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I think football is exciting. There's not a single sport out there in which a goal unleashes such outbursts of joy and misery. A goal is an utter non-event in basket compared to football. And I consider basket to be a fairly exciting game as well.
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The Yanks and Canadians are just jealous as they only play French derrived games.
I'll concede that rounders (baseball) is a fantastic game though if playing not watching, a bit like cricket even.
Toby
PS; Watching a Football match on the tele for 90 minutes without a single goal is boring as well- Budweiser are currently doing an advert on the tele about it, funny as anything, but when they said "nah, we'll do the beer, you do the football" I thought they'd missed an opportunity. (One suggestion was to make the goal larger)- good!Last edited by Toby Rowe; October 30, 2005, 16:48.Comment
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That's probably because there isn't a single sport where goals are so few and far between. And goals, or at least the threat of them, are pretty much the only thing that's actually interesting. If you can't get worked up for something that happens once every 20 minutes (if you're lucky), then you shouldn't be watching at all.Originally posted by Colon
I think football is exciting. There's not a single sport out there in which a goal unleashes such outbursts of joy and misery. A goal is an utter non-event in basket compared to football. And I consider basket to be a fairly exciting game as well.
Don't get me wrong, I think soccer is a fantastic game - I played it right up through undergrad. I just think it's boring to watch."The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
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I didn't know the French (European variety) had anything to do with hockey.Originally posted by Toby Rowe
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The Yanks and Canadians are just jealous as they only play French derrived games."The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
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Well, I believe (ice) hockey is from Scandinavia, and as Laz recently told us, Scandinavians are a species of Frenchmen.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
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The scarcity is the genius of it all. It builds tension and the whole game is totally unpredictable. You can play a superb game, lead by 2-0 for 70 minutes and still lose the game by some twisted turn of fate. Basketball is extremely predictable, you just know that after X goal there will be Y goal, and then Z goal. Sometimes a team manages to score 2 or 3 times in a row, but that's about as unpredictable as it gets. You can barely be arsed if there's yet another goal. It does not have that kind of massive explosion of emotion football has and stadiums do not tear themselves apart after goal.Originally posted by Kontiki
That's probably because there isn't a single sport where goals are so few and far between. And goals, or at least the threat of them, are pretty much the only thing that's actually interesting. If you can't get worked up for something that happens once every 20 minutes (if you're lucky), then you shouldn't be watching at all.
Don't get me wrong, I think soccer is a fantastic game - I played it right up through undergrad. I just think it's boring to watch.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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Hockey > Soccer > Football > Baseball as spectator sports.
Hockey is clearly the best because it's so fast-paced and relentless. The other sports lose lots of marks for being slower."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Originally posted by Last Conformist
Well, I believe (ice) hockey is from Scandinavia, and as Laz recently told us, Scandinavians are a species of Frenchmen.
The history of ice hockey is one of the most contested in all of sports. The city of Montreal had been traditionally credited with being the birthplace of hockey, but early paintings contest this claim; 16th-century Dutch paintings show a number of townsfolk playing a hockey-like game on a frozen canals.
Dutch Burghers playing a game that looks awfully like Ice hockey.
Dutch Burghers playing a game that looks awfully like Ice hockey.
Kingston, Ontario and Windsor, Nova Scotia also lay claim to its origins for similar reasons. The origin of the word hockey is officially unknown, it may derive from the Old French word hoquet, shepherd's crook, but it may also derive from the Middle Dutch word hokkie which is the diminutive of 'hok', meaning litterally meaning 'shack' or 'doghouse' but in popular use meant goal.
When Great Britain conquered Canada from France in 1763, soldiers used their knowledge of field hockey and the physically aggressive aspects of what the Mi'kmaq Aboriginal First Nation in Nova Scotia called dehuntshigwa'es (lacrosse). As Canadian winters are long and harsh, new winter sports were always welcomed. Using cheese cutters strapped to their boots, both English- and French-speaking Canadians played the game on frozen rivers, lakes, and ponds. Early paintings show hockey being played in Nova Scotia, as well as in the state of Virginia in the United States.
On March 3, 1875, the first ever organized indoor game was played in Montreal, as recorded in the Montreal Gazette. In 1877, in order to make some sense of the game, McGill students, James Creighton, Henry Joseph, Richard F. Smith, W. F. Robertson, W. L. Murray, Frank Patrick, and Lester Patrick invented seven ice hockey rules. Having an organized system in place, the game became so popular that it was featured for the first time in Montreal's annual Winter Carnival in 1883. In 1888, the governor general of Canada, Lord Stanley of Preston (whose sons were hockey enthusiasts), attended the Carnival and was so impressed with the hockey spectacle that he thought there should be a championship trophy for the best team. The Stanley Cup was first awarded then to the champion amateur team in Canada, and continues to be awarded today to the National Hockey League's championship team. As an interesting historical footnote, one of Lord Stanley's sons was instrumental in introducing ice hockey to the United Kingdom and from there, to Europe at large.
By 1893, Winnipeg hockey players incorporated cricket pads to better protect the goaltender's legs. They also introduced the "scoop" shot, later known as the wrist shot.
In the Upper Penninsula of Michigan, Houghton, MI was the birthplace of professional ice hockey in the United States when the Portage Lakers were formed in 1899.
The National Hockey League was formed in November of 1917, when members of the former National Hockey Association were engaged in a dispute with one of their fellow owners over insurance proceeds. The NHA disbanded, and the new league began play in December of that year."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Put like that Colon,
OK. I withdraw my comment.
Toby
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NHL hockey > NFL football > baseball > ................................. > basketball > soccer
soccer is the worst sport... you kick around a stupid ball, you can't even pick it up... it is BORING!!! there is no offense!!! the fans always riot... the clock counts UP, not down (WTF IS UP WITH THAT!?!?!?!)
FACT: 77% of soccer games end in 0-0 ties (or end 1-0 as a result of shootouts or something, I don't know tiebreaker rules of soccer)...
SOCCER SUCKS
BTW, this is a FOOTBALL for all of you Euros who can't understand what a FOOTBALL really is
that other thing is a SOCCER BALL...
GET IT RIGHT
To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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You call that lemon a football?DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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is that the best you can do?Originally posted by Colon
You call that lemon a football?
insult the shape of the ball?
TOO BAD FOR YOU NFL FOOTBALL IS SUPERIOR TO THAT PATHETIC GAME CALLED SOCCER
but go ahead, continue to focus on the shape of the ball rather than how NFL FOOTBALL IS FAR SUPERIOR TO SOCCER
To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Heh Sava,
If it's nil-nil at the end, but a result is required, then 5 players, from each side will attempt to score a goal from the penalty point. The most goals scored will win, sometimes it's the only good bit of match
Toby
Asher, that was an interesting history of hockey- I know you blokes in North America are fascinated with it.
The English invented the rules of football, but does anyone know who invented the game?
We used to kick a pigs' head around in the dark and middle ages but I've heard claims from both South America and China that preceede it, bearing in mind we'd never heard of either area's prior.
Sava,
Thanks for putting up a picture of a rugby ball- Americans promoting Rugby?- what ever next!!
Colon,
Your post beneath this one is interesting- no sports are better than others- just different. If the whole world played all of the sports we'd all be arguing about clubs instead.Last edited by Toby Rowe; October 30, 2005, 18:29.Comment
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I fail to see in what way randomly jumping on each other makes that sport more superior than football.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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This isn't a ball, it's a melon."In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
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