(06-13-2014 01:12 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:00 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:55 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:40 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:36 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  Speaking of idiots, do you have a link to back your opinion up as fact? Lol

speaking of idiots ==> who the hell asks for a link to back up something that is pretty common knowledge (soccer being the most popular sport in the world)

Got a way to prove that only 1 out of every 10,000 people in the U/S have an issue with soccer?

it's 1 out of every 10,000 in the world dude.

only a dumb*** like you would think googles influence is limited to just the borders of the US.

You're very well aware that my post relates to a domestic company celebrating a foreign event that is on the brink of war. Don't play stupid. Either give me a link to back yourself up or drop it.

They aren't on the brink of war you nincompoop.

(06-13-2014 01:08 PM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  ignoring people is for chumps imo

Ehh... I don't like doing it, but I did it out of respect for GTS. I get the feeling that there are a number of people that are getting close to the chopping block anyway. They've changed the entire tone here and not in a positive way. No more intelligent conversation points...

(06-13-2014 01:08 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:07 PM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:05 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  yet he doesn't really ignore me because he still brings me up.

b/c everyone luvs u

yeah that must be it

Try to stay on topic.

Thank you.

(06-13-2014 01:12 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:00 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:55 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:40 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:36 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  Speaking of idiots, do you have a link to back your opinion up as fact? Lol

speaking of idiots ==> who the hell asks for a link to back up something that is pretty common knowledge (soccer being the most popular sport in the world)

Got a way to prove that only 1 out of every 10,000 people in the U/S have an issue with soccer?

it's 1 out of every 10,000 in the world dude.

only a dumb*** like you would think googles influence is limited to just the borders of the US.

You're very well aware that my post relates to a domestic company celebrating a foreign event that is on the brink of war. Don't play stupid. Either give me a link to back yourself up or drop it.

are you stupid??????

googles success is due to their ability to reach wold markets. you are saying they shouldn't do that.

hopefully you never have a say in the decision making process of any company.

(06-13-2014 01:02 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:47 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:34 PM)GoApps70 Wrote:  The whole game of soccer needs to be changed to make it more
entertaining. Drying paint could compete most of the time.
Why watch a game when you can see what happened in 5 to 10
seconds on sports center.

It's like baseball, it takes knowledge of the "game within the game" to truly enjoy.

I want to say baseball is boring, but I just don't know enough about the intricacies to enjoy it, so I won't resort to intellectual laziness to just say "boring". I'm pretty sure it's the same for you and soccer, even if you don't want to admit it.

Admittedly, it took me a long time to get into it. I got my first FIFA in 06 and it took picking a club, struggling to find a match on TV, not understanding it, not enjoying it, not watching it for a few years, reading the rules, watching old matches, watching highlights, and consistently finding matches about 6 years later to actually call myself a fan.

The whole world loves soccer because it's kicking a ball. Many countries can afford a soccer ball. I just don't want to spend years learning the intricacies and then feeling like I need to watch it.

Well isn't that why we like the sports we currently do? The reason basketball and football are popular are because they are cheap sports to start. It's also the reason baseball beat out cricket so long ago.

And not wanting to enjoy it is your prerogative and an understandable one at that. I'm not a soccer snob who thinks everyone must enjoy the sport. I just ask that you not just relegate it to "boring" because you may not understand all of it.

(06-13-2014 01:13 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:07 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:04 PM)mlb Wrote:  

Quote:The contents of this message are hidden because oklalittledixie is on your ignore list.

Just an FYI - pretty sure dixie was responding to me earlier. I followed the request of GTS and ignored him.

whats funny is that I have been requested by a high ranking mod to put him on ignore as well

Because you're constantly having a meltdown when you're in a conversation.

no it was actually because of dixies meltdown over the history thing......

(06-13-2014 01:12 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:43 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:15 PM)UM2001GRAD Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:09 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 09:52 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  Yesterday and today have been Google doodles celebrating the World Cup. Have they not been watching the news? It's a war zone over there right now, hardly worth celebrating.

Over there? The World Cup is in Brazil.

Lots of protests and police responses going on in Brazil right now. It still doesn't change the fact that the World Cup is the most popular sports event on the planet.

You have GOT to be shitting me... Of all the people in this thread (that have been full of insults), UM2001GRAD was the last person I expected to come in here and have sense about this.

You said over there...which sounds like Iraq. So I thought you were talking about the civil unrest in Iraq...which has jack squat to do with the google and the world cup.

You should have said down there if you didn't want any confusion.

Sorry.

I figured everyone understood the violence in Brazil because of the World Cup and the government sticking it to the citizens down there... It's all good man.

(06-13-2014 01:15 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:08 PM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  ignoring people is for chumps imo

Ehh... I don't like doing it, but I did it out of respect for GTS. I get the feeling that there are a number of people that are getting close to the chopping block anyway. They've changed the entire tone here and not in a positive way. No more intelligent conversation points...

