I support Billy's ideas. I think they are brilliant. Let's have soccer be more like football. You get a whole new dimension of strategy. Although, as David points out, it would be a hard sell.
_____ From: centroids-boun...@radicalcentrism.com [mailto:centroids-boun...@radicalcentrism.com] On Behalf Of David R. Block Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 10:34 PM To: Radical Centrist discussion list Subject: Re: [RC] questions Careful now, the soccer "purists" will be after you. :-) David If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.--Mark Twain On 6/13/2010 11:29 PM, bil...@aol.com wrote: Great concept. How about six points when it gets in the net, a one point bonus afterward if there is a free kick from X distance into the goal ? Each team would have the option of kicking the ball over the goal from mid field for 3 points. If a player for a team with the ball happens to fall down behind the net, or gets tripped up, 2 points Yeah, that might be worthwhile. I like your idea :-) Billy ============================================================ In a message dated 6/13/2010 7:11:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, david.r.bl...@verizon.net writes: As difficult as it is to score, you would think that the goals would be worth more. David If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.--Mark Twain On 6/13/2010 9:49 AM, Chris Hahn wrote: Spoken like a true American! And, nope, I don't have any idea if there is such a thing as a high scoring game in the World Cup. Chris _____ From: centroids-boun...@radicalcentrism.com [mailto:centroids-boun...@radicalcentrism.com] On Behalf Of bil...@aol.com Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 12:01 PM To: centroids@radicalcentrism.com Subject: [RC] questions ( 1 ) Does anyone know the percentage of World Cup soccer games where the score is not 1-0 or 1-1 or 2-1 ? Is it greater than 2 % ? ( 2 ) Does anyone know of a more pointless ( pun intended ) game ? Just thought I'd ask Billy _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: Centroids@radicalcentrism.com http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: Centroids@radicalcentrism.com http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: Centroids@radicalcentrism.com http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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