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Soccer and hockey have too little scoring. Basketball has too much. We need a go-up-and-down-the-court-and-shoot-at-a-net sport where they score 20-35 points each. -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 12:22 9
- This is what I like about football. - TWuG Jun 26, 12:26 3
  - Just make them use full effort every time and make TDs 1 point. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:27 2
    - You just defined "boring" -- nm - TWuG Jun 26, 12:38 1
      - aka, Soccer. -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 12:42
- You should try lacrosse. Teams often get 15 to 20 goals each and the way they wail on each other with those sticks is impressive. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:24
- it can be called lukewarmwaterball....nm - x Jun 26, 12:24
- Handball -- nm - Dándukini Jun 26, 12:23
- Don't. Encourage. Dane. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 12:23 1
  - 60 min game 60 goals :) - Dándukini Jun 26, 12:24
Pew study: What divides the GOP coalition -- (link) - Tyego97 Jun 26, 12:21 2
- NASCAR, obviously. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 26, 12:25
- "Tennis." "Golf." "It's yachting, you heathens." -- nm - Max Jun 26, 12:23
wow, espn is desperate for content, right now "last five number 1 nba picks taken on june 26th" - mafaça Jun 26, 12:18
XBox Games with Gold is getting Guacamelee for the XBone. That's a fun game. -- nm - Shaun Jun 26, 12:18 3
- Have you tried the PS3 on PS4 beta yet? - Strongbad Jun 26, 12:26 2
  - I didn't get a beta invite. I still have a PS3 anyway, so this service really isn't for me anyway. -- nm - Shaun Jun 26, 12:27 1
    - That's right, I forgot. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 26, 12:39
Coffee-Flavored Wine in a Can Exists -- (link) - Tyego97 Jun 26, 12:14
Poll; What's the best sport in the world to watch? -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 26, 12:13 42
- foxy boxing -- nm - dogbert Jun 26, 12:27
- I think I'd say football. nm - Dignan Jun 26, 12:24 3
  - (Oh crap. Forgot about MMA.) nm - Dignan Jun 26, 12:28
  - *one finger* -- nm - Misty May Jun 26, 12:25 1
    - You retired! nm - Dignan Jun 26, 12:27
- Cricket! -- nm - decline Jun 26, 12:24 2
  - One of the least surprising posts ever on ST was RogerMore talking about having been to cricket camp as a kid. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:26
  - in a single lifetime -- nm - Dándukini Jun 26, 12:25
- Soccer, then hurling, rugby, overtime hockey, and Aussie football in some order -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:20
- i like soccer and basketball the best, by a country mile...nm - x Jun 26, 12:20
- College basketball -- nm - Krustuardo Jun 26, 12:19
- Hockey. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 26, 12:19
- quidditch. -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 12:18
- australian rules football -- nm - CQ Jun 26, 12:18 1
  - Love that game. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 26, 12:19
- Curling. -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:18
- football/Handball -- nm - Dándukini Jun 26, 12:16
- hockey. -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 12:16
- For me, football. It has the perfect balance between effort and points. -- nm - TWuG Jun 26, 12:15
- Women's Beach Volleyball I win -- nm - Max Jun 26, 12:15 2
  - Max, again is right. - oblique Jun 26, 12:17
  - I miss the Olympics. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 26, 12:17
- College basketball. -- nm - Hunta Jun 26, 12:15 1
  - Good answer. :-) -- nm - Krustuardo Jun 26, 12:19
- Live: Hockey. TV: Football -- nm - Jim Jun 26, 12:15
- Hurling. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 26, 12:15 3
  - What's a good website to keep up with this sport? -- nm - spamlet Jun 26, 12:17 2
    - Try rte.ie and click on rte player. Check out the highlights from the Sunday game. - Loyoliano Jun 26, 12:18 1
      - It does, thanks. -- nm - spamlet Jun 26, 12:20
- Live or televised? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 26, 12:15 2
  - Doesn't matter. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 26, 12:15 1
    - College Football in the South FTW. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 26, 12:16
- College football (American football in this usage) -- nm - Tyego97 Jun 26, 12:15
- hockey. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 12:14 3
  - this -- nm - spamlet Jun 26, 12:17
  - Overtime playoff hockey is the absolute best. -- nm - Shaun Jun 26, 12:15 1
    - 100% agreeance. -- nm - Hunta Jun 26, 12:15
- Sex -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 12:14 4
  - "And he gets a 2 from the East German judge. Brutal" -- nm - oblique Jun 26, 12:16
  - is the only sports were watchins is significantly more dissapointing the performing -- nm - Dándukini Jun 26, 12:15 2
    - What if you're in a wheelchair and you have no schlong? -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 26, 12:16 1
      - Throw a wrench at your dodgeball player. -- nm - Max Jun 26, 12:17
David, I disagree that they're the most similar. - Reagen Jun 26, 12:09 20
- Hockey *is* soccer on ice but with sticks imo. - David Jun 26, 12:16 16
  - There's really only superficial resembalnces between hockey and soccer - Reagen Jun 26, 12:21 2
    - It is much more encouraged because that is how the game evolved. - David Jun 26, 12:28 1
      - hockey came by way of hurling, which was mentioned earlier today. - Reagen Jun 26, 12:32
  - the main difference is hockey is 45 seconds of sprinting, soccer is 90 minutes of endurance. that changes the character of the games, imo. -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 12:20
  - hockey is the same as hoops imo. -- nm - CQ Jun 26, 12:20
  - If soccer subs ran on and off the field like in hockey, the ref would blow a *fit* -- nm - Max Jun 26, 12:19
  - Plus razor blades! -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 12:19
  - 30 minute periods? Have you played hockey? nm - Dignan Jun 26, 12:18 6
    - Of course not. I live in a place that shuts down completely when there is 1 inch of snow. - David Jun 26, 12:20 5
      - "It's not hard to envision a scenario in which the sport is entirely different." nm - Dignan Jun 26, 12:21 3
        
