TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148235 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Football games have 11 minutes of action" |
thats 11 more minutes of action than soccer games have]6/21/2010 2:31:36 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
More trusted source: WSJ or TT10 6/21/2010 2:32:19 PM |
XSMP All American 16674 Posts user info edit post |
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! 6/21/2010 2:32:19 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
is a broken tibia a joint injury? i wouldn't think so 6/21/2010 2:32:31 PM |
NyM410 J-E-T-S 50084 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Players fight through the pain of a multitude of joint injuries all the time" |
This is such a lame argument for any sport to make. Any of these major professional sports DESTROY your body over time. Do you think an arm is built to be used with the force of a major league pitcher 100 times in 2.5 hours every five days, for instance?
^^ edit that please... can't read the page now
[Edited on June 21, 2010 at 2:34 PM. Reason : s]6/21/2010 2:33:10 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
Wtf, do you need me to find an example of a football player playing on a broken bone? Find it yourself, I'm sure its out there. 6/21/2010 2:33:30 PM |
NyM410 J-E-T-S 50084 Posts user info edit post |
double post
[Edited on June 21, 2010 at 2:33 PM. Reason : x] 6/21/2010 2:33:38 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
i'm sure there are a couple
but in hockey it's pretty common 6/21/2010 2:33:59 PM |
BlackDog All American 15654 Posts user info edit post |
6/21/2010 2:34:29 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
If you want to talk about hockey then go make a thread about it. 6/21/2010 2:35:09 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
i don't really want to talk about hockey
i just want to talk about how lame and boring football is 6/21/2010 2:35:56 PM |
BlackDog All American 15654 Posts user info edit post |
and you enjoy what sport? 6/21/2010 2:36:27 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148235 Posts user info edit post |
imagine how hard the hits would be in hockey if the players were 300 pounds like in football and if you didnt have the minimal friction of ice to dissipate a lot of the impact, like in football] 6/21/2010 2:36:59 PM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
every four years, this is the new bbq or tipping thread 6/21/2010 2:37:09 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
Right...anyway 6/21/2010 2:37:11 PM |
BlackDog All American 15654 Posts user info edit post |
I don't try to debate hockey vs football, both are rough ass sports to play. 6/21/2010 2:38:22 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "the minimal friction of ice to dissipate a lot of the impact" |
do what6/21/2010 2:38:31 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
imagine how hard the hits would be in football if the field were surrounded by a fucking ten foot wall 6/21/2010 2:38:53 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148235 Posts user info edit post |
^you mean arena league football?] 6/21/2010 2:39:29 PM |
BlackDog All American 15654 Posts user info edit post |
don't worry soon Hockey will have NASCAR type walls 6/21/2010 2:39:33 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
that's a three foot padded wall
ten foot solid wall, plz 6/21/2010 2:40:22 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
Oh boy, a wall!
A wall that bends and absorbs all the impact, leaving the player unscathed 6/21/2010 2:40:29 PM |
jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "and if you didnt have the minimal friction of ice to dissipate a lot of the impact" |
huh?6/21/2010 2:41:00 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148235 Posts user info edit post |
in hockey when you get hit its all like "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" as you slide across the ice
in football when you get hit its all like "oh shit my foot was planted, damn i just felt my PCL tear" 6/21/2010 2:42:30 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "A wall that bends and absorbs all the impact, leaving the player unscathed" |
not all rinks have seamed glass
and the boards themselves don't give at all6/21/2010 2:42:35 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
Can we just post pictures of athletes being tuff
6/21/2010 2:43:12 PM |
Shaggy All American 17820 Posts user info edit post |
heres a hit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEs86l5rk74
hockey owns. football is boring 6/21/2010 2:46:12 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148235 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "football is boring" |
lmao6/21/2010 2:47:42 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "in football when you get hit its all like "oh shit my foot was planted, damn i just felt my PCL tear"" |
Been there, cept it was my ACL
Quote : | "and the boards themselves don't give at all" |
So then you're talking about the 3 foot wall at the bottom of the rink then. Arena League football has those, and no one cares about Arena football.6/21/2010 2:48:04 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
...and he brushes off the glass and goes about his day.
You don't need to go to the NFL to get exciting, just watch Nate Irving here at State
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otgKKqUcWhU
(specifically at 0:35)
[Edited on June 21, 2010 at 2:52 PM. Reason : Fuck, was thinking someone else would respond. INTERNAL SERVER ERROR]6/21/2010 2:52:19 PM |
BlackDog All American 15654 Posts user info edit post |
The Top Ten Reasons to Hate Soccer: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/164778-the-top-ten-reasons-to-hate-soccer#page/1
10. They count backwards
Soccer is 90 minutes long and is split into two 45-minute halves. But, instead of counting down from 45 minutes every half, they count up from 0 to 45 and then from 45 to 90 in the second half.
This requires fans to do math to find out how much time until halftime or the end of the game. And doing math is one thing that we hated doing the most.
9. Not Enough Contact
The Greatest thing that I have ever witnessed in a soccer game and he got tossed for it. This a sport that penalizes people for barely touching the opponent and encourages players to take more dives then Michael Phelps.
