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honorable mention to LeBrick James
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I agree .... very good marketing though i must add .... :-\
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I guess you don't know much about soccer (unlike the other 192 states on that planet). Don't judge Beckham by his short guestplay for LA Galaxy, that was just an excessively overpaid holiday for him, nothing else.
For me Kobe Bryant is overrated. So is Barry Bonds, cause noone has ever heared their names, seen their faces or gives a shit about them in whole Europe.
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Beckham....couldn't agree more. Thought they could do it here in the U.S. but was a big flop. Noone cares about him or the sport. Wife thought she was going to ordained Queen of America too. Went home with tail between legs.
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Please....Kobe (and basketball players in general) are probably the best athletes in sports. And hitting a baseball at 90 mph is one of the hardest things in sports. Beckham........get real.
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Kournikova.
Then nobody else.
Then perhaps that douche that fought Cyborg, what's her name, Carano?
Donnie Baseball comes to mind. Good player. But no legend IMO.
Freddy Adu and Frank Lampard also makes the short list.
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I'd have to vote for Eddie the Eagle, Olympic Ski-jumper from years ago. He changed the sport.
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Becks would be number one IMO...
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Kournikova.
Then nobody else.
Then perhaps that douche that fought Cyborg, what's her name, Carano?
Donnie Baseball comes to mind. Good player. But no legend IMO.
Freddy Adu and Frank Lampard also makes the short list.
yes, on freddie Adu.. Were's he at now, Villareal, benfica???
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I vote Triple H as the most over rated pro champ in any "sport" hehehehehe.
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Bob Chickarellioho, not sure if he's an athlete though
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David Haye.
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Len Bias, from the boston celtics..'
He never actually played a game cause he died.. :'(
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Greg Maddox
actually, who am i kidding
GREG MADDOX IS THE SHIT
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yes, on freddie Adu.. Were's he at now, Villareal, benfica???
Villareal? ;D
Please.
He's carrying water bottles at the great club of Belenenses, in Portugal.
Played 45 minutes so far.
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ehh? He was one Hell of a football player once upon a time. And its football, you know, a ball played with your feet.
so ...no.
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Greg Maddox
actually, who am i kidding
GREG MADDOX IS THE SHIT
Maddox-Smoltz-Glavine
is the best pitching lineup a team will ever have.
All of them future HOF'ers.
Maddox is as far as I'm concerned the greatest pitcher I've ever seen. The location and control on his pitches are unmatched IMO.
Even I, a Tribe fan, can admit to their superiority.
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Maddox-Smoltz-Glavine
is the best pitching lineup a team will ever have.
All of them future HOF'ers.
Maddox is as far as I'm concerned the greatest pitcher I've ever seen. The location and control on his pitches are unmatched IMO.
Even I, a Tribe fan, can admit to their superiority.
where did smoltz end up this season- I legit forgot
btw, that trio not only produced numbers and helped that club be dominant in the NL East for so long but they epitomized that team
You couldn't think of the Braves of during that Era without thinking of Maddox/Smoltz/Glavine
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Please....Kobe (and basketball players in general) are probably the best athletes in sports. And hitting a baseball at 90 mph is one of the hardest things in sports. Beckham........get real.
Beckham = One of the top players for a decade in the no1 sport on the planet.
Basketball, Baseball, American Football = nobody on this planet of 6 billion cares apart from 350,000,000 dimented Christian evangelists somewhere north of Mexico ::)
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Beckham = One of the top players for a decade in the no1 sport on the planet.
Basketball, Baseball, American Football = nobody on this planet of 6 billion cares apart from 350,000,000 dimented Christian evangelists somewhere north of Mexico ::)
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Kimi Räikkönen, formula 1 driver.
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Anelka in French football.
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beckham in his prime was the best freekicker
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where did smoltz end up this season- I legit forgot
btw, that trio not only produced numbers and helped that club be dominant in the NL East for so long but they epitomized that team
You couldn't think of the Braves of during that Era without thinking of Maddox/Smoltz/Glavine
I think the Cards?
I saw that Smoltz was gonna do one more year - at least. Nice to see him keeping it up. He still got it, so why not keep playing.
But one more thing about the Three great ones. At least two of them, Smoltz and Glavine, were IMO good or really good with the bat.
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Beckham = One of the top players for a decade in the no1 sport on the planet.
Basketball, Baseball, American Football = nobody on this planet of 6 billion cares apart from 350,000,000 dimented Christian evangelists somewhere north of Mexico ::)
That's a bigoted attitude. Nice try though.
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Beckham = One of the top players for a decade in the no1 sport on the planet.
Basketball, Baseball, American Football = nobody on this planet of 6 billion cares apart from 350,000,000 dimented Christian evangelists somewhere north of Mexico ::)
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Way to stand by your man.
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Beckham's never really been hailed as the greatest player in the world. He was good in his prime and he still has occasional moments of brilliance.
Kobe definitely over-rated.
Michael Phelps over-rated.
Lennox Lewis over-rated.
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Beckham's never really been hailed as the greatest player in the world. He was good in his prime and he still has occasional moments of brilliance.
Kobe definitely over-rated.
Michael Phelps over-rated.
Lennox Lewis over-rated.
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the most obivious answer is the great tiger woods, what is it with people worshipping a guy for hitting a little white ball into a hole, christ give me a break where's the danger who is he competeing with, a bunch of overprivledged guys who when they were kids there parents bought country club memberships, i say buffy could you pass the crumpett. throw the ball at him at 100 miles an hour see what he does than. have 3 300 lb plus guys trying to stop him from getting on the green. make him run around the course than have him hit the ball. i rember checking out real sports scores last year and having to hear how courageous tiger was playing golf with omg no a sore knee. christ kurt angle won a gold medal with a broken frigging neck. jack youngblood played a football game with a broken leg. early in his career don mcnaab of the eagles played one of his best games after he broke his ankle and could only pass. tiger please.
