You need a new joke. On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This pretty much sums it up for me: > > http://bit.ly/c27dbU SFW > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Well it completely depends on exactly how instant replay would be used. > If > > it's used like I described earlier than I think it would be helpful. > > Stopping play to dispute calls however would destroy the game. > > > > As far as the "fake injuries" comment I have a few things to say about > that. > > First I think you are lumping a few things together. > > > > 1.Simulation: where players dive to get a call or roll around on the > ground > > when there was clearly no contact. This is the worst part of the game in > my > > opinion. Some of it is cultural some of it not. FIFA does try to stamp > this > > out but it's tough. As long as there are fouls there will be players > > simulating being fouled in an attempt to gain an advantage for their > squads. > > Some coaches encourage it, some coaches will pull you of the roster if > you > > do it. > > > > 2. Actually getting fouled. A lot of people that haven't played think > that > > every time a player rolls around on the ground for 30 seconds then gets > up > > and continues to play is faking it. Trust me, there are many many many > times > > when you take a knock that hurts like hell for 15 or 20 seconds then the > > pain subsides. It's the way the human body works. It doesn't mean that > every > > time a player needs a second after getting fouled that it's a fake > injury. > > There's a pretty damn big grey area between no injury and breaking a leg. > > And also if you take a knock and go down and then there's no whistle it's > > clear the play won't stop and you damn well better get back up and help > your > > team unless you really have hurt yourself bad. Remember you only get > three > > substitutions you can make for the whole 90 minutes. That alone means > that > > you really need to play through injury if you are capable. > > > > Also this doesn't generally affect the flow of the game as the ref will > only > > blow the play dead if he believes there is a head injury. Most players if > > they see a player down will kick the ball out of bounds and then the > > opposing team will return the ball once play continues. And that's also > why > > there is added time at the end of the half. If there's been three minutes > of > > "rolling around" then the add the appropriate amount of extra time. > > > > I agree that I hate to see players that fake it, but I think you'd be > > extremely hard pressed to find a fan that doesn't hate this part of > > football. > > > > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> I had this discussion with another soccer fan and they told me that > >> instant replay _would_ disrupt the pace of the game. I then asked him, > >> 'Oh, and all the acting and fake injuries do not disrupt the pace of > >> play?' He had nothing to say there. > >> > >> Kind of sad that FIFA tolerates the bullshit acting but drags their > >> feet on stuff like instant replay. > >> > >> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 12:43 PM, 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. > >> > > >> > Isn't that like saying that the Olympics should be scored by hand and > >> > time should be counted in the heads of the refs? Just because some > >> > countries that participate don't have equivalent technologies? > >> > > >> > Training for and playing soccer is universally easy. You need a ball > >> > and a giant field. Two paper cups at the end for goal posts. That's > >> > how so many kids play the sport, why don't they do that too for the > >> > world cup? > >> > > >> > The reason instant replay isn't int he World Cup is because it would > >> > disrupt the game, not because it's technically impossible or because > >> > some country can't afford video cameras. > >> > > >> > -Cameron > >> > > >> > ... > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:322193 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
