From: Antonio Veranos on
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:27:22 -0500, stephenj wrote...

> The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy wrote:
> > "stephenj" <sjaros3(a)cox.net> wrote
> >
> >>> If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team
> >>> will be the winner of a RANDOM draw.
> >>
> >> to be fair, in our football, playoff tiebreakers (and we're basically
> >> talking about making the playoffs here) can boil down to a coin flip as
> >> well.
> >>
> >> it's just that it is more likely here in the WC, because a 3-game schedule
> >> creates fewer opportunities than a 16-game scchedule for statistical
> >> distinctions (e.g., record within division, conference, etc.) before it
> >> boils down to that.
> >
> > Well then maybe the problem is the dumbass 3-game schedule.
> > Maybe even amature college baseball has an answer.
>
> it's a problem in theory, but when's the last time a team advanced in
> the WC because of a random draw?

1990. Before that, 1954.

"FIFA has orchestrated this nonsense before. In 1954, Turkey was drawn
to play in the World Cup over Spain when the two teams finished in a
qualifying tie. And at Italia '90, Ireland took over second place from
Holland - though neither was eliminated - as current FIFA president Sepp
Blatter supervised the drawing of little balls."

Read more:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/worldcup2010/2010/06/20/2010-06-20
_lots_of_intrigue_remains_for_us.html?page=1#ixzz0rWAOK4AN

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From: Thomas R. Kettler on
In article <hvodkc$q2o$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
"The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy" <ei(a)o.com> wrote:

> "Kyle T. Jones" <KBfoMe(a)realdomain.net> wrote
>
> >>>>> If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team
> >>>>> will be the winner of a RANDOM draw.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The athleticism involved in a random draw is simply AM-ZING!
> >>>>> The good news is that the odds of England scoring twice is
> >>>>> near absolute zero.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --Tedward
> >>>> No less random than a shoot-out (IMO)
> >>> Settling the most important soccer games in the world with a shoot-out
> >>> at the end absolutely sucks.
> >>>
> >>> However, it's still better than flipping a coin.
> >>
> >> A cat raping contest would be better than flipping a coin.
> >
> > Not for the cat.
>
> Depends on the cat.

There you go again with the cougars.
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From: Tonawanda Kardex on
On Jun 21, 7:39 am, "The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy" <e...(a)o.com>
wrote:

> If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team
> will be the winner of a RANDOM draw.
>
> The athleticism involved in a random draw is simply AM-ZING!
> The good news is that the odds of England scoring twice is
> near absolute zero.

If baseball is too fast for the rest of the world, no wonder soccer is
just the right speed.
From: Thomas R. Kettler on
In article
<f266ebed-e302-4310-89b8-2cb3b7ff4925(a)h13g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Tonawanda Kardex <tonawandakardex(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jun 21, 7:39�am, "The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy" <e...(a)o.com>
> wrote:
>
> > If the US draws 0-0 and England draws 2-2, the advancing team
> > will be the winner of a RANDOM draw.
> >
> > The athleticism involved in a random draw is simply AM-ZING!
> > The good news is that the odds of England scoring twice is
> > near absolute zero.
>
> If baseball is too fast for the rest of the world, no wonder soccer is
> just the right speed.

You do realize that the extent of activity in a football game is roughly
15 minutes, correct?
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From: Peter Lawrence on
On 6/21/10 12:29 PM, stephenj wrote:
> Jefferson N. Glapski 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.)


- Peter