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Iconoclast
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Heard a segment on NPR yesterday about how soccer is the world's game but has faced an uphill battle here, asking "why?". Gist was that it was unfortunate, because it sets us apart from the rest of the world, etc. Several callers indicated it was because we are infatuated with other professional sports - many of them saying outright that Americans are too impatient to appreciate the subtle nuances of the sport.
My call wasn't answered, but seems pretty obvious to me - soccer is B*O*R*I*N*G!!!!!!! It beats watching grass grow . . . maybe . . . but what is so great about watching 20 or people run around kicking a ball? I played it for two years in HS because I was required to do a fall sport and couldn't get a doctor's release to play a real sport. It kept me in shape, but I skipped the games - I'd made it abundantly clear to the coach that the only reason I was there was because I had no choice so I wasn't going to play and could not have cared less whether I did or not. Nor how the team did . . . all my friends were playing football; only the pansies ran around in boxer shorts. And before someone suggests I don't appreciate it because I've never seen it played properly, I would note the only complete game I ever watched (sorta) was a WC final in which Pele was playing. I don't know how it came out . . . I literally fell asleep. B*O*R*I*N*G!!
Certainly, I'm not in a minority . . . when the US hosted the WC (94?) the organizers had return many of the tickets alloted to the US back to the world body because they weren't selling here. Today I learned, from one of the advocates of soccer, that most of the tickets that did sell went to resident aliens of one (visa) type or another.
These one worlders wringing their hands that the US doesn't embrace "the world's sport" should move some place that gives a rip.
My call wasn't answered, but seems pretty obvious to me - soccer is B*O*R*I*N*G!!!!!!! It beats watching grass grow . . . maybe . . . but what is so great about watching 20 or people run around kicking a ball? I played it for two years in HS because I was required to do a fall sport and couldn't get a doctor's release to play a real sport. It kept me in shape, but I skipped the games - I'd made it abundantly clear to the coach that the only reason I was there was because I had no choice so I wasn't going to play and could not have cared less whether I did or not. Nor how the team did . . . all my friends were playing football; only the pansies ran around in boxer shorts. And before someone suggests I don't appreciate it because I've never seen it played properly, I would note the only complete game I ever watched (sorta) was a WC final in which Pele was playing. I don't know how it came out . . . I literally fell asleep. B*O*R*I*N*G!!
Certainly, I'm not in a minority . . . when the US hosted the WC (94?) the organizers had return many of the tickets alloted to the US back to the world body because they weren't selling here. Today I learned, from one of the advocates of soccer, that most of the tickets that did sell went to resident aliens of one (visa) type or another.
These one worlders wringing their hands that the US doesn't embrace "the world's sport" should move some place that gives a rip.
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bhayes, my kids tried soccer one year; both made starting lineup, both quit after the year was up to play other sports. I went to every game, encouraged them & said not word one about my views. Both said that it was boring to them, even as players.
Warpig, I agree soccer is more interesting to watch than bowling, and watching a game is more enjoyable than a wisdom tooth extraction. Barely.
My guess that we don't take to the soccer well is that we already have our own favorite passtimes, and we more or less invented them, at least to the degree they are being played now.
If you look at these other countries that love the soccer so much most dont have a pail to leak in let alone the window to throw it out of. I watched a documentary a couple of months ago about a small fishing island that was off the african coast that made it to the finalls before loosing. The only ball they had to play with was sort of comunity property. to get to the mainland to play in the finalls they had to go deep skin diveing for octopuss in dangerous water.
Here in michigan the new soccer fields are taking over and the kids love it. And on the highways the soccer moms have taken over with a minivan full of kids, and "no fear" written all over their faces. They are the true rulers of the highway! May God help us all:
Though I was born to royalty, I was snatched at birth, so treat me as the noble I am!!!
The subtle nuance of thousands of heavily intoxicated fans crushing and trampling each other to death isn't lost on me.
N.P.R. and anti-gun soccer moms please take note of the player who mistakenly scored a goal for the opposing team. He was stalked and killed by irate fans.
If this constitutes civilized behavior for the rest of the world I guess I'll just have remain an uncouth isolationist.
" Love is what goes on between a man and a .45 pistol that won't jam."
Though I was born to royalty, I was snatched at birth, so treat me as the noble I am!!!
On football, don't touch it, it's the only perfect game.
All sports teams should be required to have a least 75 percent white guys. Unless the score of the winning team overwhelms the loser by 25 percent in which case the loser may renege.
On 'world' anything, we Americans are an imperious bunch of pricks.
But, who's to call us on it, right?
Clouder..