I now see Hurling, Darts and Robot Fighting above the NBA

[Lamberto Quintero]

I don't disagree with you, I just think that I didn't make one of my points clear enough - european football allows you to do the things you see on TV; you might not run as fast or kick the ball as hard as the pros, but you can develop the same level of skills on your own and you can feel good and play the game on a high level, and create the art yourself (provided that you have people around on a certain level that is sufficiently high to allow you to do it, which itself might be hard, especially outside the continents where the game is a religion). You can't really do the same thing with american football because it is so much of a team sport and everybody is so specialized. And you need to be 300 pounds (I hate pounds, feet, inches, etc. too but that is another discussion which I will not get into here). The things you see on TV, you can't possibly do in the school yard. I don't like that, I don't know about you

Something else I want to point out and I end the discussion because the whole thing is really off-topic and I started it: I get the impression that the game in the US is very much restricted to schools, colleges, etc., and you will never see people playing in the street. While everywhere else you grow up with it and it is played everywhere where you can find some 20 x 30 meters space, 4 stones/backpacks for goals and a ball. Unless you've gone through that, playing the game in your school yard, on the street, indoor, every day for most of your childhood, you will never be able to understand what it means for people who have done that. And it will look foreign and strange to you, and you will not be able to appreciate it.

The true beauty of soccer is that all it takes is a ball to play. I used to play in the streets when I went to Mexico all the time. We would use chairs as goals, clothes, hats, ANYTHING. Soccer is a form of art and expressing one's self that doesn't require any sort of money and doesn't discriminate against anyone. Poor people in places like Brazil see soccer in a way that very few people in the US see any sport, and that is as a way to relieve the stress of living in poverty.

Soccer means hope to a lot of people and it's not just a sport. This is what people in this country have trouble understanding, it's not about whether you think the sport is exciting to watch or play, it's about what soccer means across the globe to millions of people.

 

[MrFedEx503]

so i guess ur not the big arizona wildcat basketball fan you were before?

huh? I've always been a fan of AZ basketball

what because I like other things more? that doesn't make me any less of a fan..... come on man, thats retarded...
when I put it 5th or whatever on my list doesnt mean I don't like the shit or watch it

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Unless you've gone through that, playing the game in your school yard, on the street, indoor, every day for most of your childhood, you will never be able to understand what it means for people who have done that. And it will look foreign and strange to you, and you will not be able to appreciate it.

I used to play football all the time with my friends (and in school). All you need is a ball. Obviously, you don't play like the pro's, it's different when playing in the schoolyard, just like soccer, but you don't need 300 pound men to block, you just have fun.

 

[REdRUM]

LOL

Good shit...

I've never watched rugby, or cricket, or even robot fighting. I must need to get out more. LOL

But for me...

Boxing
NCAA Basketball
NCAA Football
NFL
NBA
Golf
And I used to play marbles a lot.

Oh yeah, and boxing and wrestling with my 3 year old shits on all of your lists. LOL

 

[REdRUM]

The true beauty of soccer is that all it takes is a ball to play. I used to play in the streets when I went to Mexico all the time. We would use chairs as goals, clothes, hats, ANYTHING. Soccer is a form of art and expressing one's self that doesn't require any sort of money and doesn't discriminate against anyone. Poor people in places like Brazil see soccer in a way that very few people in the US see any sport, and that is as a way to relieve the stress of living in poverty.

Soccer means hope to a lot of people and it's not just a sport. This is what people in this country have trouble understanding, it's not about whether you think the sport is exciting to watch or play, it's about what soccer means across the globe to millions of people.

We played football, not futbol, in the street.

And that, my friend, is why I don't like soccer. LOL

 

[Lamberto Quintero]

We played football, not futbol, in the street.

And that, my friend, is why I don't like soccer. LOL

I played football too homie. I played football, basketball and soccer constantly while growing up. Soccer just stood out more to me because it brings so many kinds of different people together, unlike football which only fans of the game play and it's not global.

 

[REdRUM]

I don't really care about what is or what is not global; homosexuality is global, too, Lamberto; care to share your experiences? LOL

But really...I am in the minority; my friends all play and enjoy soccer. I'd rather play/watch football, basketball...hell, even golf. But yeah...boxing tops my list.

 

[Lamberto Quintero]

I don't really care about what is or what is not global; homosexuality is global, too, Lamberto; care to share your experiences? LOL

But really...I am in the minority; my friends all play and enjoy soccer. I'd rather play/watch football, basketball...hell, even golf. But yeah...boxing tops my list.

LOL@ homosexuality also being global.

Stick with your wooden clubs Sergio...LOL

 

[REdRUM]

I shall...just make sure your sports bra is clean when you rip it off after scoring a goal, Mia Hamm-Quintero.

 

[Lamberto Quintero]

 

[2-0-Sixx]

I totally forgot all about Interpretive Dance. #2 fasho

 

[Lamberto Quintero]

Ok, I guess I can actually talk about the topic of the thread now...LOL

The number one reason the NBA is gay is because of free agency. Andre Miller is my favorite player in the NBA and he gets passed around like emma backstage at a Messy Marv concert. That shit is hella weak, I can't stand teams not staying together and star players switching up all the time.

 

[REdRUM]

Hmm...I almost forgot to list competitive rowing, speed knitting, and juggling baby rabbits. My bad.

 

[Espiohti]

Ok, I guess I can actually talk about the topic of the thread now...LOL

The number one reason the NBA is gay is because of free agency. Andre Miller is my favorite player in the NBA and he gets passed around like emma backstage at a Messy Marv concert. That shit is hella weak, I can't stand teams not staying together and star players switching up all the time.

ouuuccchhh!!!! hahahahahahahaha

 

[MaddDogg]

Just saw this thread.

NBA is not as good as it used to be because the players are spoiled brats. David Stern is a bitch too. The only thing thats kept me watching basketball is the Warriors, not just caue I'm from the Bay Area but they play balls to the wall team effort every game. NBA kinda makes me tired. Nothing matters in most games until theres 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter.

I'm not even going to go into the European's bastardization of American football. I took a class in college where a retired US Army Colonel said the Americans were able to make an amphibious invasion using similar tactics as kickoff (hit the beach) and offensive passing (four wideouts with a gunner under cover of the line) and consequently were able to re-conquer Europe from the Germans and return the land to the rest of the soccer playing nations. No joke, this was a real lecture, it was hella funny and true when you think of the paralels between football and war, and the guy had another similar story to Americans winning the war in Asia because of the mindset of American baseball (homerun, hit and run and pitching) and that part of the reason we were able to take Asianic islands is because we could throw hand grenades further.