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Beckham in his prime was incredible to watch. Best dead ball specialist ever. Probaly best passer of ball ever. He could kick a ball to a running forward and have it land at his feet from 70 yards.
Granted he was not the most skillfull or fastest. But he was v hard working could run 15km a game and scored so many wonderful goals and set many up!
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the most obivious answer is the great tiger woods, what is it with people worshipping a guy for hitting a little white ball into a hole, christ give me a break where's the danger who is he competeing with, a bunch of overprivledged guys who when they were kids there parents bought country club memberships, i say buffy could you pass the crumpett. throw the ball at him at 100 miles an hour see what he does than. have 3 300 lb plus guys trying to stop him from getting on the green. make him run around the course than have him hit the ball. i rember checking out real sports scores last year and having to hear how courageous tiger was playing golf with omg no a sore knee. christ kurt angle won a gold medal with a broken frigging neck. jack youngblood played a football game with a broken leg. early in his career don mcnaab of the eagles played one of his best games after he broke his ankle and could only pass. tiger please.
Truer words have never been spoken.
It's ridiculous that golf is even considered a sport. If golf is a sport than bowling, billiards/pool, bodybuilding and darts should all be considered sports.
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Philip Rivers San Diego Chargers.......from the class of 2004 my boy Roethlisberger got 2 Superbowl rings. Eli Manning got 1. Rivers got goose eggs. You can all tell me to fuck off but I remember when he told his home crowd to shut the fuck up 8)
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Beckham = One of the top players for a decade in the no1 sport on the planet.
Basketball, Baseball, American Football = nobody on this planet of 6 billion cares apart from 350,000,000 dimented Christian evangelists somewhere north of Mexico ::)
Of course soccer will be more popular when all it takes is a ball filled with air to play. Good thing all those third-world morons who bathe in the same water they defecate in make it so popular. ::)
Too bad it sucks.
It's funny how threatened the Europeans are by American sports. No one in the USA cares nor talks about soccer. Yet the Europeans are always so quick to bring up the fact that all these people play soccer as if it's impressive.
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Yes and we could all play on your football pitch sized gums.
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Golf is now an Olympic event.
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Golf is now an Olympic event.
But, but. Golf isn't a sport and Tiger Woods isn't a good athlete! ::)
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But, but. Golf isn't a sport and Tiger Woods isn't a good athlete! ::)
He has 1 billion reasons that say he is.
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It's funny how threatened the Europeans Americans are by American European sports. No one in the USA Europe cares nor talks about soccer American Football, Hockey, Basketball or Baseball.
fixed :)
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He has 1 billion reasons that say he is.
Don't shatter their world. He's also the most recognizable athlete on the planet.
fixed :)
Your posting history completely refutes the point you're trying to make. You pop up in every thread crying about American sports. No one over here cares about soccer yet you Europeans can't seem to stop telling us about how great it supposedly is. Threatened much?
Not one American cares about the fact that soccer is played by more people. As if it's surprising that a sport that requires nothing more than a ball filled with air to play is more popular than one that requires hundreds of dollars of equipment to play.
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I guess you don't know much about soccer (unlike the other 192 states on that planet). Don't judge Beckham by his short guestplay for LA Galaxy, that was just an excessively overpaid holiday for him, nothing else.
For me Kobe Bryant is overrated. So is Barry Bonds, cause noone has ever heared their names, seen their faces or gives a shit about them in whole Europe.
Dude, you're dead wrong. Everyone in Europe knows who Kobe is...that includes non b'ball fans.
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Truer words have never been spoken.
It's ridiculous that golf is even considered a sport. If golf is a sport than bowling, billiards/pool, bodybuilding and darts should all be considered sports.
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Dude, you're dead wrong. Everyone in Europe knows who Kobe is...that includes non b'ball fans.
Look at his post. He complains about us not knowing about David Beckham because no one plays soccer here and then turns around and says Kobe is overrated for the very same reason. In-fact, the rumors of a Greek team wanting to pay Kobe $50 million a year to play for them would indicate that many, many Europeans know who he is. ;)
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Look at his post. He complains about us not knowing about David Beckham because no one plays soccer here and then turns around and says Kobe is overrated for the very same reason.
If America cared about soccer then we would become the best in the world at it :D
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If America cared about soccer then we would become the best in the world at it :D
FACT
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If America cared about soccer then we would become the best in the world at it :D
you probably would
you care enough about food to be the fattest mother fu ckers on the planet :)
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If America cared about soccer then we would become the best in the world at it :D
Haha, it would be yet another sport that Americans are the best at. My guess is that half of Europe would commit mass suicide if America won the World Cup.
you probably would
you care enough about food to be the fattest mother fu ckers on the planet :)
England has the third highest obesity rate on the planet.
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Football is biggest sport in world, therefore the best. It appeals to the masses and anyone can play it. Easily most popular sport.
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David Haye.
Haye's weaknesses are clear to see - BUT he has excellent amateur pedigree, was the first fighter since Holyfield to unify the Cruiserweight division, and is now a heavyweight about to fight for a title. I don't see how he's overrated, as he has achieved in the sport, his credentials are good. A great fighter.
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Football is biggest sport in world, therefore the best. It appeals to the masses and anyone can play it. Easily most popular sport.
