08-15-2008, 12:16 PM
Jo Wrote:Fistor Wrote:I effing detest whenever I see an Olympic caliber athlete flopping around on the ground, grabbing at his/her shin, after no one at all touched him/her. I want to like soccer, I really do, but that garbage makes me scream at the TV louder than watching the Lions get prison raped by, say, the Eagles on national TV.
you hate soccer? it's a game of endurance so i can understand if it doesn't appeal to someone like you.
I said I want to like it. I love the tradition of it and the fact that it's popular all over the world. You can find a competitive match between teams from completely different continents, and have been able to for years.
Endurance? I see a bunch of slow jogging interrupted by a few spurts of sprinting, not full out running from one side of the field to the next. I'd wager an average NBA player's average heart rate over the span of an entire game is much more than a professional soccer player.