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DubStyle311 · 05-05-2007, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Štulic

There's a difference in basic spirit between the two sports. In Europe you have people who's club they support can be more important than their job, family or even their own life.

Thats exactly how it is in Philadelphia with the Eagles. To a lot of people, the birds are more important than their jobs, families or homes. When the Eagles loose on Sunday, a palpable wave a depression hits the area that usually doest lift till Wednesday. Peoples entire happiness and lives are dictated by what happens with a football team. When the eagles made it to the Super Bowl a few years ago, people were taking out second mortgages to buy tickets.

In some cities, that passion is there.

Geeno · 05-05-2007, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Cannabis

Major sports broadcasts

The sporting event with the largest worldwide audience is the FIFA World Cup. An estimated cumulative audience of 28.8 billion viewers watched the 2006 FIFA World Cup on television, and 1.3 billion viewers watched the final match. Other events that have been described as "the most watched" per various definitions include the Summer Olympic Games, Super Bowl, and the FIA Formula 1 World Championship.

/wiki

28.8 Billion viewers in 2006?

World population ~ 6 Billion.

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Originally Posted by Kishar

I hate soccer, i can honestly say i do not know a single person that even watches it. In America the only place you see soccer is like on channel 650 or something. And boy do they have some crazy ass fans, killin each other over people kickin a stupid ball into a net.

But youre also old sheltered and out of touch, so its really no surprise when you dont know about something.

stoneric · 05-05-2007, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Štulic

I explained why, sports for you yanks is just entertainment, for the rest of the world, especially football in South America and Europe and basketball in southern Europe, is far more than just that.

My comment was about the game itself, not why your passion for it is greater than mine is for my sports. By the way, on saturday and sunday afternoon starting in september, I'll match my passion for the University of Michigan and the Green Bay Packers football teams with anybody regardless of the commercilization.

DubStyle311 · 05-05-2007, 11:19 AM

^

Are you passionate enough to cash out the existing equity on your house and go into debt to watch The Packers play in the Superbowl?

05-05-2007, 11:24 AM

it's the same way with Nebraska football here, Dub.

Flamingnun · 05-05-2007, 11:25 AM

"football"

notepad · 05-05-2007, 02:38 PM

I'd like to see what would happen if all of americas (north america even) 'best atheletes' decided to train and play soccer 1st, instead of focusing on the several sports that are more popular than soccer. Our best atheletes play football/basketball/etc and then the average ones might play soccer. We would simply dominate that sport if our best atheletes had trained to play soccer their whole lives, and put you guys in your place.

05-05-2007, 03:00 PM

fantastic point, phren. I could totally see Ray Lewis and Brian Urhlacher running down the pitch, all the 5'9" dudes just watchin them go by. Like friggin, Vince Carter and Calvin Johnson sharing the goalie duties. Dudes would be a monsters, Vince with his 53" vertical leap and CJ with a 12 foot standing broad jump. Super quick reflections.

United States has the best athletes, bar none. Australia is good though, you can't overlook their accomplishments. Take this into consideration as well, what Phren said about soccer, would go the same for a lot of things, with rugby and olympic events right at the top of the list. Many of our athletes choose the professional sports life over that of the amatuer olympic ahtlete.

Michael Bennett, former All-Pro running back for the Vikings, qualified for the olympics as a sprinter, but didn't go based on his opportunity in the NFL.

Grieves · 05-05-2007, 03:27 PM

Summer Olympics medal count - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

pwnt..

stoneric · 05-05-2007, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DubStyle311

^

Are you passionate enough to cash out the existing equity on your house and go into debt to watch The Packers play in the Superbowl?

Being passionate and being stupid are 2 different things. Besides, I rather watch it with fellow fanatics in my living room.

Lloydy · 05-05-2007, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Michigan_Militia

now this is a laugh. Yep, he's the best boxer....that's never left his country to fight. Calzaghe is a british champion, that's it. He gets no respect from the rest of the world. He is a joke in the boxing community.

He doesn't punch, he slaps. In his last fight, in Wales of course, Calzaghe goes on a slapping fury, flaying his arms about like a fairy, until the british ref steps in and stops the fight prematurely.

