And Mexico-Argentina shows yet again what bullshit World Cup soccer is. On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> If they have goalline replays and replay technology at the Worldcup...then >> they have to have it in our School Leagues.... >> in ALL the games that run up to the World Cup and in ALL local league >> matches where players and teams that end up in the world cup play. >> >> it MUST be equal and even across the board for Competitions under FIFA that >> count. > > > Bullshit. "Fairness" is the worst excuse of all. We have replay in the > NFL and NBA, but we do not have replay in pee-wee football or high > school basketball. At the highest levels where the financial stakes > are so enormous that corruption is practically guaranteed, replay is > necessary to keep officials at least somewhat honest. Otherwise I > could pay a few million to a bank account in the Caymans or > Switzerland for a ref to throw a game to my country's team, and no one > would ever be able to prove anything. >
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