        Mmm, you can really taste the caustic. - David Jun 26, 12:24 2
        
        You're just way off on this one. - Reagen Jun 26, 12:26 1
        
        Those are constructed elements. The basics are still virtually identical. -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:37
      - DLC still exists I see. -- nm - Shaun Jun 26, 12:20
  - i'd rather call hockey handball on ice -- nm - Dándukini Jun 26, 12:17 1
    - actually from what little I've seen of handball, it's pretty close - Reagen Jun 26, 12:22
- stoppage work great in Handball where you have a clock that counts down and is controled by two officials - Dándukini Jun 26, 12:14
- He said he doesn't need an answer now. Reflect until you (inevitably) agree with him. nm - Dignan Jun 26, 12:14 1
  - Don't worry. He will. -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:17
Q&A: What are the rules for stoppage time? - Dándukini Jun 26, 12:07 3
- That's for EPL. In FIFA matches it's the ref -- (link) - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:11 1
  - i think the FA rules are in complience with FIFA :) -- nm - Dándukini Jun 26, 12:12
- CONMEBOL? -- nm - dogbert Jun 26, 12:08
It's kind of crazy to realize in hindsight that this is what TT was like almost every day for many years. -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:07 16
- the good old dys....nm - x Jun 26, 12:21 6
  - I miss texx. -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:23 5
    - Gotta admit that I never again called you "Dave" after texx chewed me out. nm - Dignan Jun 26, 12:26 4
      - Gotta admit that I never realize you called me Dave. - David Jun 26, 12:34 1
        
        I think it was literally my first day. I was thanking you for something. nm - Dignan Jun 26, 12:45
      - If only he had helped me. -- nm - Hunting SI Jun 26, 12:27 1
        
        That was...a surprise. -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:34
- The-Soccer.com was a better site than Footballfans.com -- nm - Max Jun 26, 12:14
- Except with a lot more venom. Otherwise...pretty much. -- nm - Jim Jun 26, 12:12
- No. Back then, people on both sides of an argument actually bothered to know a little bit about what they're talking about -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 12:09 5
  - L3. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 26, 12:15
  - Boy, are you misremembering. -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:12 2
    - "I'm going to attack this thing! OK now I'm going to attack these other things that the first thing actually helps prevent!" -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 12:17 1
      - Is this about bond adjusts? -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:25
  - Not really. -- nm - spamlet Jun 26, 12:11
- People were younger -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:07
Scores in hockey, basketball, and football are being reviewed when the happen in the last second but that's BS unless you review every single play to - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:06 1
- Infinite alternate realities to every game! -- nm - CQ Jun 26, 12:07
The Suarez incident from a different angle; -- (link) - Loyoliano Jun 26, 12:04 3
- haha. also: "Luis Suárez victim of ‘conspiracy’, Uruguay claim" -- (link) - Tyego97 Jun 26, 12:09 1
  - Incredible. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 26, 12:15
- Here's another angle. -- (link) - Mop (210 lbs) Jun 26, 12:07
The issue I have with soccer is that it's just glorified keep-away. Boring to watch. - TWuG Jun 26, 12:04 52
- it's almost as boring as you repeating this same statement from the other day....nm - x Jun 26, 12:27 1
  - I lose interest in the topic when ST does. Just making conversation like everyone else. -- nm - TWuG Jun 26, 12:40
- if you want to break it down far enough, that's pretty much every team game. -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 12:08 15
  - Basketball is quite the opposite. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 12:09 14
    - No, basketball is exactly the same; they just had to institute a shot clock because people stalled. - Hunta Jun 26, 12:13 4
      - Your goal is to score, and to do it quickly. Only late in the game does that sometimes shift. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 12:15 3
        
        Your goal is to score more than the other guy, be it 110-108 or 81-80. - Hunta Jun 26, 12:19 2
        
        Yes, and keep away has very little to do with it. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 12:26 1
        