The only guy Calzaghe has ever beaten that was worth two shits was Jeff Lacey, an average american fighter.

yanks never have any respect for foreign fighters and thats a fact, they just hate to see their own get punched all owa
calzaghes last fight shouldnt have been stopped, but hed have still dropped that muppet in a few rounds anyway he was demolishing him, did you see the state of his face after that short time?
and the fight before that, calzaghe broke his hand again, his opponent nutted him a few times and low blowed him and he still won, with one hand

american sports are a worldwide joke and yanks dont get it

05-05-2007, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Lloydy

yanks never have any respect for foreign fighters and thats a fact, they just hate to see their own get punched all owa

wrong, the American boxing community is always looking for the next big fighter. We even attempt to crown them as champion before they arrive.

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calzaghes last fight shouldnt have been stopped, but hed have still dropped that muppet in a few rounds anyway he was demolishing him, did you see the state of his face after that short time?

exatcly the guy was a muppet, he was a fighter from the Contender series. The type of fighters that are put in front of this guy is ridiculous.

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and the fight before that, calzaghe broke his hand again, his opponent nutted him a few times and low blowed him and he still won, with one hand

no he didn't. I watched the whole fight, there was never mention of a hurt hand. Including after the fight when Calzaghe was being interviewed by Larry Merchant. All Calzaghe talked about was his "lighting quick handspeed" and how "I'm the greatest boxer in the world and America will see it once I fight Jermaine Taylor."

I would pay to see Jermaine destory that fairy.

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american sports are a worldwide joke and yanks dont get it

you keep telling yourself that, and you keep watching the world's greatest athletes descend upon the United States year after year after year.

Lloydy · 05-05-2007, 05:26 PM

thats why he only used his right hand for most of the fight?
and I'll watch these athletes when I see them, except I wont because your shitty sports dont get airtime anywhere else
you may have good olympic athletes but thats because america is a git big fuckoff country

05-05-2007, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Lloydy

thats why he only used his right hand for most of the fight?

no, he used both hands consistantly throughout the fight

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and I'll watch these athletes when I see them, except I wont because your shitty sports dont get airtime anywhere else

well, they do get air time throughout the world. But thanks for proving a point of mine that brits are close minded to anything that isn't their own.

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you may have good olympic athletes but thats because america is a git big fuckoff country

wrong again, it's because we pwn.

Lloydy · 05-05-2007, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Michigan_Militia

no, he used both hands consistantly throughout the fight
well, they do get air time throughout the world. But thanks for proving a point of mine that brits are close minded to anything that isn't their own.

wrong again, it's because we pwn.

well, they do get shown, albeit at 4am and they dont get advertised, we're not close minded theyre just shitty games
I must admit yous are good at the games no one cares about, such as tennis and golf

05-05-2007, 05:54 PM

I was wrong about the broken hand comments, I thought you were talking about this fight. But really, broken hand or no, the guy Calzaghe was fighting, was fighting for a turkey sandwich. The guy has made his name beating shit fighters all without ever leaving England and Wales.

Lloydy · 05-05-2007, 06:06 PM

calzaghe is an excellent boxer and admittedly he should have had better matchups, thats not exactly his fault though.
hes past his prime now but I still reckon hes the best

stoneric · 05-05-2007, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Lloydy

well, they do get shown, albeit at 4am and they dont get advertised, we're not close minded theyre just shitty games
I must admit yous are good at the games no one cares about, such as tennis and golf

We're not good at either. We get smoked in the ryder cup and we haven't won the davis cup in years. But who gives a fuck? We like our sports, you like yours.

05-05-2007, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Lloydy

calzaghe is an excellent boxer and admittedly he should have had better matchups, thats not exactly his fault though.
hes past his prime now but I still reckon hes the best

wow, you guys sure do love him.

Of couse it's his fault he hasn't fought better fighters. If he really wanted to, he could've, but he didn't. Being the most popular guy in his country was a sweet deal for him. There was no need to prove himself against the best. To you guys, he was already the best, so why should he try to prove it? If he lost it would only tarnish his reputation.

