Reason #456 to hate soccer
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From: The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy on 22 Jun 2010 10:28 "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. --Tedward
From: The Ghost Of Edward M. Kennedy on 22 Jun 2010 10:28 "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. --Tedward
From: GregoryD on 22 Jun 2010 13:31 On 6/21/2010 3:03 PM, Thomas R. Kettler wrote: > 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? The percentage of plays in American football where there is a possibility of a score on a play if the right things happen is extremely high. Virtually the only plays that don't are kneeldowns at the end of the half or the game. 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. GregoryD
From: Antonio Veranos on 22 Jun 2010 15:18 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. -- A. Veranos What color does a smurf go when you choke it?
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/ |