        Becuase they added rules to make it so you couldn't play keep away. - Hunta Jun 26, 12:31
    - you still want the other team to touch the ball as little as possible. -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 12:10 8
      - they don't throw the ball into their own backcourt -- nm - dogbert Jun 26, 12:12 5
        
        sure they do, they just get penalised for it. -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 12:13 1
        
        ...because people used to do that... -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 12:18
        
        Only because there's a specific rule against it - Reagen Jun 26, 12:13 2
        
        and soccer instituted the backpass rule for similar reasons -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:16
        
        because that would be boring! -- nm - dogbert Jun 26, 12:16
      - So, the opposite of sex? - TWuG Jun 26, 12:12 1
        
        why do you hate lesbians? -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 12:13
- I could get past that if there wasn't flopping. if I wanted to watch 20 and 30 year old men whining and exagerating their pain I'd go to work -- nm - dogbert Jun 26, 12:08 2
  - Sorry NBA, you have to stop operating. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:12 1
    - I'm good with that -- nm - dogbert Jun 26, 12:13
- How much of this tournament have you watched? - Hunta Jun 26, 12:06 26
  - The first two American matches were exciting. Today's represents the cliche that a lot of Americans have about the sport. -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:11 6
    - Due in no small part to the US knowing that it was overmatched and falling back to its own zone - Reagen Jun 26, 12:17 5
      - "blown out 5-0"... see... there's another problem... -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 12:23 1
        
        35-0 is a blowout score in football, no? -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 12:27
      - It really wasn't a negative statement, just the reality of a 1-0 game. -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:22 2
        
        Oh I know. But there's boring games in every sport - Reagen Jun 26, 12:24 1
        
        As a baseball fan, I obviously agree. -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:32
  - None. Because, as I said, soccer is boring to watch. I'd rather watch golf. And I hate golf. - TWuG Jun 26, 12:09 16
    - there's like 12 minutes of play in a little over three hours of time in american football. that's boring. -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 12:15 8
      - *DINGDINGDING* and baseball is no better. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:19
      - You're thinking of baseball. The average football play takes about 12 seconds and there are about 150 of them in a game. -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:17 6
        
        the average football game is longer than the average baseball game. also: typical play lasts ~4 seconds, -- (link) - mafaça Jun 26, 12:27 1
        
        I apologize. I legitimately have never heard that. Metrics sites I read do go with 12, although the number is in decline as one word offenses increase - David Jun 26, 12:31
        
        I've rarely seen a football play take that long from snap to tackle or score. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:18 2
        
        Oh, so -now- you want to keep precise time! :P -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:21 1
        
        :-p -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:23
        
        12 seconds? Are we counting the time from hike to the time Ray Lewis jumps on the pile? -- nm - Hunta Jun 26, 12:17
    - Football is artificially inflated (pun! Ha!) by counting a TD as 6 points. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:14
    - With all due respect then, you have no idea what you're complaining about in this instance. -- nm - Hunta Jun 26, 12:12 5
      - Every soccer game I ever watched was boring enough that I have zero desire to watch again. - TWuG Jun 26, 12:14 4
        
        No, I'm trying to tell you you sound un-informed, but whatever floats your boat. -- nm - Hunta Jun 26, 12:20 3
        
        I'm uninformed because I find the game you like boring? No. I'm bored by what you like, not ignorant of it. - TWuG Jun 26, 12:24 2
        
        I don't like it becuase it's a game of keep away. No it's not. Oh, I haven't watched. - Hunta Jun 26, 12:27 1
        
        I see, your complaint is about the "keep away" part and not the "boring" part. - TWuG Jun 26, 12:31
  - This -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 12:07
  - Agreed -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 12:07
- Great to play. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 12:05
- It really is fun to play. - David Jun 26, 12:05
- You're IM is pretty much spot on. Love to play...can't watch. -- nm - Jim Jun 26, 12:04 1
  - Ah, now its clear. You just don't want to run around for that extra 3-5 minutes a half. Lazy bastard. -- nm - CQ Jun 26, 12:06
God > Jerry > You > cleaners -- nm - Max Jun 26, 12:03 1
- Dry cleaners are a must if your mother puts license plates in your underwear. -- nm - TWuG Jun 26, 12:05
GOAL!!! -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 11:59 8
- Sorry...time was up. Forgot to blow the whistle. nm - Jim Jun 26, 12:00
- Lawyers > Tea Party > Jim > Phillies fans > Spawn > Hitler -- nm - Tyego97 Jun 26, 12:00 6
  - Just to confirm something...that's "Lawyers - except ML" right? -- nm - Jim Jun 26, 12:01 4
    - Lawyers > Tea Party > Jim > Spawn > ML > ty97 > Phillies fans > Hitler -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 12:03 2
      - Poor Hitler. -- nm - David Jun 26, 12:04
      - Much better -- nm - Jim Jun 26, 12:03
    - Right, he's way further down the list. -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 12:02
  - That escalated fast. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 26, 12:01

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