Interesting how you can't see you are part of the problem.

Those people you are referring to aren't the ones creating the problem. Your issue is that you cannot stand opinions that differ from your own. I was also told to ignore you and have done so, but now, yet again you can't help yourself and have made it a problem..

(06-13-2014 01:18 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:15 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:08 PM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  ignoring people is for chumps imo

Ehh... I don't like doing it, but I did it out of respect for GTS. I get the feeling that there are a number of people that are getting close to the chopping block anyway. They've changed the entire tone here and not in a positive way. No more intelligent conversation points...

Interesting how you can't see you are part of the problem.

Those people you are referring to aren't the ones creating the problem. Your issue is that you cannot stand opinions that differ from your own. I was also told to ignore you and have done so, but now, yet again you can't help yourself and have made it a problem..

(06-13-2014 01:13 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:10 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  As far as soccer in the modern US is concerned, it's not going to beat the top sports, but that doesn't mean that it can't become widely played amongst the people that the country needs to play it in order to truly be competitive. You don't have to try to take away from prospective baseball/football players either.

Throw a futsal center in inner-city America and you'll start to develop your talent. Ask Brazil--it's how they've produced some of their best talent.

The ratings for weekend soccer are better than most baseball games. That means someone is watching and watching loyally.

Only way to instantly make American soccer more competitive is to pay the same amount to professional soccer players as football/basketball/baseball players get paid. Doing that will persuade some of our best athletes to stick with the sport instead of switching over to other sports to get paid.

We shouldn't be trying to keep kids from going to other sports in order to keep the "best athletes". The players who end up going to the NBA or NFL would NOT be good soccer players IMO. We'd have a bunch of tall Yaya Sanogos, good at headers but "bambi on ice" when they get the ball at their feet.

As far as pay is concerned, I see where you're coming from. We just can't afford it.

(06-13-2014 01:22 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:13 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:10 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  As far as soccer in the modern US is concerned, it's not going to beat the top sports, but that doesn't mean that it can't become widely played amongst the people that the country needs to play it in order to truly be competitive. You don't have to try to take away from prospective baseball/football players either.

Throw a futsal center in inner-city America and you'll start to develop your talent. Ask Brazil--it's how they've produced some of their best talent.

The ratings for weekend soccer are better than most baseball games. That means someone is watching and watching loyally.

Only way to instantly make American soccer more competitive is to pay the same amount to professional soccer players as football/basketball/baseball players get paid. Doing that will persuade some of our best athletes to stick with the sport instead of switching over to other sports to get paid.

We shouldn't be trying to keep kids from going to other sports in order to keep the "best athletes". The players who end up going to the NBA or NFL would NOT be good soccer players IMO. We'd have a bunch of tall Yaya Sanogos, good at headers but "bambi on ice" when they get the ball at their feet.

As far as pay is concerned, I see where you're coming from. We just can't afford it.

Need to get those would be point guards, scat-backs, DBs, and slot receivers....imo, Eric Bledsoe would be the perfect soccer player.

(06-13-2014 01:24 PM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:22 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:13 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:10 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  As far as soccer in the modern US is concerned, it's not going to beat the top sports, but that doesn't mean that it can't become widely played amongst the people that the country needs to play it in order to truly be competitive. You don't have to try to take away from prospective baseball/football players either.

Throw a futsal center in inner-city America and you'll start to develop your talent. Ask Brazil--it's how they've produced some of their best talent.

The ratings for weekend soccer are better than most baseball games. That means someone is watching and watching loyally.

Only way to instantly make American soccer more competitive is to pay the same amount to professional soccer players as football/basketball/baseball players get paid. Doing that will persuade some of our best athletes to stick with the sport instead of switching over to other sports to get paid.

We shouldn't be trying to keep kids from going to other sports in order to keep the "best athletes". The players who end up going to the NBA or NFL would NOT be good soccer players IMO. We'd have a bunch of tall Yaya Sanogos, good at headers but "bambi on ice" when they get the ball at their feet.

As far as pay is concerned, I see where you're coming from. We just can't afford it.

Need to get those would be point guards, scat-backs, DBs, and slot receivers....imo, Eric Bledsoe would be the perfect soccer player.

Think Kobe Bryant.

(06-13-2014 01:17 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:12 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:43 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:15 PM)UM2001GRAD Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 12:09 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Over there? The World Cup is in Brazil.

Lots of protests and police responses going on in Brazil right now. It still doesn't change the fact that the World Cup is the most popular sports event on the planet.

You have GOT to be shitting me... Of all the people in this thread (that have been full of insults), UM2001GRAD was the last person I expected to come in here and have sense about this.

