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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Pongo on June 09, 2004, 01:06:00 PM
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That real sports are decided by a best of 1
As hockey competes with Tennis and Arena leage football for the 8th most popular sport, ABC happily drops out of televising the sport in the US and TV ratings dropped in the US AGAIN.
Why dont they just aggree on the rules and enforce them and let the top players do thier magic without being held and hacked all the time.
Can't wait for August and the first preseason NFL games!
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NHL should be a huge sport but for some reason it just isnt making it. I dont really know why either, playoff hockey is the best.
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I don't know why it isn't huge either! It may be exposure to the game? What I mean is, almost at any time of year here in Toronto, you can drive down any street, drive past any tennis court and see guys playing ball hockey.
I also think that because many people who watch NHL hockey without having played the game don't realize how hard it is to skate full speed, make a accurate rink wide pass; or what it feels like to get hit by 16 ounces of vulcanized rubber at 100+ mph.
It's going to take a little time, but I have no doubt the excitement of this game will draw new people.
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Because soccer is ghey. Hockey is just soccer on ice. Therefore Hockey = Ghey.
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xr...remember that blue light thingy Fox put on the puck a few years back? The average (non Canadian, non hockey playing) sports fans liked/needed it to follow the puck. Canadians and hockey players HATED it and it was eventually taken off.
It is such a fast sport most people can't even see the puck, let alone follow the game.
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Originally posted by rpm371
Because soccer is ghey. Hockey is just soccer on ice. Therefore Hockey = Ghey.
Bingo. What kind of score is a 2-1 victory, anyway? I mean, for 3-plus hours of television, that scoreboard better be chinging like a pinball machine (ala NBA) or nailing scores a minimum of 3 at a time (NFL).
And no cheerleaders, either. What's up with that?
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2-1 equates to a 14-7 footbal game, but I suppose the latter is exciting while the former isn't?
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Originally posted by gofaster
I mean, for 3-plus hours of television, that scoreboard better be chinging like a pinball machine (ala NBA)....
Let's talk about the most annoying spectator sport - the final four minutes of any basketball game.
Foul - timeout - foul - foul - timeout - foul - timeout - timeout - timeout - foul. All the efforts of the previous 44 minutes are meaningless and the final 4 minutes are impossible to watch.
And calling hockey ghey? What about, "Hey, he accidently slapped the back of my hand, I deserve to get two free throws - Waaaaa."
What I don't understand is that it seems every kid, boy and girl, in the US plays soccer at least some time in their life, yet soccer as a major league sport here is a non-factor.
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Originally posted by Samiam
yet soccer as a major league sport here is a non-factor
same in Canada
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Originally posted by gofaster
Bingo. What kind of score is a 2-1 victory, anyway? I mean, for 3-plus hours of television, that scoreboard better be chinging like a pinball machine (ala NBA) or nailing scores a minimum of 3 at a time (NFL).
This is one of the things that bores me about basketball: scoring is just too easy.
And no cheerleaders, either. What's up with that?
All sports should have cheerleaders (well female ones anyway: what is up with male cheerleaders at college games?).
When I was living in the US I tried to get into hockey: it looked like a sport I would like (i.e. continuous action, skill, full contact) but for some reason it never did anything for me.
I don't really have much interest in football (soccer to yoo foreigner types) either, part from the international competitions.
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Originally posted by gofaster
And no cheerleaders, either. What's up with that?
Hmmm... This might fit the bill:
(http://www.free-computer-wallpapers.com/sport/New-York-Islanders-Ice-girls.jpg)
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or what it feels like to get hit by 16 ounces of vulcanized rubber at 100+ mph.
16 ounces of vulcanized rubber.. just what is it that you are describing?
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second one from the left :aok
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Originally posted by Steve
16 ounces of vulcanized rubber.. just what is it that you are describing?
the puck...its rock hard vulcanized rubber
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Originally posted by xrtoronto
the puck...its rock hard vulcanized rubber
They seem somewhat hard when they're warm. They're really hard when they're on the ice. :)
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I hope the hope the upcoming CBA doesnt kill the NHL for good.
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Originally posted by rpm371
Because soccer is ghey. Hockey is just soccer on ice. Therefore Hockey = Ghey.
