Enough Soccer!
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Hey, don't get me wrong. I consider biking like that a SPORT. I just find it a bit boring to watch. Unlike NASCAR. I don't believe making a bunch of left-hand turns is a sport. Otherwise if I planned it right I would be sporting my way to the grocery store. I actually like to watch soccer and have watched a few matches.
leckey wrote:
Hey, don't get me wrong. I consider biking like that a SPORT. I just find it a bit boring to watch. Unlike NASCAR. I don't believe making a bunch of left-hand turns is a sport. Otherwise if I planned it right I would be sporting my way to the grocery store. I actually like to watch soccer and have watched a few matches.
As a rabid NASCAR fan, it is debatable whether it is a "Sport" but then again, so is bowling. But, it is a contest/game and the TV ratings outdraw all sports in the USA except the NFL (American Footbal). And, how man other events draw 250,000 fans, like this coming weekend in Daytona? Now, at that track, there are usually 20-40 passes PER LAP. But, it's all a matter of taste like other sports and events that some people consider boring, if you can't get into the subtleties, it will be boring. But, the most obvious thing that makes auto racing exciting is that even during the boring parts, you never know when the next wreck will occur. Also, the most recent NASCAR race was at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. This is a road course. They go around the circuit F1 style (i.e. clockwise) and make mostly right turns but make left ones as well. And, I have tickets to the other NASCAR Nextel Cup road course race in Watkins Glen, NY. But, hey, it's OK to me if you don't like NASCAR. Without such a diverse taste in sports/contests, what would ESPN show? (Does anyone think Texas Hold'em Poker is a sport?) Andrew C. Eisenberg Nashville, TN, USA (a.k.a. Music City USA) (Yes Virginia, there are rock and roll stations in Nashville! :laugh:)
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Being the American which I inevitably am, I cannot understand for one second what on Earth is so damn appealing about soccer. Why do some many people keep posting soccer rants on a web site dedicated to software?! Aren't there soccer (football, whatever) sites to which you can post these rants? Let's get back to business here, people. Software. Software. Software. :doh: Josh
First things first. When we invented the game we called it football. It's called football in most countries of the world. It is really irritating when thick Yanks that know nothing about the game call it soccer. It's also really irritating when they don't know the name of the countries that border their own and bomb countries because they have oil but this is a discussion about football. Secondly, I have seen a broad range of topics discussed here on matters other than software. Why suddenly pick on football for being off topic. Is that because you know nothing about it? Just because the mighty USA are not interested, the majority of the other 99% of us are. Maybe you could bomb all the countries that are interested in football. Aren't there Yank(American, whatever) sites to which you can post these rants.
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First things first. When we invented the game we called it football. It's called football in most countries of the world. It is really irritating when thick Yanks that know nothing about the game call it soccer. It's also really irritating when they don't know the name of the countries that border their own and bomb countries because they have oil but this is a discussion about football. Secondly, I have seen a broad range of topics discussed here on matters other than software. Why suddenly pick on football for being off topic. Is that because you know nothing about it? Just because the mighty USA are not interested, the majority of the other 99% of us are. Maybe you could bomb all the countries that are interested in football. Aren't there Yank(American, whatever) sites to which you can post these rants.
BigAllyP wrote:
When we invented the game we called it football. It's called football in most countries of the world.
That's nice. We call it soccer over here.
BigAllyP wrote:
It's also really irritating when they don't know the name of the countries that border their own and bomb countries because they have oil but this is a discussion about football.
Hmm...let's see...Canada and Mexico. With regards to bombing other countries, I have as much to do with that as you do with the creation of soccer. Great points so far...
BigAllyP wrote:
Why suddenly pick on football for being off topic.
If you had taken the time to read the tread, you would have found out that I wasn't picking on soccer. I just don't understand why people post so many messages about soccer on a dev site.
BigAllyP wrote:
Maybe you could bomb all the countries that are interested in football.
Again with the bombs. Like I said, I have nothing to do with that. Perhaps you're too thick to understand that.
BigAllyP wrote:
Aren't there Yank(American, whatever) sites to which you can post these rants.
It wouldn't make much sense to post a message about CP's Lounge to some other site, now would it? Josh
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Being the American which I inevitably am, I cannot understand for one second what on Earth is so damn appealing about soccer. Why do some many people keep posting soccer rants on a web site dedicated to software?! Aren't there soccer (football, whatever) sites to which you can post these rants? Let's get back to business here, people. Software. Software. Software. :doh: Josh
"Being the Brasilian which I invitably am", I can't understand too. And I have all rights to post about soccer (futebol in Brazil). - We are the first in world ranking - We are the unique 5 times champion (and walking for the star #6) - Pele, Zico, Romario, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, etc., are from Brazil - Our children learn to play soccer before speak - etc... (The rant will be giant) :rolleyes:;) (Green and Yellow like our flag) Roberio
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Jim Crafton wrote:
- There's more to life than just software.
I know that. But thanks for taking the time to point it out. I don't come to CodeProject for life's other stuff. Why post about soccer (or baseball, or bicycling) over and over and over on a site that has nothing to do with it. That's all I'm saying. I think it's great that people are really into soccer and think it's the best. I just don't understand why people slam the CP boards with rants about soccer. josh
Hey, look at it this way; if you put on the TV there's soccer but then look at the advertisements what to you see Toshiba... so what does Toshiba got to do with soccer? Well the same way software is related to soccer, it’s the official program to run the soccer scores ;P Chill out buddy, there has to be a time when us software developer take a break. db