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Old 06-01-2002, 04:02 AM   #31
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Originally posted by caleb:
Imagine if your rugby teams players were all 300 pounds of muscle before you say that
umm they are
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Old 06-01-2002, 04:04 AM   #32
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Nah their more like 200 pounds of muscle and then some fat and bone [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Old 06-01-2002, 04:12 AM   #33
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Try taking a tackle with out pads from this man mountain

http://www.sherdog.com/cgi-bin/pictu...de20_02_11.jpg

Former NFL player Bob Sapp. 6'4 and rumored to be around 370 pounds.
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Old 06-01-2002, 04:17 AM   #34
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pfft... looks to big and slow, pitch an american footy team vs our lads and we'll run circles 'round them
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Old 06-01-2002, 04:39 AM   #35
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The USA isn't that bad at football (soccer). Their FIFA rank is 13. We'll just have to see just how good the USA is by watching the world cup .

BTW..Cameroon drew with Ireland 1-1
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Old 06-01-2002, 04:42 AM   #36
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OMG what an idiot
This is suppost to be a professional Newsmaker?
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Old 06-01-2002, 05:30 AM   #37
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What a moronic statement, whoever made it (although I think he was being deliberately provocative).

I think Donut hit the nail on the head - I would suspect that the reason that he (not Americans in general) don't care about the World Cup is because the US is not a world power in soccer, the way they are in basketball, hockey, American football (seeing as Americans are really the only one that play this) and baseball (ditto).

I'm surprised he was allowed to say this in public - ESPN are supposed to be an international network, and they have devoted a lot of time and space to the World Cup on espn.com. This shows an appalling lack of consideration for international viewers - as Saz says it's the stereotypical "self-centred American" that many Americans are unfairly portrayed as overseas by a moronic minority such as that moron.

I would have said whoever said that was on drugs, except that I don't think he was. Two reasons:

ONE - he doesn't need drugs to be this stupid; and

TWO - he must be so moronic that he wouldn't be able to open the package and get them out.
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Old 06-01-2002, 05:35 AM   #38
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Just a question, but why do americans wear helmets and armour when they play american football...is it because they cannot handle being tackled?? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Well, I've played both American football and rugby, and I've picked up more injuries playing gridiron than rugby, even though in rugby you can only wear soft-shell pads. Reasons:

1. In American football you can get hit from anywhere, when you least expect it, and there are no restrictions on types of tackles. You can get hit even when you don't have the ball, when blockers hit you. If you don't have time to brace for the impact of a tackle because it's coming from out of nowhere, I guarantee that your propensity to get injured will be FAR higher than if you ended up on the bottom of a ruck in rugby and get treated as part of the ground by the opposing team.

2. The helmets, pads, etc which protect players from serious injury sustained in reason 1 above can actually CONTRIBUTE to serious injuries in themselves. Imagine making a break down the sideline and getting tackled full tilt around the thighs by someone wearing a helmet which smashes into your patella (kneecap). It ain't pleasant.
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Old 06-01-2002, 07:24 AM   #39
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Trivia factoid of the day:

There are more soccer fans and players in the US than in Britain.
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Old 06-01-2002, 07:48 AM   #40
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Trivia factoid of the day:

There are more soccer fans and players in the US than in Britain.
Just curious: Does players include all little league, highschool teams?

Probly has to do with population? *shrugs*

And DeSoya: [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] Of course I've noticed it...though Arizona whipped em last year. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] BUt let's not turn this into a baseball thread. [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img] : D
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