8. Four Sports is Enough
America is already completely saturated with sports. It is hard enough to support NHL, NBA, MLB and NFL teams.
There is simply not enough money to go around and since we have been bred to eating, drink and sleep baseball and football since birth. I could not even fathom going to a soccer game and supporting a team.
7. You Can't Screw Up in Soccer
One of things that make the American sports the best is that in a single moment world-class athletes can be reduced to nothing. There is a kind of pressure that the Big 4 sports have that soccer does not.
The pressure that if you screw up, just one time, it could haunt you the rest of your life.
In soccer a player can go an entire game without touching the ball (with the exception of the goalie) and look like he did his job.
6. Schedule
With national teams and other circumstances teams can go without playing a regular season game for almost a month at some points. This makes it impossible to build loyalty in an MLS market
5. Two-Hour Games
Every time a soccer fan tries to convince me to be a fan brings up this fact for some reason and it doesn't make sense to me.
My greatest sports memories are watching 12 inning, 4 hour baseball games or sitting on the edge of my seat during triple-overtime hockey or basketball games.
The fact that these games can go on forever is somewhat romantic to me. Sports are something that you can plan your schedule around.
4. Hockey
While there are a lot of differences between hockey and soccer, the basic objectives and rules are similar. But hockey is faster, hard-hitting, action packed, in a much smaller field of play and has more scoring chances then soccer.
3. We already have football
The main reason that you should hate International football is because it is worse in every respect in comparison to American football.
There is contact in the NFL. Games can be high scoring. There is action in every single play. And most importantly both teams can score on any single play.
2. Ties
The thing I hate most about the NFL is that ties can still occur. Why bother playin if your not going to find out who is the better team.
The fact that there are quiet a few ties and sometimes barely even overtime in soccer is the most frustration thing about the game.
1. It's boring
This is far in away the number 1 reason I hate soccer. It takes too long to create a scoring chance and games often don't have any scoring at all.
Why would anyone want to give up two-hours of their life and see nothing in return. 6/21/2010 2:55:31 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
arena football walls are padded
and they all wear facial protection and a great deal wear neck supports
my point about the glass is that many arenas have seamless glass, which doesn't give
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i like how that list criticizes games with a lack of scoring, but then celebrates 12-inning baseball games and triple-overtime hockey games, both situations where there is no scoring for long periods of time ] 6/21/2010 2:55:36 PM |
CalledToArms All American 22025 Posts user info edit post |
^^ lol that article is so bad. 6/21/2010 2:58:12 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 39183 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "and if you didnt have the minimal friction of ice to dissipate a lot of the impact" |
that is probably the dumbest thing I've read today6/21/2010 2:58:23 PM |
BlackDog All American 15654 Posts user info edit post |
haha I know 6/21/2010 2:58:41 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
You could apply most of that list to Baseball.
Baseball sucks too 6/21/2010 3:01:23 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148235 Posts user info edit post |
lots of people ITT must've failed physics if they don't understand how a lot more energy is absorbed in a football hit on grass or turf, compared to a hit in hockey when you're on skates on ice 6/21/2010 3:02:45 PM |
NyM410 J-E-T-S 50084 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "7. You Can't Screw Up in Soccer" |
What kind of mickey mouse bullshit list was that?
I think this guy might beg to differ, if he could:
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BlackDog All American 15654 Posts user info edit post |
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ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
Someone screws up a soccer game almost as much as the game doesn't end in a 0 - 0 tie
oh wait
[Edited on June 21, 2010 at 3:06 PM. Reason : 0 - 0] 6/21/2010 3:06:15 PM |
God All American 28747 Posts user info edit post |
Defensive errors happen all the time, you have no idea what you're talking about.
And there have been a lot of 0 - 0 games that have been thrilling, especially during this world cup. 6/21/2010 3:08:06 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
People who have watched 10 minutes of soccer arguing about soccer ITT 6/21/2010 3:09:12 PM |
Punter16 All American 2021 Posts user info edit post |
btt for the yellow card just dished out in the spain vs honduras game 6/21/2010 3:09:38 PM |
Shaggy All American 17820 Posts user info edit post |
^^thats because 10 minutes was all they could watch. 6/21/2010 3:10:40 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
so what happens when you're hit perpendicular to your edges and the skates dig in far more than cleats do on turf 6/21/2010 3:11:09 PM |
GGMon All American 6462 Posts user info edit post |
hockey is the toughest sport in the world - hands down, not even a contest. 6/21/2010 3:11:51 PM |
God All American 28747 Posts user info edit post |
^uh, no, rugby is tougher than hockey 6/21/2010 3:13:00 PM |
mildew Drunk yet Orderly 14177 Posts user info edit post |
Any other sport the fans would laugh at the guy his teammates would make fun of him for the rest of his career for acting like a pussy 6/21/2010 3:13:00 PM |
BlackDog All American 15654 Posts user info edit post |
skates dig in ice further than metal cleats do in dirt? hmmmmm 6/21/2010 3:16:29 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
not deeper, but there's more resistance because the edge is biased against the direction of the force
plus, ice is harder than turf which makes the bite even more effective
also, consider that this is a roundabout response to the silly friction argument ] 6/21/2010 3:20:37 PM |