"The reason we have feet"...

August · 01-11-10, 03:17 PM

Now we know why soccer is so popular among Europeans...

Jimbuna · 01-11-10, 04:50 PM

Actually...they're south americans

The europeans will be looking forward to meeting your countrymen with extreme relish

Happy Times · 01-11-10, 06:39 PM

The Hanson Brothers - The Hockey Song

Freiwillige · 01-11-10, 08:10 PM

Well than lets just put our American football players on the field against your football players and who ever lives through it can claim the name

All Joking aside why do they not call it Soccer? Isn't that the official name of the sport?

TarJak · 01-11-10, 08:20 PM

Soccer is a colloquialism. The official name is Association Football from the laws originally drawn up by the UK based Football Association in 1863 and now goverened by FIFA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football

http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/WhoWeAre/HistoryOfTheFA.aspx

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=soccer

CaptainHaplo · 01-12-10, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Freiwillige

Well than lets just put our American football players on the field against your football players and who ever lives through it can claim the name

True (aka AMERICAN) football is a true sport - men battling each other all over the place, scrumming and pushing and gouging even when the ball is nowhere nearby. If memory serves me right, you can't even run over someone unless the ball is involved in "soccer". I mean - whats the point of a good scrum if you have to worry where some bloody ball went?

If you want to define a real sport - its where someone can get seriously injured in a legal collision that has nothing to do with where the "scoring" thing is...

Thus - only Hockey, real (aka AMERICAN) Football, and Auto Racing qualify as real sports.

Skybird · 01-12-10, 08:03 PM

That is more a definition of anarchy, circus or war, than sports.

Maybe egg-carrying would find greater acceptance outside the US if the players would not stand around so much of the time, and play would see more flow and action instead of brakes and interruptions, not to mention commercials. Concerning dynamics and match flow, egg-carrying is just this:

L-A-Z-Y - 'N - L-A-M-E !!!

The best of it are the chearleaders, which proves that it is a true girls sports!

August · 01-12-10, 08:46 PM

Personally I hope American Football is never accepted outside the US (and maybe Canada). It is our sport and the last thing I want is a bunch of silly foreigners trying to take it over.

antikristuseke · 01-12-10, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

True (aka AMERICAN) football is a true sport - men battling each other all over the place, scrumming and pushing and gouging even when the ball is nowhere nearby. If memory serves me right, you can't even run over someone unless the ball is involved in "soccer". I mean - whats the point of a good scrum if you have to worry where some bloody ball went?

If you want to define a real sport - its where someone can get seriously injured in a legal collision that has nothing to do with where the "scoring" thing is...

Thus - only Hockey, real (aka AMERICAN) Football, and Auto Racing qualify as real sports.

Rugby.
Those padded pansies who play handegg can take a hike.

August · 01-12-10, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

Rugby.
Those padded pansies who play handegg can take a hike.

Rugby is ok but they'd be padding up too if they made NFL grade hits and tackles. We tried it without pads and helmets and the body count was just too great for society to accept.

kiwi_2005 · 01-12-10, 09:13 PM

Rugby anyday. Rugby World cup 2011.

Trouble with soccor is to many hollywood injuries where they scream murder after getting hit in the calf muscle where 99.9% of the time the injury that has cause them to roll over the false grass screaming for their mummy NEVER happened, faking injuries for their team is now what that game is all about! I can't stand the game. Only time i seem interested is when its NZ v Aus.

Happy Times · 01-12-10, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

If you want to define a real sport - its where someone can get seriously injured in a legal collision that has nothing to do with where the "scoring" thing is...

Thus - only Hockey, real (aka AMERICAN) Football, and Auto Racing qualify as real sports.

Hockey being the 1 from the three.

August · 01-11-10, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Actually...they're south americans

They are, why do you think they're so popular with Euros?

Quote:

The europeans will be looking forward to meeting your countrymen with extreme relish

Do we still even have a soccer team?

Spoon 11th · 01-12-10, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Do we still even have a soccer team?

No, all the soccer moms are faking it.

TarJak · 01-12-10, 07:35 AM

Maybe we could form another Association!

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,227 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Now we know why soccer is so popular among Europeans... __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Actually...they're south americans The europeans will be looking forward to meeting your countrymen with extreme relish __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The Hanson Brothers - The Hockey Song __________________

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,717 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	That is more a definition of anarchy, circus or war, than sports. Maybe egg-carrying would find greater acceptance outside the US if the players would not stand around so much of the time, and play would see more flow and action instead of brakes and interruptions, not to mention commercials. Concerning dynamics and match flow, egg-carrying is just this: L-A-Z-Y - 'N - L-A-M-E !!! The best of it are the chearleaders, which proves that it is a true girls sports! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-12-10, 08:46 PM	#8
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,227 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Personally I hope American Football is never accepted outside the US (and maybe Canada). It is our sport and the last thing I want is a bunch of silly foreigners trying to take it over. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Well than lets just put our American football players on the field against your football players and who ever lives through it can claim the name All Joking aside why do they not call it Soccer? Isn't that the official name of the sport?

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Soccer is a colloquialism. The official name is Association Football from the laws originally drawn up by the UK based Football Association in 1863 and now goverened by FIFA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/WhoWeAre/HistoryOfTheFA.aspx http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=soccer

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kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Rugby anyday. Rugby World cup 2011. Trouble with soccor is to many hollywood injuries where they scream murder after getting hit in the calf muscle where 99.9% of the time the injury that has cause them to roll over the false grass screaming for their mummy NEVER happened, faking injuries for their team is now what that game is all about! I can't stand the game. Only time i seem interested is when its NZ v Aus. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

01-12-10, 07:35 AM	#15
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Maybe we could form another Association!