and I realize this is somewhat just my own preference), world championships need to be played for by countries (national teams) rather than two (or more) league teams.

So to tweek your example, the game would be between teams made up of the best Canadian gridiron players (whether they play in NFL or CFL) vs. the best American players (again, either from NFl or CFL, though clearly at this point they would all be from the NFL).

49 posted on 02/04/2013 7:54:52 AM PST by safeasthebanks ("The most rewarding part, was when he gave me my money!" - Dr. Nick)
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To: Vigilanteman
I do agree that MLB slowly is shedding its "monopoly-mindset." My larger point is still: when one does not allow foreign teams to play in one's league, and one's own national team is a joke, then it is odd to refer to one's champion as a "world champion."
50 posted on 02/04/2013 8:01:03 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Vigilanteman

Not 100%correct, but more to the point, off the subject of what an ignorant and arrogant ass Piers is - which was my only point.


51 posted on 02/04/2013 8:01:23 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright
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To: chessplayer
This is an ancient ploy.

The Japs, for example, have always objected to "The WORLD Series," as if the copycat little weasels with their face-saving "adjustable strike zone" and other Zen baseball concepts, have a prayer of competition at this level. The Hagerstown Suns, the Dunedin Blue Jays, The Scranton Phillies, The Toledo Mud Hens, all of'em could wipe the floor with Jap baseball. Now the Cubans, and some others, might just possibly cause a ML American team some problems on some given day.

But in American football, who TF else is there? The Dusseldorf Bearcats? The Palermo Hitmen? I really would like to see Piers' "A" level results. I think they are probably down there with Barry's SAT scores. Is there anyway to get this fey Sloane Ranger deported, maybe to the Falklands?

52 posted on 02/04/2013 8:02:57 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (The Obama Absolution Molecule: Teflon binds with Melanin = No-Fault Marxism.)
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To: usmcobra
He needs to send his world champion football team to play our game.

He's just upset because his beloved Arsenal sucks.

53 posted on 02/04/2013 8:03:12 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

You know-you are absolutely correct. “Spot on” as the Brits would say. Sooooo-I will do it for you. Piers Morgan is an ugly Englishman. I feel better. Dang that idiot is getting on my nerves!!!!


54 posted on 02/04/2013 8:05:38 AM PST by murrie (For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son.......)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Piers Morgan is an ass. Arrogant Stupid Supercilious - is short - an ass!


55 posted on 02/04/2013 8:06:02 AM PST by rejoicing
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Piers Morgan is an ass. Arrogant Stupid Supercilious - in short - an ass!


56 posted on 02/04/2013 8:06:42 AM PST by rejoicing
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To: dfwgator
He's just upset because his beloved Arsenal sucks.

Figures that this twerp would love the Frenchman Arsene Wenger's team.

57 posted on 02/04/2013 8:08:20 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

“QUAY” OUT!
It took me a minute or two.

Another fitting synonym is “pile? like in a pile of $h-t, or hemorrhoids!


58 posted on 02/04/2013 8:29:03 AM PST by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: Fiji Hill

What does Piers Morgan know about American football? Not long ago, I actually heard him say that the “football” he likes is played with a round ball.


Actually, football is a more descriptive term for soccer (Brits call soccer “footy”) than it is for NFL or CFL football. For the vast majority of the game, the foot isn’t used in American football. The foot is used almost exclusively in soccer.


59 posted on 02/04/2013 8:35:55 AM PST by chessplayer
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To: safeasthebanks

They’re the only Super Bowl Champion in the world, that makes them World Champions. And if the rest of the world doesn’t like it, they should start playing football.


60 posted on 02/04/2013 8:53:15 AM PST by discostu (I recommend a fifth of Jack and a bottle of Prozac)
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