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Soccer. ..F*** No. Why not many in N.A. give much of a sh**
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Yeah just like Australian Rules FOOTBALL – you know where you run with the “football” in your HANDS and pass and kick it similar to Rugby and American Football 🙂
I fully “get” Futbol – and I really like it – but I still hate some of the rules and I know the offside rule controversy will rage on all over the globe forever – it’s not just Americans who don’t like it.
Lance Bachelder
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It’s called football.
It’s the beautiful game.
It’s in your soul or you just won’t get it.
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Soccer–Too much of a collective sport. No quarterback controlled by the coach. Americans like a dominant player (quarterback or pitcher or point guard).
I watched my son play soccer for years and tried to love it. Then he played a real American game-LACROSSE. Now that is fun to watch and even more fun to play and as someone said, The players get to wear a hat and hit each other with 6 foot long sticks.
Maybe someday it will achieve some status in the US sports scene. In the meantime, it is a challenge to film because the ball is small and it is the fastest game on two feet.
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They’ve tried the penalty box shtick with junior football. It just doesn’t work. Kids still lurk around and don’t move or use athletic ability to try and succeed. They just wait for the ball to come anywhere near them so they have a chance to score. Games slow down and consist of longer passing, slower movement, worse technique but occasional high scoring games where everyone can marvel at the 7-6 scoreline. You are missing the point, that the offside rule isn’t to stop scoring goals, it’s to speed the game up. If one player constantly stands on the edge of the penalty box, not altering their movement, the entire defence would sit at the same line on the pitch and the game would be contested over a larger portion of the pitch but with longer passing.
I can see how a proper non-corrupt committee would help evolve football through the use of video referees and proper referrals for diving/simulation after the game to involve lengthy bans, but I can’t see that ensuring every game has 12 goals just to entertain a North American audience would be a good idea. Football is already the biggest sport on earth – it doesn’t need to much modification, just an equality of refereeing decisions.
Maybe to reach a wider worldwide audience so it is a true World Series, Baseball could adapt its rules instead?
The other interesting thing would be the use of the draft system – I’d love to see how Premier League teams would cope with a draft….
Either way, give Rugby League a chance.
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Golf. I like to watch golf when I need to catch up on sleep. Soccer… not so much. 😉
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What Julian Bowman said above. Either you get it and love it, or you don’t have a clue what’s going on.
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Sorry not buying it. Prime example was the Swiss today goal at min 69 that was waved off for offside – not only a useless rule but also a bad rule as the ball clearly ricocheted off the defender. This was also the perfect place for instant replay which would have clearly show the blown call. I agree more refs are needed, at least 2 on the field (pitch whatever). But even if the ball hadn’t touched the defender, in that situation with a ton of guys in front of the goal c’mon.
I’m also not buying the youth soccer “test”. I doubt the paid pro’s would be sitting back waiting to cherry pick a shot – but we’ll never know if it would be better or not until it’s tested at the highest level. And it’s not just about scoring more goals – North American’s are fine with low scores, even 1-0 scores as you’ll find in baseball and hockey, but most are not okay with 0-0 ties – no matter how good the goalies are that’s just lame.
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Ah well, we’ll send your thoughts off to the sports governing bodies and see what they think about removing the offside rule. Perhaps we could sketch some ideas out for how the new rules would work and then they might have a clearer idea of how football could be played instead. There are only a few billion people to convince, but it might work.
🙂
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Yes there aren’t any fast plays in football.
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Paddy
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Not fast?
Did you see Robben in Netherlands-Spain last Friday? (I did, I’m Dutch :-))))
But then again, like it or not; its cultural I guess….
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