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re: Frank Deford: Americans Don't Care About Major League Soccer
Posted on 4/10/15 at 1:11 am to Masterag
Posted on 4/10/15 at 1:11 am to Masterag
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It's much more user friendly than football.
true and a point often cited in favor of its play in third world countries... I've yet to hear an explanation from the soccer elitists as to why they don't promote tag for populations that can't afford round objects
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getting your head bashed it
soccer actually has a pretty fair number of concussions and subconcussion impacts (mostly because heading is a part of the game and this results in head to head impacts between players)
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no coaches trying to get an advantage by crying about player safety
you're going to have to explain that one. it seems like a misunderstanding of safety rules in hockey or football. certainly the hysterics from the coaches in soccer don't approach the hysterics from players in soccer so I guess there's that...
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the rules never change
this seems like an misunderstanding of soccer. FIFA certainly changes their rules when they feel it is warranted. any living sport does this from time to time.
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 1:30 am
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Posted on 4/10/15 at 2:05 am to molsusports
1. Tag football really isn't that fun past 5 years old.
2. Head to head impacts happen MAYBE once a weekend throughout the entire EPL schedule. They happen every play in football. Heading is a part of the game, but I've yet to hear of any old soccer players being bothered by it as they advance in years.
3. Saban and Bert talking about slowing down the game for subs in between plays. If you can't play 90 min in soccer you don't play at all. Depending on the country he players will dive, etc. The Spanish and Latin Americans tend to have a flair for the dramatic. You rarely see it in England, Germany and france.
4. He fundamental rules do not change. And any small changes they may make, i. e. goal line tech, etc. have absolutely no effect on the way the game is played whatsoever. I Can name you three rules changes in football in the past year, I can't name three in soccer since I began playing as a kid. And again, certainly none of them have affected the way the game is played.
2. Head to head impacts happen MAYBE once a weekend throughout the entire EPL schedule. They happen every play in football. Heading is a part of the game, but I've yet to hear of any old soccer players being bothered by it as they advance in years.
3. Saban and Bert talking about slowing down the game for subs in between plays. If you can't play 90 min in soccer you don't play at all. Depending on the country he players will dive, etc. The Spanish and Latin Americans tend to have a flair for the dramatic. You rarely see it in England, Germany and france.
4. He fundamental rules do not change. And any small changes they may make, i. e. goal line tech, etc. have absolutely no effect on the way the game is played whatsoever. I Can name you three rules changes in football in the past year, I can't name three in soccer since I began playing as a kid. And again, certainly none of them have affected the way the game is played.
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