Most popular does not equal best. Not by a long shot.
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Haha, it would be yet another sport that Americans are the best at. My guess is that half of Europe would commit mass suicide if America won the World Cup.
England has the third highest obesity rate on the planet.
not as fat as them good old us and a :)
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not as fat as them good old us and a :)
30% to 25%. You guys surely are much better. Considering that the obesity rate in England has tripled this decade, you guys keep it up and you'll overtake that #1 crown. :D
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Most popular does not equal best. Not by a long shot.
4+ billion people would disagree.
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you probably would
you care enough about food to be the fattest mother fu ckers on the planet :)
Well if it isn't my warm beer drinking,vodka swilling,dart throwing broski telling me about Americans being fat!
...and I see your not posting on DIET thread you started on the Y ;) ;D
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30% to 25%. You guys surely are much better. Considering that the obesity rate in England has tripled this decade, you guys keep it up and you'll overtake that #1 crown. :D
we will be the fattest cu nts in the world if it kills us 8)
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4+ billion people would disagree.
There are zero statistics showing that 4+ billion play soccer. The fact that 3 billion third-worlders who bathe in the same water they shit in play/watch soccer does not make it a better sport.
we will be the fattest cu nts in the world if it kills us 8)
:D
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4+ billion people would disagree.
About 3.5 billion of them haven't had the chance to be exposed to better sports, american football, basketball, etc... they have nothing to compare it to.
By your logic Madonna is a superior musical artist to Bethoven because she sells more cd's ie: is more popular.... ::)
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About 3.5 billion of them haven't had the chance to be exposed to better sports, american football, basketball, etc... they have nothing to compare it to.
By your logic Madonna is a superior musical artist to Bethoven because she sells more cd's ie: is more popular.... ::)
They act like it's surprising that a sport that takes nothing more than a ball filled with air to play is more popular than sports that require hundreds of dollars of equipment or large fields to play. Kicking a ball around an alley qualifies as soccer. ::)
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About 3.5 billion of them haven't had the chance to be exposed to better sports, american football, basketball, etc... they have nothing to compare it to.
By your logic Madonna is a superior musical artist to Bethoven because she sells more cd's ie: is more popular.... ::)
i agree basketball is cool as fuck
but american football is 5 seconds of action followed by 10 minutes of fuck all
played by black guys that don't have the balls to play without wearing body armour
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i agree basketball is cool as fuck
but american football is 5 seconds of action followed by 10 minutes of fuck all
played by black guys that don't have the balls to play without wearing body armour
99% of rugby players who have tried to crossover have ended up embarrassing themselves as they're not even in the same league when it comes to sheer athleticism.
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About 3.5 billion of them haven't had the chance to be exposed to better sports, american football, basketball, etc... they have nothing to compare it to.
By your logic Madonna is a superior musical artist to Bethoven because she sells more cd's ie: is more popular.... ::)
Have you been exposed to football? ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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i agree basketball is cool as fuck
but american football is 5 seconds of action followed by 10 minutes of fuck all
played by black guys that don't have the balls to play without wearing body armour
haha. The pace of football is tough to follow if you didn't grow up playing it.
I love both basketball and football but for different reasons.
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Dude, you're dead wrong. Everyone in Europe knows who Kobe is...that includes non b'ball fans.
Yeah. And everyone in the US knows who Beckham is, that includes non soccer fans. Your point?
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They act like it's surprising that a sport that takes nothing more than a ball filled with air to play is more popular than sports that require hundreds of dollars of equipment or large fields to play. Kicking a ball around an alley qualifies as soccer. ::)
1. Football takes a large field to play same as NFL NBA etc
2. A basketball and an American football is...wait for it....a ball filled with air.
3. Both football and basketball have nets/goals.
4. Does that mean unless you are playing in a multi-million pound stadium that playing 3 on 3 basketball on a street corner with a net screwed onto a wall does not count as basketball?
5. I hope this helps.
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About 3.5 billion of them haven't had the chance to be exposed to better sports, american football, basketball, etc... they have nothing to compare it to.
By your logic Madonna is a superior musical artist to Bethoven because she sells more cd's ie: is more popular.... ::)
All of Europe, centeral and South America all play football. All of Africa play football. Middle East countries and most of Asia.
The few countries in the world football isnt the number 1 sport is probaly USA/Canada
The beauty of football is all it needs is a ball. So simple. The wheel is very simple - It works great.
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99% of rugby players who have tried to crossover have ended up embarrassing themselves as they're not even in the same league when it comes to sheer athleticism.
only the shit ones try and cross over
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Have you been exposed to football? ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
Had a friend who played professionally in Germany, so I attended matches there. Occasionally watch on TV until I nod off. 8)
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1. Football takes a large field to play same as NFL NBA etc
2. A basketball and an American football is...wait for it....a ball filled with air.
3. Both football and basketball have nets/goals.
4. Does that mean unless you are playing in a multi-million pound stadium that playing 3 on 3 basketball on a street corner with a net screwed onto a wall does not count as basketball?
5. I hope this helps.
Don't waste your time with these idiots, they don't have the slightest clue what they're talking about.
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Bodybuilders who try to be PLers cant always cross over successfully. Vice versa.
Both use similar tools etc.
I beelieve it would be hard to try a different sport than the one you played for 15+ years day in day out. Even the toughest and most talented athletes would struggle big time.
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1. Football takes a large field to play same as NFL NBA etc
2. A basketball and an American football is...wait for it....a ball filled with air.
3. Both football and basketball have nets/goals.
4. Does that mean unless you are playing in a multi-million pound stadium that playing 3 on 3 basketball on a street corner with a net screwed onto a wall does not count as basketball?
