America's Most Prominent Soccer Hater, Reporting for Duty

AreliusIV · 06-13-2006, 10:49 AM

Jose Luis Luviano · 06-13-2006, 10:59 AM

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In America, spectator sports tend to be family events, with a wholesome emphasis on community. People go out to a ballgame with children or with friends and the game is but one piece of a larger communal event, with cookouts, music, and cheering, as well as the fan's involvement in the personalities and prospects of a favorite team.

That's right! We fans of US sports are paragons of exemplary behavior.

Signed,

Giants fans that almost knocked out a Chargers' coach with snowballs.
Browns fans.
Arizona basketball fans that chanted "PLO" at Steve Kerr
Wendover and West Wendover basketball fans

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The fake theatrics, falling down, shin-grabbing, and wincing is a product of managed economies where the government doles out favors. Competitive economies are about play-on.

That's right! We North American athletes would never flop or fall down on purpose.

Signed,

NBA Centers when someone drives to the basket
NFL wide receivers when a cornerback breathes on us
NHL forwards who slide the entire length of the ice when a defenseman touches us
MLB batters when a ball grazes our shoelace

dysko · 06-13-2006, 11:49 AM

Well, at least Germans now know that a large majority of American sports writers are complete idiots. And think they know a lot more about their readers than they actually do.

For the record, I thought that this would be a link to something about or by Jim Rome.

Burninator · 06-13-2006, 12:16 PM

Did no one else catch this gem?

"It's very nice for soccer-loving countries to have their little tournament, but to call it the World Cup is rather arrogant and overblown."

:jawdrop:

:dots:

😕

Gee, I wonder what the world thinks of little tournaments like NBA/NFL/MLB playoffs. Talk about overblown and arrogant...

DadOf8 · 06-13-2006, 01:57 PM

And what's not arrogant about calling the MLB championship "The World Series"?

RSLfrontrowfan · 06-13-2006, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DadOf8

And what's not arrogant about calling the MLB championship "The World Series"?

Or the current "world champion San Antonio Spurs." This dumb@$$ has it backwords.

Jose Luis Luviano · 06-13-2006, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DadOf8

And what's not arrogant about calling the MLB championship "The World Series"?

It's not quite as bad as we think.

At first, the "World Series" was sponsored by a newspaper called the "New York World".

dysko · 06-13-2006, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Burninator

Did no one else catch this gem?

"It's very nice for soccer-loving countries to have their little tournament, but to call it the World Cup is rather arrogant and overblown."

I guess I have heard that enough times over my lifetime that it wasn't a novel concept and really didn't standout from other mindless bable.