Basketball, baseball, and now imperialistic soccer innovations. I suppose political correctness requires that we have to stop short of requiring our national anthem.
Germany is a good guess. I'll guess Holland. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lennart Johansson Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 8:12 PM To: Radical Centrist discussion list Subject: Re: [RC] questions American sports imperialism! Lennart Ps. My bet is on Germany. What's yours? On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:57 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]] 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] 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] 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]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 12:01 PM > To: [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] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at 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/
