Darn it, I left out the little " ;-) " I was trying to be funny. Still, sometimes jokes can lead to actually workable new ideas. But, yeah, I kind of doubt that anything like US football scoring will catch on with the soccer crowd. Its a pleasant thought, though. Billy ============================================== In a message dated 6/14/2010 6:52:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I like it too, I just think that the resistance in the soccer world to having the same points system as American Football would be large, if not insurmountable. A goal of something other than 6, a "field goal" of something other than 3, and the extra point being an extra 2. Matching exactly is just too obvious... David If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.--Mark Twain On 6/14/2010 9:27 AM, Chris Hahn wrote: 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: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) [_mailto:[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) ] 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, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) 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, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) 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: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) [_mailto:[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) ] On Behalf Of [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 12:01 PM To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) 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: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at _http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/) _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at _http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/) _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at _http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/) _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at _http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/) _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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