OT - Shouldn't be bad this year

Submitted by Wolverine In Iowa on

European Soccer Championsips, Copa America, and then the Summer Olympics.  We shall survive.

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xtramelanin

April 22nd, 2016 at 11:09 PM ^

drinkers in those euro-sports.  they fall over like nba players fight - i.e., like they are swinging purses at each other (nttawwt).  

olympics are cool though. 

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mgobleu

April 23rd, 2016 at 2:07 PM ^

Tolerance: you keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means. Just because I don't like someone and think they're wrong doesn't mean I'm intolerant. I think buckeye fans are a bunch of dumbshit, cooler pooping wankers, but I haven't tried to kill any single one of them. I "tolerate" them.

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xtramelanin

April 23rd, 2016 at 7:03 AM ^

a.  i was kidding.  try the decaf next time.  incidentally, if someone makes fun of, say, sauerkraut or cold weather, or sparty, or vehicles with automatic transmissions, does that mean they are afraid (phobia) of them? 

b.  in answer to your first question re: wags - yes.  i lived in socal for years, saw them, knew them, did stuff with them, dated those types, and ended up marrying a unicorn.  pretty girls grow on trees in socal such that a schmuck like me can even marry one.

c.  not necessary, see answer to b, above.  i should add, my beloved mgobride is as beautiful on the inside (read: character) as she is on the outside, hence the unicorn designation. 

 

 

 

 

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getsome

April 23rd, 2016 at 9:46 AM ^

wait, taking a shot at soccer players / fans doesnt make one homophobic?  how about sexist?  racist?

people lacking sense of humor or constantly looking to take offense are the best.  i guess someone must be chief of speech police though

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DrMantisToboggan

April 23rd, 2016 at 10:06 AM ^

It is much to my chagrin that I am only able to neg you a single time. 

Did you mean sexist? Or pursist? How does a purse comment relate to homophobia?

I guess it's just hard keeping straight (he said straight and didn't include every possible sexual orientation, what a homophobe!) everything that offends you.

My parents lived in NC for many years and I will probably end up there myself. I have more than 1 gay uncle, and many gay friends. North Carolina is one of the friendliest, most diverse, and hospitable states in the nation, not to mention physically beautiful. Maybe remove the stick from your rear end and separate humor from reality. Then, get outside Ann Arbor once in a while, and stop listening to everything people tell you to be offended by. 

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Gulogulo37

April 23rd, 2016 at 3:38 AM ^

Given European fare, on average I'd bet more Europeans eat steak and drink whole milk than Americans do.
 

Having said that, all the diving really is my least favorite thing about soccer. You could take out so much of it too if you just handed out a few yellow cards for it. I'm pretty sure you can actually get a yellow card for diving, right? But it seems incredibly rare. And diving gets rewarded way too often.

It's also amazing how much soccer players are allowed to fuck with refs. You'll see them basically chest bump a ref as the ref is backing away. Some of those guys would be suspended for the season if they acted as they do in major American sports.

I was thinking about going to Rio for the Olympics, but flights and tickets to events are a lot more than I thought they'd be.

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carolina blue

April 23rd, 2016 at 4:44 AM ^

I watch a lot of soccer and there is not much diving at all. There certainly isn't nearly as much as your implying (i know there are a few high profile ones, but generally not) There are plenty of times where a player is fouled a little but makes it look worse to get the attention, but that happens in all sports, especially basketball. When was the last time you saw a player go up hard to the rim and not yell out like he's been stabbed?
I agree on the refs thing, at least with physical contact. football and basketball coaches yell in the refs faces a lot and nothing happens. If I were a ref I wouldn't put up with that shit. I know it's part of the game, and I love watching harbaugh go off (usually because he's right) but the verbal abuse refs take is extreme and I would be throwing players and coaches out all the time.



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Gulogulo37

April 23rd, 2016 at 1:04 PM ^

I wouldn't say "not much at all". But anyway, even if they're just exaggerating things, the main difference between basketball and soccer is the game doesn't stop for 5 minutes for fake injury treatment in basketball. That's more than just embellishing contact. Also, exaggerating contact in basketball doesn't get you something nearly as rewarding as a penalty kick or a well-placed free kick. I don't watch a lot of soccer but I certainly watch enough to have formed an opinion. I'm not just piggybacking on what other people say.

And I don't really care about comparing it to the NBA because I don't watch the NBA anyway :)

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That.Guy

April 23rd, 2016 at 7:13 AM ^

I watch more soccer than most.  I love it.  I think what most people are referring to as diving here is the writhing around in pain that most players do after a foul.  Not actually simulation (technical term for faking a foul in soccer).  As I stated, I love soccer, but I would like it if they stopped acting like they've lost a limb every time someone touches them. 

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