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[Marty Ward]

We'll text you the keys to appreciating the beautiful game

Another good reason to not have one of those demon devices.  O0

It won't be a long text. They play 90 minutes, nobody scores. They play an extra 45 minutes, nobody scores. They take penalty shots until the champ is crowned. They could save everyone 2 hours and 15 minutes of boredom by just having the 5 minute penalty shot round right from the start, where somebody actually scores!

[JasonPratt]

^^ Also true for hockey, but with more pummeling each other with sticks.

[Marty Ward]

^^ Also true for hockey, but with more pummeling each other with sticks.

They don't decide Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals with a shoot out, or any game in the Stanley Cup for that matter. You play the game until it is over.

The way the World Cup does it would be like deciding the Super Bowl with a field goal kicking contest after a single OT period.

[bayonetbrant]

The way the World Cup does it would be like deciding the Super Bowl with a field goal kicking contest after a single OT period.

Sure, but let's also do this then - let's make those football players run, without substitutions, clock stoppages, or timeouts for 120 minutes (regulation plus overtime) and then see how muhc longer they want to keep running until overtime ends.  And until 2 years ago, most of those overtime football games were decided by a field goal kicker, anyway.

Hockey guys?  No 45-second shifts.  You get to play the entire time, with no subs, commercials, or timeouts, straight thru, and then see what condition you're in for a shootout.
And besides, wasn't one of the most dramatic hockey games of the past 15-20 years or so the US-Russia game at the Olympics this year?  Whoops - that one sucked, because it ended in a shootout.  Never mind.

You're talking about guys routinely covering 5-7 miles of running during a game (and center mids will cover more than that) with no breaks and you want them to keep going?  There's plenty of drama in shootouts, and while it's not ideal, at some point the bodies just don't hold up anymore to keep playing.

You want some drama?  Go check out the MLS Cup that KC won in a shootout that went about 4 rounds into sudden death.  Again, not ideal, but a part of the game and better than any of the alternatives people have suggested.

Look, you don't have to like soccer, and no one is trying to force you.  Feel free to ignore our little running World Cup thread here :)

But to say that soccer sucks because it doesn't play the way football or hockey does is like saying the grass sucks because it's not blue like the sky.  They're just different.  Sometimes a 0-0 game is a snoozer (Iran-Nigeria) and sometimes it's an edge-of-your-seat thrill-fest (Mexico-Brazil).  There are high-scoring, exciting NFL games (this past year's Super Bowl) and there are high scoring bore-fests (Ravens-Giants in '01, Niners-Broncos in '90).  There are low-scoring, great defensive showdowns in football, and there are low-scoring how-did-these-guys-tie-their-shoes-they're-so-incompetent football games.

They're just different.

[TheCommandTent]

The way the World Cup does it would be like deciding the Super Bowl with a field goal kicking contest after a single OT period.

Sure, but let's also do this then - let's make those football players run, without substitutions, clock stoppages, or timeouts for 120 minutes (regulation plus overtime) and then see how muhc longer they want to keep running until overtime ends.  And until 2 years ago, most of those overtime football games were decided by a field goal kicker, anyway.

Hockey guys?  No 45-second shifts.  You get to play the entire time, with no subs, commercials, or timeouts, straight thru, and then see what condition you're in for a shootout.
And besides, wasn't one of the most dramatic hockey games of the past 15-20 years or so the US-Russia game at the Olympics this year?  Whoops - that one sucked, because it ended in a shootout.  Never mind.

You're talking about guys routinely covering 5-7 miles of running during a game (and center mids will cover more than that) with no breaks and you want them to keep going?  There's plenty of drama in shootouts, and while it's not ideal, at some point the bodies just don't hold up anymore to keep playing.

You want some drama?  Go check out the MLS Cup that KC won in a shootout that went about 4 rounds into sudden death.  Again, not ideal, but a part of the game and better than any of the alternatives people have suggested.

