If I ever get around to compiling "The Wit and Wisdom of BluegrassPreps", this should make the final cut.

 

My mother would be so proud

My second son 6' 2" 200 lbs played soccer his whole life, he loves football. I tried to talk him into football at least try it one season. He always said no. Four years later we are watching Bama on TV, he looks over at me and says..."Maybe I should have given football a serious look". I just got up and went and sat on the front porch.

 

He plays on a club rugby team out of Chicago as we speak.

We get it...you don't like soccer. That's your choice...

:lol: Just having a little fun.

Heard last night during the final NCAA Super-Regional baseball game. The topic of discussion was how much one of the players looked like a right-handed Adam Dunn, who had steamrolled someone in a game the day before.

 

"He crumpled like a soccer player."

I just wish there were more games from the Champions or the Premier League aired in the U.S. Those games are great to watch and host the best talent in the world. The MLS is basically a joke and until a league is developed within the U.S. that can bring in talent then soccer will never catch on as much as it should. It would be nice to be able to watch these guys play more than once every few years...

 

There are at least two, usually four, Champions League matches on Fox Soccer Channel every week, if you get that channel. There are usually two on the normal Fox Sports affiliates. And between ESPN and FSC, nearly every Premiership game worth watching gets aired every weekend. There's no doubt that if you really want to see the sport played at its best level, you still have to shell out the cash for Fox Soccer and Gol TV, but ESPN is getting better about it.

Soccer is the perfect representation of what has made America great and Europe great in their own rights. American's want a winner, they want it done powerfully and quickly. Euorpeans want a winner, unless a tie is part of the strategy. They just want to look good doing either of the two. American's appreciate good looks, but that's probably prerequisite #15 in making a beloved champion. In soccer, Total Football and Brazil '82 looked good, are held as legendary teams, yet neither group were able to win.

My favorite line from my daughter, "I don't like soccer, there is too much running."

I have 2 brothers who played soccer in college. One of them has been a coach. My son played for years. I have a great appreciation for the sport. It requires stamina and very good footwork. I have seen it played at the college level and gained an entirely new perspective.

 

My favorite sport is football (nothing else comes close for me), ..... but I don't make fun of the other sports or ridicule those who play them just because I don't like them. Seems such a waste of energy.

I have 2 brothers who played soccer in college. One of them has been a coach. My son played for years. I have a great appreciation for the sport. It requires stamina and very good footwork. I have seen it played at the college level and gained an entirely new perspective.

 

My favorite sport is football (nothing else comes close for me), ..... but I don't make fun of the other sports or ridicule those who play them just because I don't like them. Seems such a waste of energy.

 

I don't really have the venom for other sports the way I do with soccer (well, maybe auto racing). The main reason I find it easy to ridicule soccer is because A) We've been hearing for more than 30 years that it was "the next big thing," and B) that usually when you tell a soccer fan you don't like it, you get the whiny, "you just don't understand the game" cop-out, despite the fact that I understand the game all too well and still have determined I don't care for it.

I don't really have the venom for other sports the way I do with soccer (well, maybe auto racing). The main reason I find it easy to ridicule soccer is because A) We've been hearing for more than 30 years that it was "the next big thing," and B) that usually when you tell a soccer fan you don't like it, you get the whiny, "you just don't understand the game" cop-out, despite the fact that I understand the game all too well and still have determined I don't care for it.

 

 

Now if you want to talk about a sport that I don't understand AND don't like then it would be Cricket. I have tried to read the rules and it just makes my head hurt.

If you want soccer to catch on in the US you need to combine it with Peprock's boarder solution....Landmines.

When I played football in high school coach used to always say " If it was easy they would call it soccer."

When I played football in high school coach used to always say " If it was easy they would call it soccer."

 

I LOVE American football, ... best game ever IMHO. But I have seen football players get on the soccer field and try to keep up. It was funny. To play it right, just like most any sport, is not easy. But that is the mentality of many fans of other sports, ... if I don't like it, I must ridicule it.

 

I actually always liked Jack Eicher (former South Laurel football coach) and his take on soccer "I love soccer. I think every kid should play it. It is tremendous for their footwork. Then once they have their footwork down, let's get em to play football!"

 

I still don't think it will ever be as big in the US as it is in most countries. Not enough scoring for us American fans.

I don't really have the venom for other sports the way I do with soccer (well, maybe auto racing). The main reason I find it easy to ridicule soccer is because A) We've been hearing for more than 30 years that it was "the next big thing," and B) that usually when you tell a soccer fan you don't like it, you get the whiny, "you just don't understand the game" cop-out, despite the fact that I understand the game all too well and still have determined I don't care for it.

 

I am a casual fan. They didn't have soccer when I was in school and even though I have coached it at the little league level and seen plenty of games from middle school, high school college, , ... even went thru some coaching clinics to try and understand the game better, etc, .... I still realize that I don't understand the intricacies of the game. If given the choice, I would much rather watch American Football or basketball. It will never catch on here as it is overseas. But I understand not caring for it, but I don't get those who feel they have to ridicule it. I'm not saying that you do that, I just don't see why so much venom for soccer from some. I don't turn on the world cup to watch it, ... not my cup of tea. But I do respect those who play the game at the highest level.

I LOVE American football, ... best game ever IMHO. But I have seen football players get on the soccer field and try to keep up. It was funny. To play it right, just like most any sport, is not easy. But that is the mentality of many fans of other sports, ... if I don't like it, I must ridicule it.

 

I actually always liked Jack Eicher (former South Laurel football coach) and his take on soccer "I love soccer. I think every kid should play it. It is tremendous for their footwork. Then once they have their footwork down, let's get em to play football!"

 

I still don't think it will ever be as big in the US as it is in most countries. Not enough scoring for us American fans.

 

That's part of it, but I'm of the opinion that the main reason is that Americans can afford to play other sports. Soccer's success owes a lot to the fact that it -- at its most basic -- is extremely cheap to play relative to other sports in terms of equipment needed. The worst thing that could happen to soccer would be if world poverty was wiped out.