Growing popularity of soccer a sign of moral decay

[mackerel]

or so says Ann Coulter.

http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2014/06/26/ann-coulter-growing-popularity-of-soccer-sign-of-the-nations-moral-decay/


I wonder if she has some sort of anti-social disorder?

[seabeyond]

1. she is weird, isnt she. nt

[BlancheSplanchnik]

2. at first glance, I missed the last part of the sentence

So I was expecting the object to be globalization,
and in a positive way.

I mean, to me, the happier consequences of globalization (global, instant communications too) are the ones like this--sharing and appreciating international cultures. Together. I like it.

[Ron Obvious]

3. She'll say anything to get attention

It's best to deny people like that the oxygen of publicity.

As someone who's lived in the US for nearly 35 years now, I've seen almost a complete turnaround in attitudes towards the sport. Coulter's opinions (if that's what they are, and the not the performance art I suspect it is) used to be absolutely mainstream.. Now (nearly) everybody is talking about the World Cup and many are genuinely excited by it. That's only going to grow even more in the future.

I'm really not exaggerating when I say that saying you liked "soccer" was almost on par with saying you were a communist and a homosexual 35 years ago.

[shenmue]

4. She is a robot

That's why she has no feelings and no ideas.

[T_i_B]

6. Americans 'must be kept away from football'

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/americans-must-be-kept-away-from-football-2014070288187

THE international community is working to stop America getting into football and beating everyone. After the World Cup caused stirrings of enthusiasm for ‘soccer’, FIFA officials told the US that football hates God and that all the players have gay sex with each other.

A FIFA spokesman said: “America is a huge, rich and ethnically diverse county. If they decide to get serious about football the rest of us are fucked.

“So if an American asks you to explain the rules, say that the winning team gets to sodomise the losers and then burn their flag.

“Then add that most of the money made in soccer goes towards anti-gun campaigns and that David Beckham rides a push-bike.”

[VWolf]

7. "David Beckham rides a push-bike"

[BeyondGeography]

8. It's obviously not working for LePen either

[ornotna]

9. It's true

We're letting this sport go to our heads.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2673323/Tim-Howard-makes-great-shave-San-Antonio-barber-offering-World-Cup-themed-haircuts-football-fans.html

Ann, nutty as ever.

[SunSeeker]

10. Awesome! nt

[SunSeeker]

11. If anything is a sign of moral decay, it is that people keep giving this horrible person a mic. nt

[awoke_in_2003]

12. I used to be a soccer hater...

until I started watching this world cup. A lot of notions, like 90 minutes is too long (I am used to American football- 90 minutes of that would last 5 hours). I still don't like the fact that the players will flop like they were just punched by Mike Tyson, but I have been entertained. I just finished up the Netherlands/Costa Rica match and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was pulling for the Dutch, as I used to work for a Dutch company. I will watch their next match, too. I must be morally decaying.

[VWolf]

13. I, for one, welcome your moral decay!

For me, nothing beats playing the game, but as I'm pushing 50, my options are becoming more limited. So, I try to get out to watch the New York Red Bulls at their stadium whenever I can. The talent level of MLS doesn't quite match that of the European powerhouse leagues, but the overall experience makes it worth it.

As for watching it on TV, the beauty of the game is that you watch for 45 minutes, go to the bathroom, watch another 45, and you're done. This leaves ample time on weekends for yardwork ... unless another game is on.

I also agree with you that something needs to be done about all the diving and injury simulation.

[awoke_in_2003]

14. Basketball has the problem, too. nt

[Eleanors38]

15. She just huffing her own flatulence. Closed loop.

[T_i_B]

16. Football confirmed as a team sport

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/football-confirmed-as-a-team-sport-2014071488537

WINNING at football requires eleven good players, experts have confirmed. After Germany lifted the World Cup by having a team’s-worth of people behaving as a collective, coaches have been asked to focus on more than one person at a time.

Footballologist Wayne Hayes said: “Received wisdom suggested that Argentina would win ‘because Messi’, but he didn’t have the ball for 98 per cent of the time so that didn’t really work. Predictions that he would play keepy-up for ten minutes before hitting a 40-yard thunderbolt into the top corner of the net using his penis now seem a little unrealistic.”

Suspicions that football victory requires more than just one player were raised when Brazil lost 7-1 by repeatedly passing the ball to Neymar despite him not being on the pitch.

Earlier in the tournament England showed the shortcomings of the individual-based strategy when the one player you’re relying on is awful.