Slightly OT, but one of my favourite expressions is: Football is a gentlemen's sport played by Neanderthals, whereas rugby is a Neanderthal's sport played by gentlemen.
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > in golf, a gentleman's sport, its different. > in soccer, its war. no question > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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:321540 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
