Originally posted by USArmyParatrooper It has nothing to do with coaching, it has to do with money. Being a premier soccer player in the US doesn't pay as much as in other countries.
There used to be a time when professional American football teams used to get beat by the best college teams. But this was also back when the players used to play for peanuts. As soon as the sall ...[text shortened]... like boxing. Imagine if the US allowed pros like Floyd Mayweather to compete in the Olympics.
Money making sports in the USA: Baseball, American Football, Basketball and Hockey. Of the three the only sport where America's best don't completely own is hockey, but the US still ranks among the best. Canada is better, but then hockey is a bigger sport in Canada and they also participate in the NHL.
Gotta admit that US are world champions at American Football.
(Who do they play?)
ditto baseball
and basketball was invented because it was too cold to play outside!
Seriously though it would be 'a good thing' if the US joined in with the rest of the world and took soccer seriously. Congratulations to the US team for doing as well as they did!
Originally posted by USArmyParatrooper It has nothing to do with coaching, it has to do with money. Being a premier soccer player in the US doesn't pay as much as in other countries.
90% of the countries in the World cup do not have very well paying teams in their home countries. Almost all the top players play in European teams - regardless of origin.
I am sure that premier soccer players in Ghana get paid less than premier soccer players in the US. Yet Ghana did better in the World Cup.
I didn't even think most countries cared about football. Most other countries care about soccer. Of course the US blows the rest of the world away when it comes to football.
In the US, the top athletes play football and possibly basketball. Of course in the US we also have pretty good athletes who run track. You can see where US kids put their effort when you look at the teams they choose to join. At most high schools the football team is much larger than the soccer team. Of course you might find a soccer player on the football team, but he is the kicker. People who just kick really aren't considered football players. You love them when they kick well and you hate them when they don't, but they are a group unto themselves.
Originally posted by Eladar I didn't even think most countries cared about football. Most other countries care about soccer. Of course the US blows the rest of the world away when it comes to football.
In the US, the top athletes play football and possibly basketball. Of course in the US we also have pretty good athletes who run track. You can see where US kids put their effort ...[text shortened]... when they kick well and you hate them when they don't, but they are a group unto themselves.
Do you mean the US blows the rest of the world away at American football ?
Apart from the US ,who else plays American Football ? i wouldn't cross the road to watch any American games . American football is like a girls game of rugby !! Tights ,pads and helmets with grids on !! What are your players so scared about ? Basket ball, another girls game . Base ball ,i wont even bother !! .... You Americans must admit defeat ,the greatest ,most watched sport in the world was invented in England and played in the rest of the world as most nations number one sport . Not even your hollywood can pinch this one and make out it's yours !!!
Originally posted by Eladar I was just saying that our top athletes play those games. I could give a flip if you'd care to watch football.
Edit: just did a google search and it appears that rugby is also a girl's game. Plenty of girl's leagues out there.
Football ?
Rugby players are men ,you dont see them in tights ,helmets , pads and an iron grid !!
The French play Rugby and even they dont were silly padding and crash helmets !!!!
Originally posted by phil3000 American football is like a girls game of rugby !! Tights ,pads and helmets with grids on !! What are your players so scared about ?
That's got to be one of the dumbest questions I've seen on these boards in a long time.
They're so scared of being killed or paralyzed, genius.
Google Mike Utley... or Dennis Byrd... or Kyle Woods.
Read the NFL injury lists for any given game late in the season.
Originally posted by sh76 That's got to be one of the dumbest questions I've seen on these boards in a long time.
'Grid iron is for woosies, Rugby is a man's game' - or words to that effect - is a bog standard, unoriginal tease deployed by stuffy little Brits who haven't played much rugby and whose worldview does not travel particularly well beyond the shores of the U.K.
Originally posted by FMF 'Grid iron is for woosies, Rugby is a man's game' - or words to that effect - is a bog standard, unoriginal tease deployed by stuffy little Brits who haven't played much rugby and whose worldview does not travel particularly well beyond the shores of the U.K.
Are you a" stuffy little brit " FMF ?
Maybe you are like some people that work in London for a month and come back with a cockney accent !!
For your information Rugby is a mans game . I suppose you wouldn't know because one minute you are a man and the next you are a woman !!
It's quite easy to "wind Americans up " about their sports ,but you jump in and can't help yourself can you ? Austin Powers man of mystery ...
Originally posted by phil3000 Are you a" stuffy little brit " FMF ?
No. You miss my point entirely. It's people who, like you, simply regurgitate desperately hackneyed cliches along the lines of... "American football is like a girls game of rugby !! Tights ,pads and helmets with grids on !! What are your players so scared about ?" - thinking it's funny and that it means anything to anyone who is interested in sports around the world who are "stuffy little Brits".
Originally posted by phil3000 For your information Rugby is a mans game . I suppose you wouldn't know because one minute you are a man and the next you are a woman !!
I played a high level of rugby in all youth age groups and in adult life for just short of 20 years. "Real" rugby players don't go around saying 'it's a "man's game"' and making tedious unoriginal digs at American Football.
It's quite easy to "wind Americans up " about their sports ,but you jump in and can't help yourself can you ?
But you aren't winding them up. You're just making a fool of yourself.
Originally posted by phil3000 Do you mean the US blows the rest of the world away at American football ?
Apart from the US ,who else plays American Football ? i wouldn't cross the road to watch any American games . American football is like a girls game of rugby !! Tights ,pads and helmets with grids on !! What are your players so scared about ? Basket ball, another girls game . Base ...[text shortened]... ions number one sport . Not even your hollywood can pinch this one and make out it's yours !!!
100% agreed.
although, it is a shame that even though england invented the game they (relatively speaking) suck at it, I mean, how could you guys draw with the USA? weren't you very selective when choosing the goalkeeper?
Originally posted by FMF I played a high level of rugby in all youth age groups and in adult life for just short of 20 years. "Real" rugby players don't go around saying 'it's a "man's game"' and making tedious unoriginal digs at American Football.
[b]It's quite easy to "wind Americans up " about their sports ,but you jump in and can't help yourself can you ?
But you aren't winding them up. You're just making a fool of yourself.[/b]
I played a high level of rugby in all youth age groups and in adult life for just short of 20 years
of course you did. and you also sell cosmetics and is an specialist in US constitutional law, not to mention you also "traveled the world". Is there anything you haven't done?
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