Hockey is football on ice. I think the problem is the rinks are too small, make them all olympic size. The skill players have no room to move and the neutral trap is ruining the game. When the skill players are allowed to dictate the game(and not the goons), the game will be better.
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Originally posted by Pongo
That real sports are decided by a best of 1
Damn straight. The Daytona 500 should be just one lap, baseball a single inning, and football a single quarter.
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the puck...its rock hard vulcanized rubber
LOL
OK, let me 'splain. The puick weighs nowhere near 16 oz.
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Originally posted by Sixpence
Hockey is football on ice.
Hockey is not football, basketball, baseball, jai-li, horseshoes or hand grenades on ice.
(http://www.torontosportsalliance.com/images/0300_tgha.jpg)
Hockey is soccer on ice.
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Originally posted by Steve
LOL
OK, let me 'splain. The puick weighs nowhere near 16 oz.
I'm guessing 5oz or so...
LOL... I didn't catch it either. :)
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Originally posted by rpm371
Hockey is soccer on ice.
Wait a minute, you can't skate, huh?
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I dont get the soccer on ice thing....hockey is pretty freaking violent and non girlish like soccer is.
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I'm guessing 5oz or so...
Close enough Sand, around 6 0z. :)
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Hockey is soccer on ice
Only a person who has never played the game could come up with something like this. Ergo, since he speaks from a position of ignorance his opinion cannot be considered to have any merit and must therefore be recognized for what it is: the drivel of a fool.
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Originally posted by Steve
Close enough Sand, around 6 0z. :)
Yeah... we're close... http://nhl.com/hockeyu/rulebook/rule24.html
(a) The puck shall be made of vulcanized rubber, or other approved material, one inch (1'') thick and three inches (3'') in diameter and shall weigh between five and one-half ounces (5½ oz.) and six ounces (6 oz.).
I used to play roller hockey. The puck is lighter. Still, freakin' hard tho.
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Nothing the matter with the sport of hockey. Just the NHLs version of it sucks.
Its not footbal..but its not soccer either.
They cant seem to decide if its the WWf or not though.
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Someone mentioned that hockey has no cheerleaders.
Well that's true but having grown up a rink rat, I can tell you that I was more than compensated by not having cheerleaders practicing nearby by the figureskaters. Never met a fat figure skater, and those girls were always quite limber, almost always dated the hockey players.
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And thier sport is more popular in the States then Hockey.
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Americans are a funny lot. If they cannot dominate a sport (despite millions of people who play the game as kids) they then brand it a girley sport.
The rest of the world considers the real football as the best game there is....the only ones who consider it girley are Americans.
But I suppose not much more can be expected of a country that calls the Superbowl winners "World Champions." lol
:rofl
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Originally posted by Steve
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Hockey is soccer on ice
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Only a person who has never played the game could come up with something like this. Ergo, since he speaks from a position of ignorance his opinion cannot be considered to have any merit and must therefore be recognized for what it is: the drivel of a fool.
agreed I laugh at that statement too.
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I wouldn't say that calling hockey soccer on ice is really an insult in the "manly sports" category.
rpm, are you going to offer up what you consider to be more manly than either hockey or soccer?
Certainly not football, where a bunch of 350lb slobs in tight pants and tighter jerseys rub bellies for a few seconds, then take a 25 second breather before rubbing bellies again.
Or basketball, where if you get a little slap on the arm they STOP THE WHOLE GAME so that you can get your free shots at the basket.
Or were you going to suggest baseball - where to even begin.
Why don't you lace up and put some ice time in with those gay hockey players and report back how you showed them what a real man is? :D
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Originally posted by Samiam
I wouldn't say that calling hockey soccer on ice is really an insult in the "manly sports" category.
rpm, are you going to offer up what you consider to be more manly than either hockey or soccer?
For the record:
Hockey: Gay Canadian version of Soccer. (Football for you Euro's)
Baseball: Fun to play, dreadful to watch. Still beats the snot out of Cricket.
Basketball: Fun to play, dreadful to watch. Bunch of wannabe gangstas that limp off after ANY contact...pfffft!
NFL: (See Basketball)
World League of American Football: Who was the moron that thought this was a good idea? Extreemely dreadful to watch.