Look, you don't have to like soccer, and no one is trying to force you.  Feel free to ignore our little running World Cup thread here :)

But to say that soccer sucks because it doesn't play the way football or hockey does is like saying the grass sucks because it's not blue like the sky.  They're just different.  Sometimes a 0-0 game is a snoozer (Iran-Nigeria) and sometimes it's an edge-of-your-seat thrill-fest (Mexico-Brazil).  There are high-scoring, exciting NFL games (this past year's Super Bowl) and there are high scoring bore-fests (Ravens-Giants in '01, Niners-Broncos in '90).  There are low-scoring, great defensive showdowns in football, and there are low-scoring how-did-these-guys-tie-their-shoes-they're-so-incompetent football games.

They're just different.

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[Barthheart]

Not a sport.....      ;D

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

The way the World Cup does it would be like deciding the Super Bowl with a field goal kicking contest after a single OT period.

Sure, but let's also do this then - let's make those football players run, without substitutions, clock stoppages, or timeouts for 120 minutes (regulation plus overtime) and then see how muhc longer they want to keep running until overtime ends. 

That's called rugby.  I'll let you get back to your show about hair models falling down and crying.

[Marty Ward]

The way the World Cup does it would be like deciding the Super Bowl with a field goal kicking contest after a single OT period.

Sure, but let's also do this then - let's make those football players run, without substitutions, clock stoppages, or timeouts for 120 minutes (regulation plus overtime) and then see how muhc longer they want to keep running until overtime ends. 

When you are deciding the best team in the world and have 4 years to prepare, at least play the game. Or if whoever kicks penalty kicks best is the best in the world, just do that from the start and leave more beach drinking time.

The Caps and Islanders played a number of triple OT games in the Stanley Cup in the same series. That's two full games. They played the game.

[Marty Ward]

Sure, but let's also do this then - let's make those football players run, without substitutions, clock stoppages, or timeouts for 120 minutes (regulation plus overtime) and then see how muhc longer they want to keep running until overtime ends.  And until 2 years ago, most of those overtime football games were decided by a field goal kicker, anyway.

Yeah that goalies runs all over the place. I'm surprised he has time to make 1 save a game! :)

[bayonetbrant]

That's called rugby.  I'll let you get back to your show about hair models falling down and crying.

You did see Clint Dempsey play over an hour with a broken nose, right?  Can't breathe in the heavy humidity and got blood running down his throat the whole time...

[Marty Ward]

That's called rugby.  I'll let you get back to your show about hair models falling down and crying.

You did see Clint Dempsey play over an hour with a broken nose, right?  Can't breathe in the heavy humidity and got blood running down his throat the whole time...

I'm not saying the players aren't tough or that the game does not require a lot of energy but if you are determining who the best TEAM in the world is, play the game until someone wins. Don't shoot penalty shots to determine who wins.

If you want tough how about  playing an NHL game with a ruptured spleen. Both Avery and Forsburg did.


"05:58 AM ET 05.01 | Sean Avery is done for whatever remains of the season with a lacerated spleen he sustained during the first period of Tuesday's Game 3, 5-3 defeat, possibly as early as 3:30 into the match when he bounced off Brooks Orpik while attempting to ride the big defenseman into the rear wall. Yet, even though injured, Avery did not miss a shift all night."

"Forsberg, who leads the Avalanche in scoring, had surgery at 3 a.m. Thursday, hours after Colorado defeated the Los Angeles Kings 5-1 Wednesday to advance to the Western Conference finals.

Team doctor David Mellman said he expects Forsberg to make a full recovery and that he could be ready to play next season.

"You can function perfectly without a spleen. I don't think there should be any restrictions," Mellman said.

He said Forsberg's spleen was ruptured sometime during Wednesday night's game but he did not know when. He said Forsberg showed no symptoms before the game."

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[undercovergeek]

That's called rugby.  I'll let you get back to your show about hair models falling down and crying.

You did see Clint Dempsey play over an hour with a broken nose, right?  Can't breathe in the heavy humidity and got blood running down his throat the whole time...

I'm not saying the players aren't tough or that the game does not require a lot of energy but if you are determining who the best TEAM in the world is, play the game until someone wins. Don't shoot penalty shots to determine who wins.

that is the game!! 90 minutes of football and then 30 mins (ill overlook your error about 45) (oh and the rugby one about 90 mins) of extra time and then penalties - whats hard to get?