The USA had a decent chance to go all the way to the final that year. Had the refs correctly called a handball by Germany, the USA might have advanced to face a very beatable South Korea in the semifinals. Sure, nobody would top Brazil, but it would have been the USA's deepest ever run.
My niece's husband is from Scotland. We watched Cricket matches, and he explained the intricacies of the game. Really is a fascinating sport. Can't imagine catching a ball that hard.
It don’t generate interest with Cowboys fans. Name another GM that’s recruiting the World Cup?
Depends on the format of cricket. There are three formats, one is called test cricket with unlimited overs and can last up to 5 days. The second format is called a one day series which has 50 overs per team and can last 6 to 8 hours. The third format is called a T20 with 20 overs and lasts your typical 3 hours. All three have their own charm for cricket lovers. Rules of any games that you dont understand can be considered weird or funky especially if you are used to a similar game in your own backyard (baseball). For example rugby players would consider American football weird. The second biggest league in terms of media rights in the world right after the NFL is IPL (Indian Premier League). Since it is not a main stream sport here in the US, many dont even know that US has an official cricket team. They just played Nepal the other day. However they still dont have the talent level to compete with the Giants of cricket, England, India, Australia, etc.
Not only that, we have people defending the GM that hasn’t been to the NCFCG in 26 years.
Y’all win, the World Cup is more popular. What sport is more popular on the Cowboys Zone message board?
Yup, and if you follow all three sports, you would never have an off season.
Cricket has come a long way. Your statement might have been true in the 80s and 90s. However a lot more countries play cricket now. Also it generates more money then even the soccer premier leagues. If you rate the leagues by the amount of money and media rights that are sold for, the number 1 league in the world is NFL with 18 million a game, closely followed by IPL (Indian Premier League for cricket) with 13 million a game.
I played cricket for my school and also had a league in SEC and played for University of Alabama. It is easier for me to catch the ball with my bare hands than having a glove on. I tried catching a baseball with the glove and did much better without one than with one on. I guess it is whatever you are used to.
Yup, and if you follow all three sports, you would never have an off season.
Cricket has come a long way. Your statement might have been true in the 80s and 90s. However a lot more countries play cricket now. Also it generates more money then even the soccer premier leagues. If you rate the leagues by the amount of money and media rights that are sold for, the number 1 league in the world is NFL with 18 million a game, closely followed by IPL (Indian Premier League for cricket) with 13 million a game.
I agree with you about this but if it came down to winning a SB or winning the WC than it is a no brained for me, imo. WC happens every 4 years and it’s represent the entire country. SB only represents the team of the city that wins it and it is every year. But you are right about winning a SB and hosting a WC game that is entirely different. I can see Jerry as a businessman as hosting WC is very lucrative especially since you might able to host for a very long time afterwards.
