Lord Jim wrote:More thrilling in some places than in others...
And what exactly is it that this poster boy for the No-Fly List is supposed to have "sacrificed" anyway? Is there extra pay involved in being the team captain? If not, it looks to me like all he's done is get rid of whatever additional responsibilities that came with the title, and reduce the level to which he can be blamed when the team loses...
Reducing one's workload and blame level isn't exactly an act of "selflessness"...
You Seppos wouldn't understand as you don't play your main sports at international level.
Our "main sports" seem to be football, basketball, and baseball... and to a lesser degree, ice hockey. The simple fact is that there are no other international teams or leagues that can match our professional teams at even league level. When we do select and send a team to play on an international stage (like the basketball competition in the Olympics) the question is not whether the USA will win the gold medal; it's how dominant will they be over the other teams while doing it. -"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
BB--while our Olympic men's basketball team with NBA members has done pretty well, it isn't always the winner (but didn't win gold in Greece, as I recall), and I don't think out hockey teams with NHL membershave been quite as successful.
Not sure of any international competitions for baseball or football (American football for Meade), so it's hard to make a comparison there. It's like saying the UK can beat us at cricket or badminton.
Big RR wrote:BB--while our Olympic men's basketball team with NBA members has done pretty well, it isn't always the winner (but didn't win gold in Greece, as I recall), and I don't think out hockey teams with NHL membershave been quite as successful.
Not sure of any international competitions for baseball or football (American football for Meade), so it's hard to make a comparison there. It's like saying the UK can beat us at cricket or badminton.
I don't believe much US-style football is played outside North Amereica (Canadian rules football is very similar, but emphasizes passing much more, doesn't it?) The NFL plays one game each year in England, but they have their own game, Rugby, and of course, they invented the game called "football" everywhere else in the world but the USA. Soccer is truly the world's outdoor sport.
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
Lord Jim wrote:Soccer is a great game for small children; they can learn how to play it in about five minutes...
Jimmy wants to play, (his cousins are in a league) so we've signed him up to play this spring...
The rules of soccer for small children:
1) Run.
2) Kick the ball.
3) Run some more. Don't stop.
4) Don't use your hands.
5) Keep running.
6) Don't kick the other players.
7) RUN!
8) There's a big net somewhere; try to kick the ball into it.
9) But if you can't do that, remember to KEEP ON RUNNING!
As an aside you can learn to play chess in about ten minutes too; but it takes a lifetime to learn to play it well. -"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
When I was forced to play soccer as a kindergartner I followed my own 3 rules:
1) Get as far away from the other kids as possible.
2) Avoid the ball as much as possible.
3) If the ball does end up running into your feet, kick it away as fast as possible.
Those rules pretty much sum up my life, actually.
My Dad spent my entire single digit years trying to make me play sports with no success. I hated Football and Baseball just as much. I played basketball only because my classmates begged me (out of sheer desperation, my grade school class only had between 9-11 boys in it and 23-25 girls, not great when you're in grade school). I hated basketball too, though a lot of it was the tank top and shorts uniform. If I'd been allowed a Tee shirt and sweat pants under it I'd probably been OK. Not an OK player, mind you, just not the sheer dread of being in the gym part.
It wasn't until I was around 11 or 12 when he tried bowling that he succeeded. Golf would have worked too. Darts, archery, sharpshooting.... Those were never considered.
Death is Nature's way of telling you to slow down.
I was always full-back in both soccer and rugby. My job was to stop all those smart bastards who were running and kicking and dribbling the ball. By any means possible. Without my glasses, I had a lovely excuse to take their legs as far away from their asses as possible. Not that I was a dirty player. In rugby, it's a bit different. Shoulder into the hip or better yet the knees and wrap 'em up. The only rule was to make sure your head was behind them when they fell - not under their tumbling carcass
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
MajGenl.Meade wrote:I was always full-back in both soccer and rugby. My job was to stop all those smart bastards who were running and kicking and dribbling the ball. By any means possible...
I was one of those smart bastards on the right wing...
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
Hmmm. Well, you didn't get past me or I'd remember
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