5. I hope this helps.
Soccer doesn't take a large field to play on. Kicking a ball around a back alley with 3 people qualifies as soccer. Or do you think "4+ billion" (a completely fabricated statistic) are playing on regulation fields? Please. The billions of third-world people who can't even afford to eat aren't playing in leagues and on regular fields. They're kicking a ball around the dirty street they live on.
Don't waste your time with these idiots, they don't have the slightest clue what they're talking about.
Translation: I'm a crybaby that can't do anything but thump my chest and scream about how soccer is better because billions of third-worlders play it.
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So noone in america is playing basketball against a net screwed on a wall at the side of their house BF?
I rest my case
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So noone in america is playing basketball against a net screwed on a wall at the side of their house BF?
I rest my case
That's a little different than passing a ball between two people in a dirt alley. The closest goal could be 800 miles away and it would qualify as people playing soccer.
I could kick a pineapple to my friend and I'm technically playing soccer. ::)
Soccer is such a popular sport yet Tiger Woods is the most recognizable athlete on the planet.
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Soccer doesn't take a large field to play on. Kicking a ball around a back alley with 3 people qualifies as soccer. Or do you think "4+ billion" (a completely fabricated statistic) are playing on regulation fields? Please. The billions of third-world people who can't even afford to eat aren't playing in leagues and on regular fields. They're kicking a ball around the dirty street they live on.
Translation: I'm a crybaby that can't do anything but thump my chest and scream about how soccer is better because billions of third-worlders play it.
You're quite supporting the stereotype the rest of the world has of you :)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5BV_YADVD7o/R8lHeGDBm-I/AAAAAAAABOM/BjK-inAANl0/s320/dumb.jpg)
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So noone in america is playing basketball against a net screwed on a wall at the side of their house BF?
I rest my case
Exactly.
BezerkFart is my retarded stalker though.
just watch his response haha.
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So noone in america is playing basketball against a net screwed on a wall at the side of their house BF?
I rest my case
Basketball has crossed over to the world.Soccer not so here.
.....And what sporting event year after year is the most watched on t.v.....I rest my case ;)
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http://www.kournikova.com/photos/v/hardbat-classic/me+and+Judah+Friedlander+the+the+after+party.jpg.html (http://www.kournikova.com/photos/v/hardbat-classic/me+and+Judah+Friedlander+the+the+after+party.jpg.html)
Hotttt but would lose all the time.
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People draw nets or goals on walls.
As kids all teh kids in my area played using peoples gates of their houses as goals. Same rules apply just we use a ball and a make shift pitch. The street. Waste ground. Car parks etc.
Maybe push some trash cans apart they are the posts. I dont understand why you cant see this. If a throw a rolled up ball of paper in teh rubbish bin am i playing basketball ???
I agree you are correct on superbowl - But noone watches it for teh sport. More for teh spectacle and sensationalism and the grusome wonderfullness that america does so well. They make things crude but endearing. Noone has a clue about the rules of american football they watch for half time show etc.
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People draw nets or goals on walls.
As kids all teh kids in my area played using peoples gates of their houses as goals. Same rules apply just we use a ball and a make shift pitch. The street. Waste ground. Car parks etc.
Maybe push some trash cans apart they are the posts. I dont understand why you cant see this. If a throw a rolled up ball of paper in teh rubbish bin am i playing basketball ???
I agree you are correct on superbowl - But noone watches it for teh sport. More for teh spectacle and sensationalism and the grusome wonderfullness that america does so well. They make things crude but endearing. Noone has a clue about the rules of american football they watch for half time show etc.
Thank you for proving my point. The fact that you can separate two rocks on the ground and kick any object that can be construed as spherical between them and call it soccer would explain why it's so popular. What I fail to see is how that makes it a good sport? Because poor people can play it?
It's funny that you guys build your argument around how many people play it. Never do you actually talk about the sport itself. I've never heard one logical reason for why soccer is more entertaining or a better sport that actually involved some aspect of playing the game. Meanwhile, any NFL fan will gladly build an argument around how the hits are incredible, the plays, the close games, the last minute drives, etc.
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Basketball has crossed over to the world.Soccer not so here.
.....And what sporting event year after year is the most watched on t.v.....I rest my case ;)
sounds to me like the yanks are hating on all the sports they are shit at
some sour grapes me thinks ::)
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sounds to me like the yanks are hating on all the sports they are shit at
some sour grapes me thinks ::)
The saddest thing is that the US soccer team, full of athletes who couldn't even make a NFL or NBA practice squad let alone succeed amongst those athletes, beat arguably the best team in the world in Spain 2-0 in June. Our third-rate professional athletes against the best team in the world and they still blank them. I'm sure Spain just didn't give a shit about losing to "scrubs". I can only imagine how good the USA would be if the best athletes chose to play soccer. My guess is half of Europe would commit suicide if the USA men won a World Cup.
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Thank you for proving my point. The fact that you can separate two rocks on the ground and kick any object that can be construed as spherical between them and call it soccer would explain why it's so popular. What I fail to see is how that makes it a good sport? Because poor people can play it?
So only professional sportsmen playing their sport on regulation fields/courts/staiums etc qualifies as sport?
You are an idiot. Genuinely.
As children we didnt carry around 8' x 24' goals to play football so we improvised with what we had. We played with the same rules and a ball. Everyone can afford a football. It appeals to the masses.
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So only professional sportsmen playing their sport on regulation fields/courts/staiums etc qualifies as sport?
