June 16, 2006
World Cup Mania!!!
Soccer is for skinny guys who can’t throw. ‘Nuff said.
UPDATE 6/18 – 8 AM:
Well, this post didn’t generate as much controversy as I thought. So let me up the ante. I visited Mike’s blog and posted this comment in response to his soccer post. In it, I argue that soccer is anti-libertarian:
Seriously, though, I realize it’s a very in-depth game, and for those people who understand it, it can be quite exciting. I don’t particularly understand how a game is over in 90 minutes plus “whenever the ref feels like it”. And the red card/yellow card thing just seems arbitrary.
Let me tie it into libertarianism a little bit… In American sports we have defined rules, where you know what happens when you break them. In hockey, you’re guilty of high sticking? Get in the box for 2 minutes (or it might be 5, I’m not a huge hockey guy). In football, you’re guilty of clipping? 15 yards from the previous spot, loss of down. Soccer, though, puts all this stuff in the ref’s hands. It’s the rule of man, not the rule of law. Definitely more “European” of a sport…
Discuss.
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I went into a little more detail over at my place. You seem to be just another typical uncultured American.
Oh, and I’m writing again in case you didn’t know.
If I was an uncultured American, I’d watch NASCAR instead of MotoGP…
Uncultured?! Hey man, I like Chinese food (well, sweet & sour chicken anyway). I’m cultured!!
Yeah, you’re supposedly “cultured” if you never learn hand-eye coordination, which is the one thing it takes to excel at any and all American sports.
All American kids at one time or another played soccer up until about 5th grade, and then it was over for soccer when they could meet the ball with the bat.
“can’t use your hands? – this game sucks. Throw me a ball”
Haha, sweet and sour chicken…the chinese version of deep-fried chicken.
“All American kids at one time or another played soccer up until about 5th grade, and then it was over for soccer when they could meet the ball with the bat.”
I was one of those kids who could never meet bat with ball…hence the playing of soccer into high school.
Oh, and check this link out…you’ll probably like it. Good reasons for why soccer is un-American.
http://bubbleheads.blogspot.com/2006/06/soccer-antithetical-to-american.html
None of my kids played soccer.. Baseball is the all american sport. My daughter had a friend that played soccer all the way thru college and all she got out of it was a bad knee. Nope, don’t like the sport, American or not.