A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (Liverdawg) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:58:54 GMT

I don't recall ever seeing a WR do a swan dive after getting looked at by a CB. And basketball players never fall backwards and slide for five feet to draw a charging call. I hate flopping in soccer, but people who see football as the portrait of masculinity need to examine it a little further (particularly the "exchange" from center to QB). And don't even get me started on MMA.

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (patdog) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:33:53 GMT

The game clock has absolutely nothing to do with real time in football. Hell, if they changed the rules and stopped the clock between each play and made each quarter only 3 minutes long, the game would still take a little over 3 hours to play and would still have about 5 touchdowns, but using your logic you'd now say that there was a touchdown scored about every 2 minutes in football.

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (BCash) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:20:40 GMT

you're statement reminds me of a guy I hate

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (tcreb) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:34:21 GMT

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (tcreb) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:27:56 GMT

Your argument was based on the amount of scoring per minute in the two sports. You should only use actual playing time to determine that ratio. But no, you used length of the overall game. Hell, I know neither team will score when there is a timeout in football. Please tell me you understand the difference.

Now if you freaking think soccer is just more entertaining than football, then fine. Say it is and I will quit arguing with you.

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (Sutterkane woya) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:13:30 GMT

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (patdog) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:50:14 GMT

Does real time magically stop when the football clock is stopped? Is it somehow exciting to sit through yet another football timeout? Hell, the 17ing timeouts are even worse than the huddle.

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (tcreb) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:22:40 GMT

A football game is 60 minutes in length and a soccer match is 90 minutes in length. We realize that a team can't score during a timeout. The ratio is a little different if you consider only playing time.

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (patdog) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:14:49 GMT

the average football game has 4.9 touchdowns in 3 - 3-1/2 hours, the average soccer game has 2.5 goals in a little under 2 hours. Please explain to me how soccer has significantly less scoring per minute than football does.

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (tcreb) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:10:22 GMT

You, madam, are a winner.

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (VinceVega70) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:10:04 GMT

Watching soccer always bores me. 90 minutes of "action"? I don't call 2 or 3 goals, running back and forth and lots of whining about getting shin-kicked "action". Soccer would be a better game if the rules were adjusted to bring about more scoring. That is action. And it also needs to be made a bit tougher. Soccer exudes "european masculinity." Which is to say it is an effeminate sport for most americans. Guys falling down like you shot them when they get...

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (BewareOfMSUDawg) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:19:32 GMT

like myself, who used to not like soccer nor would give it a chance, once you understand some of the rules and you're able to follow it, it is a lot of fun to watch. It was figuring out how stoppage time worked and how the offsides rule worked that did it for me. I enjoyed watching the last World Cup and the Confederations Cup. Even though I hated that Brazil won, they were fun to watch.

While it's not my favorite sport and I don't go too far out of my way to watch it,...

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (Mutt the Hoople) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:55:47 GMT

PosterFormerlyKnownAsRFAA wrote:
under the right circumstances.

I just don't understand the need to bash any of it. The first thing the soccer-haters say is, "its is being forced on us." Bullshit.

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Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (JohnDawg) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:01:37 GMT

The golden goal was the best ever. I don't know why they changed it.

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (patdog) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:58:10 GMT

I still don't know what they were thinking. Yeah, let's give a team a chance to get an equalizing goal in overtime after their opponent has scored so we can have more games go to a shootout. That's a terrible idea.

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (JohnDawg) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:56:01 GMT

When did that rule change? Not sure how long ago they changed it, but I know it's 2 15 minute periods regardless of the score now.

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (jakldawg) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:49:52 GMT

according to some
I'm looking forward to the onslaught of "soccer is for effete farn'ers" vs. "soccer will finally be HUGE now" articles when the world cup comes around.

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (PosterFormerlyKnownAsRFAA) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:40:52 GMT

They can't handled it directly from a throw-in or directly from an intentional pass from a teammate. That is the rule. And yes, that is probably the last major rule change I recall being put into place.

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (AdamDawgDude) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:33:02 GMT

PosterFormerlyKnownAsRFAA wrote:
under the right circumstances.

I just don't understand the need to bash any of it. The first thing the soccer-haters say is, "its is being forced on us." Bullshit.

Just leave the soccer talk to us gay, communists, pussies who enjoy watching and/or talking about it. It isn't hard. I even take the time to single out the posts that will be discussing...

Re: A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (bigrob24) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:51:00 GMT

ha, changing offsides...laughable

A few suggestions on how soccer can be improved.

feeds@yuku.com (tcreb) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:46:54 GMT

These are mine but others might could add to the list.

1. Allow them to touch the ball with their hands.

2. Allow at least one player on each team to throw the ball to other players (you might want to limit the number of those who are eligible to catch it).

3. Allow for players who are on the team that does not have control of the ball to bring to the ground the person on the opposing team who has possession of the ball.

4. Allow each player to wear...