From: Jefferson N. Glapski on 23 Jun 2010 12:35 On 10-06-22 08:28 AM, The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy wrote: > "Jefferson N. Glapski"<jeffersonWEARE(a)PENNSTATEglapski.com> wrote > >>>>> Tiebreakers in a game consist of playing until someone wins. >>>>> >>>>> Reason #2132 why football, hockey, baseball or basketball is a sport, >>>>> while soccer isn't. >>>> >>>> well, they do that in the knockout rounds. Except unlike in our football >>>> or basketball or baseball, they resort to the bogus hockey method of a >>>> penalty shootout as a last resort. Sad ... >>> >>> Except that in NHL playoffs they don't use shootouts, they play overtime >>> periods until one team scores the tie-breaking goal. (The NHL only use >>> shootouts during the regular season, whereas soccer is more than happy >>> to end a regular season game in a draw.) >> >> Or roughly a third of World Cup games this year... >> >> And zero TV timeouts during NHL OT, too. > > If you are drinking properly, this can be a problem. If your bar doesn't have a TV behind it with your wife serving, that is your problem/
From: Jefferson N. Glapski on 23 Jun 2010 12:35 On 10-06-22 08:28 AM, The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy wrote: > "Jefferson N. Glapski"<jeffersonWEARE(a)PENNSTATEglapski.com> wrote > >>>> To be fair, soccer games could last FOREVER if they played until >>>> someone scored. >>> >>> ...particularly considering that after 90 minutes, the average player on >>> the pitch has run over 10 kilometres. >> >> Wow. 4 miles per hour. That's a very brisk WALK. > > I can walk that and drink 4 beers per hour. Amateur.
From: Jefferson N. Glapski on 23 Jun 2010 12:36 On 10-06-22 01:18 PM, Antonio Veranos wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:31:48 -0500, GregoryD wrote... > >> The percentage of time spent on a soccer field playing soccer where >> there's a chance of a goal being scored is about 2 minutes of game time, >> and I'm probably being extremely generous here. > > Bait. Yeah, and I'm not falling for it. 2 minutes? You mean 2 seconds.
From: The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy on 24 Jun 2010 11:34
"Jefferson N. Glapski" <jeffersonWEARE(a)PENNSTATEglapski.com> wrote >>>>>> Tiebreakers in a game consist of playing until someone wins. >>>>>> >>>>>> Reason #2132 why football, hockey, baseball or basketball is a sport, >>>>>> while soccer isn't. >>>>> >>>>> well, they do that in the knockout rounds. Except unlike in our >>>>> football >>>>> or basketball or baseball, they resort to the bogus hockey method of a >>>>> penalty shootout as a last resort. Sad ... >>>> >>>> Except that in NHL playoffs they don't use shootouts, they play >>>> overtime >>>> periods until one team scores the tie-breaking goal. (The NHL only use >>>> shootouts during the regular season, whereas soccer is more than happy >>>> to end a regular season game in a draw.) >>> >>> Or roughly a third of World Cup games this year... >>> >>> And zero TV timeouts during NHL OT, too. >> >> If you are drinking properly, this can be a problem. > > If your bar doesn't have a TV behind it with your wife serving, that is > your problem/ Nature calls. --Tedward |