What Are You Doing During The Big Game?

[thorsten]

That wasn't part of the syllabus in parrot school? Well, I guess you'll never know and have to stick to repeating the sentences you learned

 

[scotttswan]

So, is soccer simply dull, or corrupt, or both?

For someone who professes their hatred for football on every thread its on, you sure want to know a lot about the rules.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

For someone who professes their hatred for football on every thread its on, you sure want to know a lot about the rules.

I do not hate soccer, but the devotion to a game that can't decide on a true winner for each game is bewildering. In a real sport, you play until someone wins.

 

[scotttswan]

I do not hate soccer, but the devotion to a game that can't decide on a true winner for each game is bewildering. In a real sport, you play until someone wins.

You do have a true winner when it is required, in a cup or something. In a league the winner is decided over a number of games.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

You do have a true winner when it is required, in a cup or something. In a league the winner is decided over a number of games.

A sport that can't declare a winner in each game is not a sport; they could remedy that by playing overtime until someone actually scores. Otherwise, it qualifies as an activity, perhaps.

 

[scotttswan]

A sport that can't declare a winner in each game is not a sport; they could remedy that by playing overtime until someone actually scores. Otherwise, it qualifies as an activity, perhaps.

They do do that, in a playoff when there is a needed winner on that day they play penalties until someone wins.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

They do do that, in a playoff when there is a needed winner on that day they play penalties until someone wins.

I can only conclude that soccer players lack the will and conditioning to win.

Nobody in a basketball game would even think of shooting free throws to decide a winner - you play as much extra time as needed, in five-minute increments.

In baseball, there is no tyranny of the clock whatsoever - you play until somebody wins, no matter how long it takes.

 

[internationalguy]

I can only conclude that soccer players lack the will and conditioning to win.

Nobody in a basketball game would even think of shooting free throws to decide a winner - you play as much extra time as needed, in five-minute increments.

In baseball, there is no tyranny of the clock whatsoever - you play until somebody wins, no matter how long it takes.

In internet forums there's no time limit and no cap on the number of redundant posts someone can make.

 

[AngelinBA]

I do not hate soccer, but the devotion to a game that can't decide on a true winner for each game is bewildering. In a real sport, you play until someone wins.

You need to watch some cricket, then! It is possible to have a three day test match with no winner.

 

[Joe]

In internet forums there's no time limit and no cap on the number of redundant posts someone can make.

It's a symptom of OCD - try to be accepting.