You are an idiot. Genuinely.
As children we didnt carry around 8' x 24' goals to play football so we improvised with what we had. We played with the same rules and a ball. Everyone can afford a football. It appeals to the masses.
You're calling me an idiot when your argument does nothing but prove my point. Good thing you went to law school. Probably explains why you're bouncing and not arguing cases.
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The saddest thing is that the US soccer team, full of athletes who couldn't even make a NFL or NBA practice squad let alone succeed amongst those athletes, beat arguably the best team in the world in Spain 2-0 in June. Our third-rate professional athletes against the best team in the world and they still blank them. I'm sure Spain just didn't give a shit about losing to "scrubs". I can only imagine how good the USA would be if the best athletes chose to play soccer. My guess is half of Europe would commit suicide if the USA men won a World Cup.
america dominates amercian sports
considering the size of the nation they underachieve in other sports
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sounds to me like the yanks are hating on all the sports they are shit at
some sour grapes me thinks ::)
bigmc, you know if we cared about it, we would dominate it. Just like every other sport on the planet. 8)
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america dominates amercian sports
considering the size of the nation they underachieve in other sports
Is that why we consistently win the most medals at the Olympics? Even winning more medals than China, a country 5x the size of us and who pulls kids away from their family at 3 years old to train 10 hours a day for 15 years.
The American soccer team, full of third-tier professional athletes, beat Spain 2-0 in June. Spain, the best soccer team in the world, got owned.
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Is that why we consistently win the most medals at the Olympics?
The American soccer team, full of third-tier professional athletes, beat Spain 2-0 in June. Spain, the best soccer team in the world, got owned.
i must have missed all the tournaments the american "soccer" team has won ::)
all the usa players that come over here fail as badly as the rugby players going to america
tha argument goes both ways
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I would say european football and hockey are the greatest sports in the world. Both are very popular almost everywhere, warm wheather = football. Cold = Hockey
Both sports can be very entertaining but can at other times bore you to death...
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The American soccer team, full of third-tier professional athletes, beat Spain 2-0 in June. Spain, the best soccer team in the world, got owned.
I see, you're becoming a soccer fan? :)
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You always see Americans relocating to other countries to play their sports. Wait no you dont, if you want to be the best in your sport you come to test yourself in America.
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So only professional sportsmen playing their sport on regulation fields/courts/staiums etc qualifies as sport?
You are an idiot. Genuinely.
As children we didnt carry around 8' x 24' goals to play football so we improvised with what we had. We played with the same rules and a ball. Everyone can afford a football. It appeals to the masses.
Ursus, you seem to be missing BF's point. You think that just because a lot of people play it, that makes it great. We disagree. Hell volleyball is a lot of fun to play, but nobody gives two shits about it.
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I see, you're becoming a soccer fan? :)
I never said soccer was terrible. I enjoy the World Cup. It's an OK sport. American football is 100x more entertaining.
However, unless it's the world cup or the odd semi-finals or finals of a major league, I find it incredibly boring. I don't see the excitement in watching people kick a ball around a field for 90 minutes without any points being scored. Half the guys spend more time walking around the field than they do actually running.
The acting is entertaining, though. Watching someone get carted off the field after getting bumped into and then sprinting back on 15 seconds later really makes for an entertaining sport. Completely ruins the game.
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Had a friend who played professionally in Germany, so I attended matches there. Occasionally watch on TV until I nod off. 8)
So you haven't actually. ::) ::) ::)
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So you haven't actually. ::) ::) ::)
Didn't what? ::) ::) ::) ::)
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BF I did not enjoy law. I never went to law school. I went to uni and got a law degree. Big difference sonny jim.
Your arguement focuses on africa - absolutre thick stupid idiot ::)
I agree but in 90% of cases more money and effort/structure/development into sports = success particularly track and field. USA were meant to be teh best basketball players but get pwned by e european '3rd world' countries.
SHOWSTOPPER - what makes a sport great? The best thing I can think of is the diversity of people whop play it - all diff colours, creeds, religions, classes countries all play it. AND it is the biggest most played and watched sport in world.
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Didn't what? ::) ::) ::) ::)
Been exposed to it. ::) ::) ::) ::)
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SHOWSTOPPER - what makes a sport great? The best thing I can think of is the diversity of people whop play it - all diff colours, creeds, religions, classes countries all play it. AND it is the biggest most played and watched sport in world.
If that is your criteria, then by your standards you are right. I just think we differ on what makes a sport great. No problem.
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Been exposed to it. ::) ::) ::) ::)
If you are asking, have I played it....only when forced to in physical education in school. ALL real athletes played football, baseball, basketball or ran track where I'm from. We picked on and made fun of the "soccer fags" as we referred to them. ;D
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If that is your criteria, then by your standards you are right. I just think we differ on what makes a sport great. No problem.
No probs dude. Agree to disagree?
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No probs dude. Agree to disagree?
That's correct. Nothing wrong with that.
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I never said soccer was terrible. I enjoy the World Cup. It's an OK sport. American football is 100x more entertaining.
However, unless it's the world cup or the odd semi-finals or finals of a major league, I find it incredibly boring. I don't see the excitement in watching people kick a ball around a field for 90 minutes without any points being scored. Half the guys spend more time walking around the field than they do actually running.
The acting is entertaining, though. Watching someone get carted off the field after getting bumped into and then sprinting back on 15 seconds later really makes for an entertaining sport. Completely ruins the game.
some very valid points...
spending 2 hours of your time to watch a game that ends 0-0 ::)
massive waste of time. no one gets eliminated, each team gets 1 point.... gee the excitement :-\
however if a top team meets a lesser team and they toy with them and score like 5 goals, now that is fun.
