Today is a special day. Do you know why? (590 hits)
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Submitted by SiskelandFatboy (View user info) at 2006-07-10 10:33:21 EDT
You are receiving this because today is a special day. If not to you, then to someone in your life.
Today, you see, is the first day absent World Cup Soccer. Today is the first day of a 3 year period with no soccer on ESPN, ESPN 2 and ESPN Classic. Soccer at 10 am, 1 and 3:30 PM. Only to be replayed at 8 - 10 -12 that night. No more Sportscenter - "Live from the World Cup" or - "Here in Berlin" No more seeing highlights and discussions about the beauty of all the offensive attacks during a 1-0 game. No more trying to do math to figure out how much time is left in the game. No more figuring it out only to have some "extra time" added to the game. No more wondering why they can't afford a clock that runs backwards and has a pause/stop feature.
No more seeing passive offsides or trying to understand the pass-back rule (or lack there of, I should say). No more seeing the team who is trailing intentionally kick the ball out of bounds because their opponent is on the field, tragically injured. In the rest of the world, we call that an advantage or a scoring opportunity. Especially when the tragically injured miraculously recovers once the ball is kicked out of bounds. And no more wondering why no one else is questioning him about his curing of biblical proportions.
No more watching 3rd world countries, whose only means of ecomonic structure is exporting illegal drugs into America, or those poor countries with a annual gross national product of < 20 dollars, send the athletes they invested millions into training into a tournament where they can be humiliated by the stronger, pharmaceutically enhanced European or South American Powers.
No more seeing Trindad Tobago and the Ivory Coast mortgage their ecominc stability for 3 consecutive five-nothing (I'm sorry, 'Nil') losses and an "I played in the World Cup" Tee Shirt. No more seeing Brazilian/Argentinian temper and their absence of sportsmanship at the end of a game that supposedly has around 2,516 unwritten rules of sportsmanship and respect. No more yellow cards for unsafe moves. No more red cards for an unsafe move because he got one yellow card last Tuesday and that disqualifies him for this game and the next game, while trying to understand why they have to play a man short today but can substitute for him to begin the next game. No more trying to understand why the penalty for aggressively going after the ball is the same as the penalty kicking a man in the jewels.
No more rolling the eyes at retarded, self-important bar patrons because one TV in the corner of a room containing 9 TVs is showing the US Open or the Yankees game "WHILE THE WORLD CUP IS GOING ON!"
No more watching a tournament where AMERICANS are rooting for the Germans, Italians, Brazillians or any other country. We're playing, therefore we become, BY DEFAULT, your favorite team. That's the way it works.
And last but not least, watching a sport in which THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA, the preeminent power in every aspect of existence; athletics, economic stability, democracy, war and anything you can think of, ......sucks.
Yes, Today is an exciting day. A new beginning.
User Reviews
Submitted by beeltea (user info) at 2006-07-10 19:04:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
+1 for being a New Yorker who is pissed about not being able to watch other sports in bars because "THE WORLD CUP IS ON!!!" This pisses me off too, especially when it's some time like Ghana or Costa Ria.
+1 For a good post.
+1 For enjoying golf on TV.
-2 for being a mother-effing Yankee fan.
final result, +1. Let's go Mets.
Submitted by hyprspacd (user info) at 2006-07-10 17:24:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Quotes kinda fitting....
Just squeeze your rage into a bitter little ball and release it at an
appropriate time. Like that day I hit that referee with a whiskey
bottle. 'Member that?
-- Homer Simpson
Whacking Day
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2006-07-10 17:08:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Every day is a special day if you're a hippy like me..
tra lalala laaa
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2006-07-10 16:58:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
What's the World Cup?
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-07-10 16:30:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
their absence of sportsmanship at the end of a game that supposedly has around 2,516 unwritten rules of sportsmanship and respect.
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much like Ubersite
Submitted by BadAssJulie (user info) at 2006-07-10 14:58:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
And last but not least, watching a sport in which THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA, the preeminent power in every aspect of existence; athletics, economic stability, democracy, war and anything you can think of, ......sucks.
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We suck at more sports than just soccer.
Submitted by livEvil (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:45:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
+2thumbs up.
i just had to do it, excuse me for being cheesy.
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:25:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Thank Jesus. I fucking HATE soccer.
Long live The Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Submitted by congo (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:18:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Damn straight, skippy.
Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-07-10 13:16:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
"And last but not least, watching a sport in which THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA, the preeminent power in every aspect of existence; athletics, economic stability, democracy, war and anything you can think of, ......sucks."
Sorry, we were busy running economic stability, democracy, war and anything you can think of and making sure the world economy was stable in the morning.
Submitted by ubetidid (user info) at 2006-07-10 12:55:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i laughed.
i did kind of like the head butt yesterday.
that was cool.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-07-10 12:28:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You're right.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-07-10 12:25:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I rather enjoy the sport, but this was entertaining.
Submitted by Pentameter (user info) at 2006-07-10 12:16:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
By the way, I cheered for the Italians. Why? Because I can.
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2006-07-10 11:26:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
"And last but not least, watching a sport in which THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA, the preeminent power in every aspect of existence; athletics, economic stability, democracy, war and anything you can think of, ......sucks."
I reserve the right to reverse this rating if the above statement is determined to lack sarcasm...
Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2006-07-10 11:17:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Who fucking cares about soccer?
Fairy sport.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:53:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I <3 Tobes
Submitted by Chazzy (user info) at 2006-07-10 10:51:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.
-- Homer Simpson
Colonel Homer