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You certainly have a right to your opinion, but the majority opinion of football is that it is the best sport in the world.
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This way, only I could get the longer kick, greater accuracy, and better speed.
Now, THAT will be a technological improvement.
Why would I want to pay $140 for a ball that makes it easy for EVERYONE to get longer and more accurate kicks, not just me?
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I fully agree, like maybe some sort of transponder in the ball and the goal. I'm as big a US Soccer fan as anyone, but that when we played Brazil, I'm sorry to say, Kaka absolutely scored but the ref didn't catch it. As an American, I'm happy it wasn't counted, but as a fan of soccer, I get upset when things like that happen.
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Wait. You just approved him? And he already has a star? There used to be a time when a star meant something. I did not have a star at that time.EDIT: Whoops, he's been here for at least a few comments, I must have read what you said wrong. Either way, the last sentiment of the above, struck-through section applies.
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Flopping is the best sport in the world?
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That is all.
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It undoubtedly is the most popular sport in the world. Best, not so much as "best" is relative. Now you see I cannot stand this sport. It's so bland and stupid it makes me wonder why anyone could watch 20 men run after a ball for over 90 minutes hearing fanboys shout from every corner. To top it all off, many if not most matches end up with at least a few casualties. Why?
Can't you just fucking sit on your seats and just enjoy the match?
But that's just me.
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in America, we like contact sports.
when a soccer player trips and acts like a total nancy, holding his shin like it's about to fall off, we all laugh and call him a pussy. we all know he's only employing such juvenile melodrama in order to increase the likelihood of a foul being called. and we don't buy that sort of thing.
with american football, we watch huge guys smash into each other and fall down every 30 seconds for an hour. it's exceedingly rare that any of them get truly hurt. So we’re well aware that falling down doesn’t cause excruciating pain in and of itself, which means that soccer players are wusses, and we don’t really oblige wusses much in this country.
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i'd rather watch foosball to tell you the truth.
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I would love to have this soccer ball. It'd make me a kid again.
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then if someone actually scores, we get the annoying-as-all-hell "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...! GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLL!!!!"
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Or wait, would that be: Center passes to wing. STOP PLAY. Back to center. TIMEOUT (it's hot under all this padding) Back to wing. Take another breather. Center holds it. Time for a cuddle. Punt it ? (replayed a 1000 times from 100 different cameras in numerous speeds)
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/ i kid
// kind of
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Serious career ending injuries are the order of the day anymore. On the other hand any time a hand is laid on any player they start crying like the prima donnas they are. Not to mention the absolute ugliness in the way most of them act on and off the field anymore. Used to love football. When it turned into the same thugs that dominate the NBA I turned to other sports.
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I think one of his points that was valid was that American football is a much more explosive game where the goal is to get the same power into a much shorter hit.
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Rugby = Aussie Rules Football > Lacrosse > Hockey > American Football
Notice Soccer, Baseball, Cricket and Basketball missing from the list
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aussie rules uber alles!!!!
i ain't sayin that just because i am a st kilda fan, either.
http://www.afl.com.au/
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My sport is Muy Thai. There's nothing more manly. I live in a country of hockey players and I hate hockey. That's always my comeback and it always ends every argument as to which is the toughest sport.
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You uncultured swine obviously don't watch the Simpsons.
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He takes the snap, backpedals, he's got his man downfield, he passes, complete, he's to the 20, the 10, TOUCHDOWN!
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So whose the real wuss now?
And yes real football(read soccer) players fein injuries, that's just part of the game.Just like all the circus show before during and after an American football game.
Sometimes it just looks fake to people because you've never been kicked in the shin while running at full speed.
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true that! rugby is by far the most brutal sport, and it ought to have a bigger following in america.
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hahahaha
dude, that's fucking hilarious. I'm gonna use that one all the NASCAR fanbois I know...
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My buddy and I thought of a way to change NASCAR and make it more exciting. You put monkeys in the driver's seat, and give them a dummy steering wheel with a big "pass" button in the middle. Then, the cars drive themselves around the oval in single file until a monkey presses the "pass" button. Then the car drops down to the left and passes the car in front of you. And the monkey has to throw his poo at the car he's passing. At the end, I don't know how you tell who's won, but that's not the point. The point is that FUCKING MONKEYS CAN DRIVE IN NASCAR.
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