Obviously he never had a German-trained soccer coach. Talk about structured play.
I don't begrudge the ref a mistake - people are human, and we all make errors. That is part of the sport. What I disagree with is the sentiment that anything goes to win, at any cost. I have played with great athletes that play that way, and I hate it and them. I have also played with exceptional athletes, and they don't play that way. Playing hard is good. Doing "whatever it takes to win" is poor sportsmanship, pure and simple. Selfish and low class. It rings of of Karate Kid and "take out the knee". I see it all the time on the golf course, and I find it sad, more than anything. On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:44 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > A guy on the radio here yesterday made an interesting point that might have > some validity to it though....soccer is one of the only "fluid" sports. It > starts, goes on for 90 minutes, then finishes. US sports tend to have > specific plays....well defined situations...scenarios. Innings. Drives. One > team on offense, the other on defense...then it switches, etc. etc. > Soccer's > constant ebb and flow, it's fluid motion, it's back and forth style > seemingly without confine......it's really a different scene then what we > are used to watching in our sports. > > I dunno.....that may be complete BS too. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321529 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