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If you are asking, have I played it....only when forced to in physical education in school. ALL real athletes played football, baseball, basketball or ran track where I'm from. We picked on and made fun of the "soccer fags" as we referred to them. ;D
Ok. I hope you have grown up. Ooops you haven't. ;) ;D
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some very valid points...
spending 2 hours of your time to watch a game that ends 0-0 ::)
massive waste of time. no one gets eliminated, each team gets 1 point.... gee the excitement :-\
however if a top team meets a lesser team and they toy with them and score like 5 goals, now that is fun.
Yeah of course goal-less games are a bummer. But atleast you don't know it until the game ends, the goal can happen any second. ;) I hate games where goal/point making is so damn easy it's trivial.
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some very valid points...
spending 2 hours of your time to watch a game that ends 0-0 ::)
massive waste of time. no one gets eliminated, each team gets 1 point.... gee the excitement :-\
however if a top team meets a lesser team and they toy with them and score like 5 goals, now that is fun.
Children have to constantly have something to keep their attention and keep their brain engaged.
Men don't.
100s of points are scored in basketball games. Renders a 'point' worthless. to an extent
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Children have to constantly have something to keep their attention and keep their brain engaged.
Men don't.
100s of points are scored in basketball games. Renders a 'point' worthless. to an extent
Some of the best football games have been low-scoring, defensive games where big hits and goal line stands were the focal points.
Hundreds of points are scored in rugby, another European favorite. Does that sport suck like basketball?
Interestingly enough, America has the 11th ranked team in the FIFA Soccer rankings. 11th in the world in a sport we suck at. Ranked higher than all but 8 European countries.
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Fifa rankings mean jack shit to a large extent
The teams in their federation are tiny centeral american countries.
NOONE claimed that europe was the best at football or rugby. That was you who implied we did. You dont have to be teh best in the world at a sport - only one country per sport is the best in the world.
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Fifa rankings mean jack shit to a large extent
The teams in their federation are tiny centeral american countries.
NOONE claimed that europe was the best at football or rugby. That was you who implied we did. You dont have to be teh best in the world at a sport - only one country per sport is the best in the world.
The FIFA rankings have every European and South American team on them. World rankings usually involve teams across the globe, not "tiny central american countries". Interesting how our third-tier athletes are capable of beating the #1 ranked team in the world in June.
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UEFA is teh governing body for Europe
CONCACAF I think is the federation of centeral and N america. The USA is in north america.
Your absolute lack of knowledge on this subject is magnified right there., You dont klnow what you are talking about
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Ok. I hope you have grown up. Ooops you haven't. ;) ;D
NEVER !!!!! ;D
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These are the teams in USA's federation
North American Zone (NAFU)
Canada
Mexico
United States
Central American Zone (UNCAF)
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Caribbean Zone (CFU)
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
French Guiana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint-Martin
Sint Maarten
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
The standard is much lower in this federation and the best team will win more matches get more points to help increase their rankings than say a team in europe. Less decent teams to challenge.
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UEFA is teh governing body for Europe
CONCACAF I think is the federation of centeral and N america. The USA is in north america.
Your absolute lack of knowledge on this subject is magnified right there., You dont klnow what you are talking about
Did I ever claim to know what I was talking about when it comes to what federation governs what? I couldn't give two flying fucks about what rankings are considered legitimate and what aren't. You and the other Europeans continue to ignore the fact that the shitty USA team destroyed Spain, who was ranked #1 in the world at the time. Our team of third-tier athletes who couldn't hack it among the country's best beat the supposed European juggernaut.
It's a good thing that you have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to any sport besides soccer. But try to make another argument around how "scoring lots of points makes scoring points useless". ::)
Let's just agree to disagree. This argument is going nowhere and is a gigantic waste of time.
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What's cheaper to play soccer or stick ball? Oh hold on........this just in. ...........soccer sucks!!!!! :D
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Did I ever claim to know what I was talking about when it comes to what federation governs what? I couldn't give two flying fucks about what rankings are considered legitimate and what aren't. You and the other Europeans continue to ignore the fact that the shitty USA team destroyed Spain, who was ranked #1 in the world at the time. Our team of third-tier athletes who couldn't hack it among the country's best beat the supposed European juggernaut.
It's a good thing that you have no idea what you're talking about when it comes to any sport besides soccer. But try to make another argument around how "scoring lots of points makes scoring points useless". ::)
Let's just agree to disagree. This argument is going nowhere and is a gigantic waste of time.
Ina game where 3 goals are scored. A goal is a special event. In a 92-89 game a point is less important - u are stupid you cant realise this?
Yes they beat them - what is your point? Even the top teams lose.
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Children have to constantly have something to keep their attention and keep their brain engaged.
Men don't.
100s of points are scored in basketball games. Renders a 'point' worthless. to an extent
yeah that must be it ::) the fact that the entertainment value is equal to watching paint dry has nothing to do with it...
I remember the WC final in 94, got insomnia? this is the cure. lights out before 1st half is over. And it's the friggen WORLD CUP FINAL, not a meaningless league game.
EDIT:
do you seriously mean you'd rather see a game end 0-0 or 1-0 than 5-0 or 5-3 etc ???
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watching football can be unbearably boring
ardent fans will say the close goals and the excitement and oooo and ahhh of the odd goal makes up for it but in reality it doesn't.
90mins where the ball for the large majority of time is literally passed backwards and forwards is not my idea of entertainment
and another problem with football is the fans. Over here in england teh majority of them are what we call - scum.
