The rest of the world can't be wrong, surely?

Post #40,407 by pwhysall 5/29/02 7:10:57 PM Reply	The rest of the world can't be wrong, surely? Football is by far the most played sport on the planet. The appeal is, I think, in its simplicity. You don't need a lot of kit to play it - just a patch of ground, something to serve as goalposts, and a ball. The rules are simple. Even the offside rule is simple. Gross generalisation follows. It seems to me that the American public doesn't like sports that (a) don't have double-figure scores, (b) weren't invented there (golf and tennis are notable exceptions) and (c) don't break into quarters. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #40,409 by bluke 5/29/02 7:24:25 PM Reply	Why not? The fact that the game is so simple and requires no equipment except a ball, certainly helps it out in poor parts of the world. As for your comments about the US a) is clearly wrong as baseball is the American pasttime (and the scores are almost always in single figures) c) is also not true again from baseball, (innings), college basketball (2 halves) and also from hockey where you have 3 periods.
Post #40,504 by boxley 5/30/02 9:23:00 AM Reply	perhaps its where it started reverse snobbism from when we weaned ourselves from the mothership? Also note that cricket is revered in many commonwealth nations but unheard of here. thanx, bill TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS
Post #41,169 by SpiceWare 6/4/02 5:17:48 PM Reply	Sure they can just look at Microsoft's ruling of the desktop. No better proof that "everybody else does" is not a valid argument. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore

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