Originally Posted by
Darth Tang
Besides, a sport requires and allows the use of your hands at every position..............
Thanks for the definition, Webster, but your analysis of sport is in error. I don't mean to get off on a rant here, but you presume that all sports have positions. That of course would rule out Golf, almost every Olympic game, Tennis, etc. etc. etc. Further, your flawed reasoning implies that soccer makes no use of the hands or allows the use. This is true to the extent that NASCAR, Golf, Tennis, Equestrian, skateboarding, surfing, skiing and other sports make no use of the hands. Besides the obvious keeper position, soccer makes constant use of the hands = blocking, holding, pushing, pulling. Should you ever watch a game and see Wayne Rooney, Freddy Adu, or any other player fight for a ball, you'll see specific moves using the hands to gain advantage over the ball. Moves similar to a linebackers moves getting around offensive linemen.
Hooligan behavior is a problem (mainly in the UK and SA) but it also represents what is great about the sport - the fans have pride for there team. Here in the south we get a taste of it when it comes to college football (American). Auburn v. Alabama, Florida v. Georgia, Tennessee v. Anybody...these games constantly involve pre and post game violence. Hooligans are just more organized. But if that undermines your Disney ideal of what sport should be, I understand. It can be intimidating. Perhaps the nonstop action
of cricket on stereroids, oops I mean baseball, is more your style. Or perhaps sport isn't your thing at all.
It feels like there is more scoring with a 7-21 end result in American football, but it is no more than a 1-3 result in soccer. That was derived as a psychological device to make a game of strategy feel more like a game of action. But it is the same touchdown to goals ratio. The action in soccer is also nonstop, unlike the hurry up and wait (plus constant reviewing and timeouts) rhythm of football. If you can take a significant nap in the middle of you game and still catch the end result, there is something wrong. There are no commercials in soccer.
Plus, ask any girl what athlete they rather be with and soccer player wins hands down nearly every time. And yes, soccer moms are cool.
Nice mom joke, Crimzy.
I can always appreciate a well placed and well timed mom joke.