Football - gentlemen's game played by thugs
Rugby - thugs game played by gentlemen
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Ina game where 3 goals are scored. A goal is a special event. In a 92-89 game a point is less important - u are stupid you cant realise this?
Yes they beat them - what is your point? Even the top teams lose.
You're trying your best to justify a sport that can be boring as hell. Just accept it, Goudy. Points are just as important in 92-89 game of basketball, because at the end of the game, a three point shot can tie that game and send it into overtime. Points scored means nothing in the grand scheme of things.
I'm a big soccer fan, and I'm first to admit that many matches are very boring. Europeans are conditioned to this from a young age. Soccer is all about pride for your country/team and the spectacle of the match. Honestly, people care more about waving their flags and singing their songs, which project national pride, than the actual match.
I like you Goudy, but your ignorance of other sports (your biggest failure in many arguments - ignorance of how things work in places other than Europe) is your downfall, at times.
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You're trying your best to justify a sport that can be boring as hell. Just accept it, Goudy. Points are just as important in 92-89 game of basketball, because at the end of the game, a three point shot can tie that game and send it into overtime. Points scored means nothing in the grand scheme of things.
I'm a big soccer fan, and I'm first to admit that many matches are very boring. Europeans are conditioned to this from a young age. Soccer is all about pride for your country/team and the spectacle of the match. Honestly, people care more about waving their flags and singing their songs, which project national pride, than the actual match.
I like you Goudy, but your ignorance of other sports (your biggest failure in many arguments - ignorance of how things work in places other than Europe) is your downfall, at times.
Tried to be nice but still brutal.
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Villareal? ;D
Please.
He's carrying water bottles at the great club of Belenenses, in Portugal.
Played 45 minutes so far.
why did the American media such a big deal about this Freddy Adu character here in america. The built the guys hopes up so much that he thought he could play at Manchester united or Real Madrid. :o
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why did the American media such a big deal about this Freddy Adu character here in america. The built the guys hopes up so much that he thought he could play at Manchester united or Real Madrid. :o
No one in the US gives a shit about soccer. Those who do care, make up less than 1% of the population
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riquelme owns beckham...
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Kournikova.
Then nobody else.
Then perhaps that douche that fought Cyborg, what's her name, Carano?
Donnie Baseball comes to mind. Good player. But no legend IMO.
Freddy Adu and Frank Lampard also makes the short list.
Frank Lampard gets man of the match in almost every game he plays
And having the character to score that penalty in the champions league semi final 2yrs ago the day after his mother died was amazing
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Football can be boring?
We get Superbowl for free in sweden and I had to turn it Off because it was so boring.
Run 10 yards, drop the "boll", rest 5 min start all over, run 20 yards, fall get a bunch a dudes on top of you, rest 5 min start over.
etc etc etc
They rules should be changes though, making it a bit tougher because the referee can ruin a match just blowing the damn thing for every little shit that happends, thats the only thing that bothers me.
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soccer is much too euro for my liking. Plus it is boring as shit. I might watch a game if Australia makes the world cup again, but other than that, i would rather watch paint dry.
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You're trying your best to justify a sport that can be boring as hell. Just accept it, Goudy. Points are just as important in 92-89 game of basketball, because at the end of the game, a three point shot can tie that game and send it into overtime. Points scored means nothing in the grand scheme of things.
I'm a big soccer fan, and I'm first to admit that many matches are very boring. Europeans are conditioned to this from a young age. Soccer is all about pride for your country/team and the spectacle of the match. Honestly, people care more about waving their flags and singing their songs, which project national pride, than the actual match.
I like you Goudy, but your ignorance of other sports (your biggest failure in many arguments - ignorance of how things work in places other than Europe) is your downfall, at times.
You forgot to mention that the fans of American rugby are conditioned in a same way. ::)
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Soccer is the most common activity shared by the most amount of people in the world.
More people support or play soccer more than any single organised religion.
FIFA World Rankings although important have nearly always been derided as inaccurate.
BeserkerFury is melting down.
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I guess China is the best country in the world since they have the biggest population.
Fuck, people.... Just because it's popular DOESN'T make it the best. Try actually learning the game of football and compare it to soccer. It's not even close.
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I guess China is the best country in the world since they have the biggest population.
Fuck, people.... Just because it's popular DOESN'T make it the best. Try actually learning the game of football and compare it to soccer. It's not even close.
QFT......Typo sounds like the typical sheep mentality of "everybody else thinks it's great, so it must be...."
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Haha. American twinks trying to cover their asses.
Don't you think that NFL would've diffused into something as good as you hype it up to be, seeing as The Superbowl is "the most watched sports event in the world"? I've never heard of a World Cup of Gridiron. ::) 100 years of the game not enough to generate other countries to have pro leagues?
Just because people have a passing interest in a game, doesn't mean they actively participate in/have passion for it. And the same goes the other way. The head of AIG said it best when they sponsored Man U's kit. He said he didn't do it for the European market, he did it for Asia. China is huge for football (and basketball) but don't have the greatest infrastructure for it. India is a different kettle of fish altogether.
But that's alright, you've got your Superbowl half-time show and an ailing economy. :-*
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why did the American media such a big deal about this Freddy Adu character here in america. The built the guys hopes up so much that he thought he could play at Manchester united or Real Madrid. :o
Dunno.
Kid never was anything spectacular.
I mean, Rooney would've kicked his arse at 16, Messi or Bojan would've too.
FFS, really.
Another overrated fcuker was Jennifer Capriati.
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I guess China is the best country in the world since they have the biggest population.