You said over there...which sounds like Iraq. So I thought you were talking about the civil unrest in Iraq...which has jack squat to do with the google and the world cup.

You should have said down there if you didn't want any confusion.

Sorry.

I figured everyone understood the violence in Brazil because of the World Cup and the government sticking it to the citizens down there... It's all good man.

It's not just the government kicking citizens down the road, it's the big construction companies also. In Brazil you have these HUGE, old construction companies which sort of act like our defense contractors. A few companies get the bulk of contracts, funny things happen with accounting, and they have free range to do shady things. Instead of f'ing with other countries like our contractors do, they do it to their own people. All in the name of money.

(06-13-2014 01:24 PM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:22 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:13 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:10 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  As far as soccer in the modern US is concerned, it's not going to beat the top sports, but that doesn't mean that it can't become widely played amongst the people that the country needs to play it in order to truly be competitive. You don't have to try to take away from prospective baseball/football players either.

Throw a futsal center in inner-city America and you'll start to develop your talent. Ask Brazil--it's how they've produced some of their best talent.

The ratings for weekend soccer are better than most baseball games. That means someone is watching and watching loyally.

Only way to instantly make American soccer more competitive is to pay the same amount to professional soccer players as football/basketball/baseball players get paid. Doing that will persuade some of our best athletes to stick with the sport instead of switching over to other sports to get paid.

We shouldn't be trying to keep kids from going to other sports in order to keep the "best athletes". The players who end up going to the NBA or NFL would NOT be good soccer players IMO. We'd have a bunch of tall Yaya Sanogos, good at headers but "bambi on ice" when they get the ball at their feet.

As far as pay is concerned, I see where you're coming from. We just can't afford it.

Need to get those would be point guards, scat-backs, DBs, and slot receivers....imo, Eric Bledsoe would be the perfect soccer player.

Alright, say we keep those players. How they learn the game is also important. I think that soccer in America today is built by suburban moms. Too much organization. You don't build talent or a grassroots love for the game that way.

Futsal is the way to go. It's almost like street ball, where most of out best athletes cut their teeth.

(06-13-2014 01:26 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:24 PM)Doctor Krieger Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:22 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:13 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:10 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  As far as soccer in the modern US is concerned, it's not going to beat the top sports, but that doesn't mean that it can't become widely played amongst the people that the country needs to play it in order to truly be competitive. You don't have to try to take away from prospective baseball/football players either.

Throw a futsal center in inner-city America and you'll start to develop your talent. Ask Brazil--it's how they've produced some of their best talent.

The ratings for weekend soccer are better than most baseball games. That means someone is watching and watching loyally.

Only way to instantly make American soccer more competitive is to pay the same amount to professional soccer players as football/basketball/baseball players get paid. Doing that will persuade some of our best athletes to stick with the sport instead of switching over to other sports to get paid.

We shouldn't be trying to keep kids from going to other sports in order to keep the "best athletes". The players who end up going to the NBA or NFL would NOT be good soccer players IMO. We'd have a bunch of tall Yaya Sanogos, good at headers but "bambi on ice" when they get the ball at their feet.

As far as pay is concerned, I see where you're coming from. We just can't afford it.

Need to get those would be point guards, scat-backs, DBs, and slot receivers....imo, Eric Bledsoe would be the perfect soccer player.

Think Kobe Bryant.

yeah I suppose, I forget that forwards can be a bit bigger....Kobe would own any jump balls. I remember in the old FIFA games England had this big 6'9" striker that would be unstoppable on corner kicks.

It will only become mainstream when Hispanics become the majority.

(06-13-2014 01:33 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  It will only become mainstream when Hispanics become the majority.

translation: "screw the facts"

soccer is most popular in suburban areas ==> according to the very espn link that you posted.

(06-13-2014 01:35 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:33 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  It will only become mainstream when Hispanics become the majority.

translation: "screw the facts"

soccer is most popular in suburban areas ==> according to the very espn link that you posted.

LOL whatever that means.

(06-13-2014 01:36 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:35 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(06-13-2014 01:33 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  It will only become mainstream when Hispanics become the majority.

translation: "screw the facts"

soccer is most popular in suburban areas ==> according to the very espn link that you posted.

LOL whatever that means.

it means that the bulk of soccers popularity comes from areas whose demographics are mostly caucasian.

(06-13-2014 01:33 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  It will only become mainstream when Hispanics become the majority.

Even then it won't be what you consider mainstream. A good of Latin American countries like basketball, baseball, and American football better than soccer. Hell, the guy who we use to clean units (from Mexico) has been a Steelers fan since he was a little kid; he just moved here 4 or 5 years ago.

But soccer will continue to be watched more and more every year. Now Americans can see all EPL matches on any given weekend on FOX (the owner of Fox news is big on soccer BTW), MLS just got a big contract with ESPN, Mexican League also has its games on every weekend.