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From: Pakistan Meteorological Department on 22 Jun 2010 12:26
RickyBobby wrote:

>
>
> "Pakistan Meteorological Department" <PMD(a)SIBU.HQ> wrote in message
> news:hvqjgt$k8p$3(a)news.eternal-september.org...
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>> Big Bad Jocko wrote:
>>
>>> more wide open and maybe some goals
>>
>>
>>
>> Listen laddie, the whole world plays the game how *we* all like it and
>> we do not need some yank telling us how to iprove it. Capice?
>>
>>
>>
>
> The Yanks only pay polite attention to the game once every four years.
> Three or four guys playing offense against eleven guys playing defense
> is not exactly our idea of a sport and nil-nil is not really our idea of
> a result. The rest of the world considers American football to be
> deranged and Americans consider football to be pointless. That way
> everyone is happy.


Considering you don't really understand it, if I were you I wouldn't
watch it. Simples...


>
> Formula One is no better. It is the only form of auto racing that does
> not allow for passing on the track. The world can keep both of them.


Bull. Where's the excitement and skill in doing laps of a bowl? Any
fucker can put pedal to metal and do that. Winding circuits too
complicated for you or something?


>
> The most important thing in spectator sports is the lead change. Or at
> least the likelihood of a lead change. Neither football nor Formula One
> offer much of that. They are each like going to a restaurant and
> reading the menu but not being allowed to order.


If you had a longer attention span than a goldfish then maybe you'd come
to realise that your own insular sports are very boring and the reason
that the rest of the world isn't interested.


--
"Entire units of the Metropolitan Police and the Flying Squad and the
drug squad were Freemasons. They all, in the end, were sent to prison.
When you are bonded by an oath of mutual defence and loyalty, you may
well find that it is extremely difficult to squeal on your corrupt brethren"

Martin Short on BBC Newsnight 19/03/01
From: Joe S. on 22 Jun 2010 12:41
RickyBobby wrote:
>
> The most important thing in spectator sports is the lead change.

I think you'll find that's not entirely true. With football, a truly
worldwide sport, different people take different things away from the
game. People from certain countries and regions have different
priorities, and different football teams have different aims and
objectives. Some fans would happily see their team play out successive
drab 1-0 wins while others would bemoan the team and management for
adopting a turgid style of play.

You're overlooking something American sports don't really have the same
way: the league system. Because of promotion and relegation and
differing prizes for final league positions, a 0-0 draw between the top
team and the bottom team (for example) can be a massive 'victory' for
one team and a humiliating 'defeat' for the other. And within that game,
there could have been chances for either team to score the clinching
goal and convert one point into three.

For some clubs, finishing second in the league behind a fantastic side
is considered so dismal, the manager's position becomes untenable. For
many, finishing second in the league would be a massive, massive
achievement. For some, staying to fight in the same division (in the
Premier League 17th out of 20 will do) for another season would be
celebrated as heartily as those fortunate enough to be waving silverware
over their heads.

In my opinion, the most important part of this particular spectator
sport is being able to place your side within the context of worldwide
football, to be able to compare your side with any other side in the
world, and to debate it with like-minded people from across the globe.
Football's appeal is so widespread, and the average football fan's
appetite for the game so insatiable, that I can realistically discuss
almost any team in the world with almost any fan in the world.

Sports which can be narrowed down to a continent, region, a collection
of countries or single country are like fish trapped in a fish tank.
From: SteveH on 22 Jun 2010 12:56
RickyBobby <nascar42(a)cox.net> wrote:

> "Pakistan Meteorological Department" <PMD(a)SIBU.HQ> wrote in message
> news:hvqjgt$k8p$3(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> > Big Bad Jocko wrote:
> >
> >> more wide open and maybe some goals
> >
> >
> > Listen laddie, the whole world plays the game how *we* all like it and we
> > do not need some yank telling us how to iprove it. Capice?
> >
> >
> >
>
> The Yanks only pay polite attention to the game once every four years.
> Three or four guys playing offense against eleven guys playing defense is
> not exactly our idea of a sport and nil-nil is not really our idea of a
> result.

Answer this.

A football game ends 2-1. You consider this to be 'dull'.

So, we award 5 points for every goal, to make the score 10-5.

Americans suddenly think football is amazing, because the numbers are
bigger...

> The rest of the world considers American football to be deranged
> and Americans consider football to be pointless. That way everyone is
> happy.

So pointless that our football is the most popular participation sport
in your country.

> Formula One is no better. It is the only form of auto racing that does not
> allow for passing on the track. The world can keep both of them.

But watching 500 laps of a 1 mile oval is somehow more entertaining, is
it?

> The most important thing in spectator sports is the lead change. Or at
> least the likelihood of a lead change. Neither football nor Formula One
> offer much of that. They are each like going to a restaurant and reading
> the menu but not being allowed to order.

Not at all.

Lead changes are for those who can only think as far as a number on the
scoreboard and have very little knowledge of the tactics and skill
involved.

Indycars / NASCAR and American football - simple sports for simple
people.
--
SteveH
From: Baldoni on 22 Jun 2010 13:01
RickyBobby submitted this idea :
>
> "Pakistan Meteorological Department" <PMD(a)SIBU.HQ> wrote in message
> news:hvqjgt$k8p$3(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>> Big Bad Jocko wrote:
>>
>>> more wide open and maybe some goals
>>
>>
>> Listen laddie, the whole world plays the game how *we* all like it and we
>> do not need some yank telling us how to iprove it. Capice?
>>
>>
>>
>
> The Yanks only pay polite attention to the game once every four years. Three
> or four guys playing offense against eleven guys playing defense is not
> exactly our idea of a sport and nil-nil is not really our idea of a result.
> The rest of the world considers American football to be deranged and
> Americans consider football to be pointless. That way everyone is happy.
>
> Formula One is no better. It is the only form of auto racing that does not
> allow for passing on the track. The world can keep both of them.
>
> The most important thing in spectator sports is the lead change. Or at least
> the likelihood of a lead change. Neither football nor Formula One offer much
> of that. They are each like going to a restaurant and reading the menu but
> not being allowed to order.

What are you doing on a football related forum if you don't like the
game son ?

--
Count Baldoni


From: Lawrence Jenkins on 22 Jun 2010 13:03

"Big Bad Jocko" <bigbadjocko(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:9b8fea28-73b1-489f-8874-60dc3c7997a9(a)37g2000vbj.googlegroups.com...
> more wide open and maybe some goals

Less players, smaller wages bill cheaper admission prices


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