Fuck, people.... Just because it's popular DOESN'T make it the best. Try actually learning the game of football and compare it to soccer. It's not even close.
Try actually learning the game of soccer and compare it to American rugby. It's not even close. ::) ::) ::)
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Kobe
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Darren McFaddin
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overrated: all those wrestlers. stiff, clumsy-ass fakes
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Ummm I think the topic was what athelete not what sport ::)
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Ummm I think the topic was what athelete not what sport ::)
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Sexy ;D
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MOST OVERRATED ATHLETE IN THE HISTORY OF WORLD SPORTS
Fedor Emelianenko.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Fedor Emelianenko.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
He has yet to lose... Although, he and Lesnar need to fight
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He has yet to lose... Although, he and Lesnar need to fight
With the exception of Big Nog and Crocop, he only fought tomato cans. And I think that Nogueira is overrated. He is a great wrestler, but his striking skills and power leave a lot to be desired. As for Mirko, great striker, but his ground skills are pathetic. Let's see how he does against Brett Rogers. This is the first fighter that Fedor will fight against that has great striking ability who Fedor doesen't outweight. As I see, Fedor will only stand a chance if he takes the fight to the ground.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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With the exception of Big Nog and Crocop, he only fought tomato cans. And I think that Nogueira is overrated. He is a great wrestler, but his striking skills and power leave a lot to be desired. As for Mirko, great striker, but his ground skills are pathetic. Let's see how he does against Brett Rogers. This is the first fighter that Fedor will fight against that has great striking ability who Fedor doesen't outweight. As I see, Fedor will only stand a chance if he takes the fight to the ground.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
If Fedor loses to Rogers you know what that will do to PPV money they could have had if Lesnar and Fedor faught???
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If Fedor loses to Rogers you know what that will do to PPV money they could have had if Lesnar and Fedor faught???
Fedor's aura will be destroyed forever. Are you suggesting that the Fedor vs Rogers fight will be arranged? I hardly think so. Fedor is fighting for Strikeforce and not the UFC, so there is no reason why they would try to stop Rogers from winning just to boost future earnings for a hypothetical Fedor vs Lesnar fight.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Fedor's aura will be destroyed forever. Are you suggesting that the Fedor vs Rogers fight will be arranged? I hardly think so. Fedor is fighting for Strikeforce and not the UFC, so there is no reason why they would try to stop Rogers from winning just to boost future earnings for a hypothetical Fedor vs Lesnar fight.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
No, I am saying that Fedor's management is idiotic. Fedor fighting for strikeforce when a Lesnar fight could possibly put a few mill in his pocket.
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overrated: all those wrestlers. stiff, clumsy-ass fakes
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why you got to player-hate on "Team FIST"?!
EDIT:Oh, i see what you did there- you were being sarcastic
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With the exception of Big Nog and Crocop, he only fought tomato cans. And I think that Nogueira is overrated. He is a great wrestler, but his striking skills and power leave a lot to be desired. As for Mirko, great striker, but his ground skills are pathetic. Let's see how he does against Brett Rogers. This is the first fighter that Fedor will fight against that has great striking ability who Fedor doesen't outweight. As I see, Fedor will only stand a chance if he takes the fight to the ground.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
You sir, are nuts. He fought the best Pride had, at their best. He ran through two recent champions of the UFC. Who do you think he needs to fight apart from Lesnar and perhaps Mir (both UFC contracted)?
Ask Sylvia how hard he hits?
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Please....Kobe (and basketball players in general) are probably the best athletes in sports. And hitting a baseball at 90 mph is one of the hardest things in sports. Beckham........get real.
::) You think b-ball isthe ultimate sport ??????????????? Wow
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Boom! check out how far this kid moves the ball
unrelated of course...
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He has 1 billion reasons that say he is.
exactly most overpaid-most overrated.
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the best athletes in the world today are NFL players. They build there bodies to be stonger, faster, quicker, more explosive and more violent than other athletes(except MMA in violence)
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faster = sprinters
quicker = same as faster
explosive = oly lifters
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faster = sprinters
quicker = same as faster
explosive = oly lifters
NFL athletes have a combination of all three abilites that neither oly lifters and sprinters have. sprinters may be straight ahead faster for 100 m. can a sprinter beat a WR in a 40 yard dash? No. Are they quicker, definetly not.
Oly lifters would get destroyed by olinemen and dlinemen. There explosiveness is concentrated in a single movement and thats it. Cmon man.
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Haha. American twinks trying to cover their asses.
Don't you think that NFL would've diffused into something as good as you hype it up to be, seeing as The Superbowl is "the most watched sports event in the world"? I've never heard of a World Cup of Gridiron. ::) 100 years of the game not enough to generate other countries to have pro leagues?
Just because people have a passing interest in a game, doesn't mean they actively participate in/have passion for it. And the same goes the other way. The head of AIG said it best when they sponsored Man U's kit. He said he didn't do it for the European market, he did it for Asia. China is huge for football (and basketball) but don't have the greatest infrastructure for it. India is a different kettle of fish altogether.
But that's alright, you've got your Superbowl half-time show and an ailing economy. :-*
Pretty sure the rest of the world is just a bunch of pussies who couldnt hang on an NFL field.
FACT
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Oly lifters would get destroyed by olinemen and dlinemen. There explosiveness is concentrated in a single movement and thats it. Cmon man.
Oh dear. :D
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1. tiger woods 2. tiger woods 3. tiger woods 4. reggie bush 5. stephen strasberg will probably be a bust 6.vince carter = kobe wannabe withiut the rings