MartyMoffatt wrote:
Get it right. Only in the US is it ever called soccer. It is FOOTBALL. You know, a game played with the feet. And it is the most popular sport in the WORLD, played and watched by hundreds of millions of people in every country without exception. How many countries play American Football? How many countries play in your 'World Series'? Er.. one? Or is it two?
Stop right there. "Football?" You people say Futbol. I don't give a shit how you say it, it sucks. What the Hell is with the moving offsides? WTF? Better yet, why do they even have goal nets? You don't need 'em. The only time you see a goal is on a penalty kick and that is a complete guess on the goaltenders part anyway.
Many countries play Baseball. USA, Canada, Japan, Venuzeula, Peurto Rico, Mexico, Guam, Australia, and Taiwan. However, the best is played in Major League baseball.
What other sports do you have? Basketball? What is the point of a game where you take turns to jog to the other end and put a ball in a basket? Points should be hard to come by - that's what makes them so valuable.
Agreed. The NBA sucks ass. NO defense, no hustle and all glory in front of cameras. College BB is a good watch, but I agree, more defense is needed. See, we can agree.
As to other sports, we have rugby - another worldwide sport, a little bit like American football but without the padded armour, where the players beat seven bells out of each other on the pitch and then shake hands and have a beer afterwards.
I knew you were going here and am ready for it. Rugby blows. You don't need armour because there is NO hitting. There are scrums and contact, but I don't see 6'3 brickhouse built dude flying over the middle to decapitate someone like I do in American Football. I see a bunch of slow white guys, dancing together wrestling and discussing where to have some motor oil, err, Guiness afterwards.
On the subject of TV I was talking generally. For instance, the annoying habit of showing opening credits, then adverts, then five minutes of program, then adverts, then another few minutes, then adverts etc, and then end end of the program, more adverts and finally the closing credits. How annoying is that? Also, why is it you can show all sorts of blood and gore and horror on TV when kids might be watching, but bleep out any swear words or any sign of bare flesh?
Agree on too many advertisements, but how the hell are you going to pay for your network without money?
As for blood and gore and no swearing? I agree again. Blame the close minded conservatives here who want to censor any and everything they do not agree with. Marty, we are losing freedom and rights in the US everyday under this regime. Thankfully, we have only 2 years before we are freed from it.
I'll give you the hot chicks and TV sports, although the UK is improving there (slowly). But you're talking about sports bars, which are few and far between and generally you have to drive to. The local pub scene in the UK is such that you can walk from bar to bar (or stagger if you're so inclined) and you have a choice of dozens of pubs within easy walking distance.
Now that's what I'm talking about! You described staggering from booze hall to booze hall...It's that way here at every university, but in the suburbs, obviously not.
I was actually going to say, when I am "surfing the net for newsbreaking stories and heart-warming events"

and sometimes come across a scantilly clad UK girl, I must say, some are hot.