ESPN: Tony Romo playing soccer isn't a big deal

[RCowboyFan]

Bad assumption.

Ok, whatever....

 

[gimmesix]

In fact, one year he played with former kicker Nick Folk and current teammate Bobby Carpenter. Romo also plays in a YMCA basketball league. Almost every year.

So that's what was wrong with Bobby. I'm glad he kicked the habit.

 

[TRUTH87]

I think romo should retire and play for Real Madrid.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

Tony is just working on his superb foot (or feet) work. But as somebody put it, soccer is in Romo's genes. He can't help it.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I played soccer as a kid, but when I went out for tryouts in high school...oh man, I'm a good long-distance runner, but I hate running, and that's all they did, and then a scrimmage. Ouch.

 

[SDCowboy]

Tony is just working on his superb foot (or feet) work. But as somebody put it, soccer is in Romo's genes. He can't help it.

If we can't find a FG kicker we may need his kicking skills.

 

[bbgun]

Back to realty:

Soccer is the most-watched and participated-in sport in the world.

Thanks to decades of ruthless colonization by the British Empire.

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

If we can't find a FG kicker we may need his
kicking skills.

True.
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[Hostile]

Ok, whatever....

Outside of trivia you are free to ask me anything about the game to gauge my knowledge of it. I understand the game. I have played. I was even an all star as a kid though I consider that to be a heinous award and one of the reasons why I hate the game. To assume I know nothing about it is patently false. I just don't care for it at all and I really have little tolerance for its most rabid fans who want to force the game on me and tell me if I just knew it better.

 

[TRUTH87]

Outside of trivia you are free to ask me anything about the game to gauge my knowledge of it. I understand the game. I have played. I was even an all star as a kid though I consider that to be a heinous award and one of the reasons why I hate the game. To assume I know nothing about it is patently false. I just don't care for it at all and I really have little tolerance for its most rabid fans who want to force the game on me and tell me if I just knew it better.

whats that distance the wall has to be on a direct free kick? :

 

[Hostile]

whats that distance the wall has to be on a direct free kick? :

It has been a long time, but I think it is 6 yards and if they move it is a yellow.

 

[TRUTH87]

It has been a long time, but I think it is 6 yards and if they move it is a yellow.

its actually 10 yards now hos. i belive tho its 6 yards for U-8.

 

[Hostile]

its actually 10 yards now hos. i belive tho its 6 yards for U-8.

As I said, it has been a long time. I did that without looking it up. Am I "clueless" about the game? Or do I simply not like the game?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Ok, Hos

What is a mid-fielder?

 

[TRUTH87]

As I said, it has been a long time. I did that without looking it up. Am I "clueless" about the game? Or do I simply not like the game?

No your not clueless you just dont care about it seems like. same happens to me with hockey.

 

[TRUTH87]

Ok, Hos

What is a mid-fielder?

:laugh2:

 

[Hostile]

Ok, Hos

What is a mid-fielder?

Someone who plays between the forwards and the defenders. This one I am fairly sure of.

 

[Hostile]

Seriously dude, unless you played soccer extensively you are clueless about soccer. but Soccer is not conducive to spectator sports. I play indoor
soccer now and man its a tough aerobics workout, far tougher than outdoor. I understand why Romo is doing it for conditioning.

Now having said that, I hate Baseball with same passion that you seem to do on Soccer.

I just want to come back to this comment for one minute. This is exactly why one of the reasons why I hate soccer has to do with its fans.

I love baseball. I know a lot of people who do. None of them are as obnoxious as soccer fans when you don't like their sport. I have never heard a baseball fan call someone who doesn't like the game clueless. They probably have, but soccer fans do this every single time. They assure you if you only knew the game....

In other words, soccer fans are very snobbish and they simply put me off because I do not like the game.

I love baseball, but I'm not going to defend the game to you and waste your time and mine. I'm not going to call you clueless about it because you don't love it like I do. Therein lies the huge difference I see in passion about any sport, the attitude people have for it.

I know plenty of people who don't like NASCAR and who mock it. But I don't see my NASCAR friends calling them clueless or defending their sport. They just allow the person to feel the way they do and they go on enjoying their sport.

Soccer fans never seem to be able to do that. They always want to tell you what sport they hate too, or defend their sport and call you clueless.

Well, I'm not clueless. I couldn't tell you the name of one soccer team and what league they play in. I don't care. I can't name any record holders in soccer. I'd probably answer Pele to every question. I know the positions, I know the rules for the most part, and I know they are fantastic athletes. That is something else soccer fans have to tell you every time. How fit these guys are.

I don't care, it is still boring. I don't like the flopping. I don't like the fact that you basically watch jogging for hours at a time each game. I will go watch women run in the park if I want to see jogging. I just dislike the game and in truth the ardent fans of the game put me off more than anything else. They are snobs.

If anyone needs to hate me for hating soccer, please do your best possible hating. But is it too much to ask that you simply accept the fact that I just don't like the game? Is it really necessary to assume I am "clueless" because I don't?

If it is too much to ask, okay. I'll live with that stigma. I just thought I'd ask.

 

[Four]

American Football sucks.

 

[juck]

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