> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jan Coffey > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 03:47 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Shouldn't this have read N->F<-L ? Re: NHL observation > > I have the perfect solution to all your problems. Stop > watching Grid- Iron and watch Rugby Football instead.
I watched the ManU(re)/Villa game last night, and our party included a young English woman. Before the soccer match began, they were running the tape of the Seattle/Greenbay game, and she expressed an amazement that this game was somehow "entertaining" and made exactly the same points about Rugby being a better game that you outlined. > Grid-Iron is boring. It's nearly unbearable. Out of 10 minutes of > viewing there is about 45 seconds of action. And that is if you are > lucky. The game keeps stopping. There just doesn't seem to be any end > to the reasons to stop the clock. Not to mention if you're at the field and play just... stops... for no... reason... until you realize wait, there IS a reason, this game is televised, and they're stopping for commercials. > Grid-Iron is predictable. 9 out of 10 times they will do exactly the > same thing with the ball. Throw it forward to the tight end of one of > the runners. These players will either catch the ball and be tackled, > or not catch the ball. No finding holes, no running through. On the > off chance that this kind of play does happen, the big slow fat guy > with the ball goes to ground after just 10 yards. Never is there any > attempt to move the ball to a more advantageous position, never does > the game continue. It's like watching really bad tennis players. Did > I mention that the game keeps stopping? The game is, in some sense, "solved" towards gaining 1st downs, not for massive plays. > Football players are sissies who wear hard helmets and pads all over > their body. Granted, they do seem to just wily-nily slam into any > apposing player in sight but that's not fun to watch. Anyone can move > a ball forward if your 170k mate is slamming into any would be > tackler. Did I mention that the game keeps stopping? Although rugby is the only sport where I know someone who was bitten in by one of their own teammates, I do think Rugby is a much gentler sport, despite the lack of protective gear. Players don't try to actually hurt people, whereas it seems to happen all the time in football (what was that movie in the 70's/early 80's, North Dallas 40 or something?) > Each player in rugby has to use their intellect and athletic ability > to move the ball forward as a team. team team team! Watching the OU/LSU game with my housemate, we were both complaining that its the same 3-4 people in every play.. -j- _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