See in America, we demand our great fighters to fight other great fighters. It's the only time we will fill an arena. You guys fill up arenas to see Calzaghe fight Boxcar Charlie from the trainyards. Why pay a bunch of money for a big time fighter to come in, when you can put a homeless guy in the ring and the fight will still sell out?

But now that Calzaghe's career is nearing it's end, he's realizing he's the best only among his own people. He now sees the need to prove himself in America, against what the world recognizes as the best.

Lloydy · 05-05-2007, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Michigan_Militia

wow, you guys sure do love him.

Of couse it's his fault he hasn't fought better fighters. If he really wanted to, he could've, but he didn't. Being the most popular guy in his country was a sweet deal for him. There was no need to prove himself against the best. To you guys, he was already the best, so why should he try to prove it? If he lost it would only tarnish his reputation.

See in America, we demand our great fighters to fight other great fighters. It's the only time we will fill an arena. You guys fill up arenas to see Calzaghe fight Boxcar Charlie from the trainyards. Why pay a bunch of money for a big time fighter to come in, when you can put a homeless guy in the ring and the fight will still sell out?

But now that Calzaghe's career is nearing it's end, he's realizing he's the best only among his own people. He now sees the need to prove himself in America, against what the world recognizes as the best.

he wouldnt have lost, and he still wont.

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05-05-2007, 11:19 AM	#64 (permalink)
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05-05-2007, 03:00 PM	#68 (permalink)
Michigan_Militia Guest Posts: n/a	fantastic point, phren. I could totally see Ray Lewis and Brian Urhlacher running down the pitch, all the 5'9" dudes just watchin them go by. Like friggin, Vince Carter and Calvin Johnson sharing the goalie duties. Dudes would be a monsters, Vince with his 53" vertical leap and CJ with a 12 foot standing broad jump. Super quick reflections. United States has the best athletes, bar none. Australia is good though, you can't overlook their accomplishments. Take this into consideration as well, what Phren said about soccer, would go the same for a lot of things, with rugby and olympic events right at the top of the list. Many of our athletes choose the professional sports life over that of the amatuer olympic ahtlete. Michael Bennett, former All-Pro running back for the Vikings, qualified for the olympics as a sprinter, but didn't go based on his opportunity in the NFL. Last edited by Michigan_Militia; 05-05-2007 at 03:08 PM.

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05-05-2007, 11:24 AM	#65 (permalink)
Michigan_Militia Guest Posts: n/a	it's the same way with Nebraska football here, Dub.

05-05-2007, 02:38 PM	#67 (permalink)
notepad dick 'slyde' hyde Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: above the clouds Posts: 1,988 Thanks: 656 Thanked 313 Times in 161 Posts	I'd like to see what would happen if all of americas (north america even) 'best atheletes' decided to train and play soccer 1st, instead of focusing on the several sports that are more popular than soccer. Our best atheletes play football/basketball/etc and then the average ones might play soccer. We would simply dominate that sport if our best atheletes had trained to play soccer their whole lives, and put you guys in your place.

05-05-2007, 05:26 PM	#73 (permalink)
Lloydy KTF Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Posts: 11,692 Thanks: 469 Thanked 2,191 Times in 1,004 Posts	thats why he only used his right hand for most of the fight? and I'll watch these athletes when I see them, except I wont because your shitty sports dont get airtime anywhere else you may have good olympic athletes but thats because america is a git big fuckoff country __________________ Keep the red flag flying high

05-05-2007, 05:54 PM	#76 (permalink)
Michigan_Militia Guest Posts: n/a	I was wrong about the broken hand comments, I thought you were talking about this fight. But really, broken hand or no, the guy Calzaghe was fighting, was fighting for a turkey sandwich. The guy has made his name beating shit fighters all without ever leaving England and Wales.

05-05-2007, 06:06 PM	#77 (permalink)
Lloydy KTF Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Posts: 11,692 Thanks: 469 Thanked 2,191 Times in 1,004 Posts	calzaghe is an excellent boxer and admittedly he should have had better matchups, thats not exactly his fault though. hes past his prime now but I still reckon hes the best __________________ Keep the red flag flying high

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