WNBA: (See World League of American Football)
Golf: (See Insomia Cure)
Hunting: Manly
Fishing: Manly
Motorsports: Manly
Rugby: Manly
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Originally posted by rpm371
Hunting: Manly
Fishing: Manly
Motorsports: Manly
Rugby: Manly
I'll give ya' Rugby.
And motorsports so long as we're not talking about the endless-left-turn variety.
Nothing wrong with hunting or shooting sports in general - but not really a manliness differentiator. Other than the biatholon, women can compete on par with men. Particularly when it comes to tracking and shooting game. No specific manliness to that.
How, exactly would you differentiate between golf and fishing in the cure for insomnia category? I hope you are at least refering to the standing-in-the-river version and not the sitting in a boat with sonar version.
Nah - I still say you should lace 'em up and spend some ice time explaining to some hockey players how sissified they are.
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Originally posted by Samiam
I'll give ya' Rugby.
And motorsports so long as we're not talking about the endless-left-turn variety.
How, exactly would you differentiate between golf and fishing in the cure for insomnia category? I hope you are at least refering to the standing-in-the-river version and not the sitting in a boat with sonar version.
Nah - I still say you should lace 'em up and spend some ice time explaining to some hockey players how sissified they are.
I'd say any sport with the likelyhood of death if you make a mistake is manly, i.e. motorsports.
As for fishing, I should have indicated participation, not viewing. My bad.
As for lacing them up...When you come to Texas and tie your hand to a 2000 lb Bramaha Bull and get on his back for 8 seconds...we'll talk.
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Originally posted by rpm371
As for fishing, I should have indicated participation, not viewing. My bad.
Still don't see anything manly about fishing. My 11 year old daughter loves it and isn't half bad - even at picking the correct tackle (of course, we're talking about standing-in-the-river fishing and not the even more unmanly sitting in the boat type).
Originally posted by rpm371 As for lacing them up...When you come to Texas and tie your hand to a 2000 lb Bramaha Bull and get on his back for 8 seconds...we'll talk.
(I don't recall ever declaring that bull riding was a "ghey" sport.)
Texas!?! Well, you should have said so in the first place. Yes, the Dallas Stars are a bunch of girls. I stand corrected. :rofl
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Originally posted by rpm371
As for lacing them up...When you come to Texas and tie your hand to a 2000 lb Bramaha Bull and get on his back for 8 seconds...we'll talk.
Never understood this sport. Where I grew up, we castrate animals that act like this. ;)
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Originally posted by Samiam
Yes, the Dallas Stars are a bunch of girls. I stand corrected. :rofl
You'll get no argument from me about that.
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Originally posted by Sandman
Never understood this sport. Where I grew up, we castrate animals that act like this. ;)
Isn't that punishment just a little too harsh for riding a bull??
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Originally posted by Furious
Isn't that punishment just a little too harsh for riding a bull??
LOL!
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its 1 thing to skate around and hit or get hit....
but I was a goalie....I was lookin at that black rubber comin at me at 80 to 100 MPH.....
1 time I got a close in slap shot(what is called the slot or top circle)....my reaction was correct...but the rubber had a different idea......I just had time enough to turn my body a little.....enough force in the puck to completely shatter my protection down there....and Blue Purple skin on the inside of my leg close to my dingy.....and i mean very close
didn't play for 1 week....could hardly walk anyways....but my future almost ended with 1 little gay slapshot
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We had this player, Kenny that used to have this absolutely vicious slapshot. He was about midway between blue line and goalie and he let it go. It hit Leo, the goalie, right in his face mask. It bent the mask, smashed his glasses, and cut up his face a bit. Awesome shot.
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Originally posted by Curval
Americans are a funny lot. If they cannot dominate a sport (despite millions of people who play the game as kids) they then brand it a girley sport.
Actually, soccer can be very exciting when the players are fresh. Hockey has line changes on the fly, and this keeps the action going. A three minute shift in hockey is a long one and the player is exhausted. I notice they don't change players much in soccer and they seem to get tired and the action goes in spurts. When I start to see players walking up field, I know they are tired. When soccer action is up and down the field it is fun to watch. If they can add to the rosters and make more substitutions, I think the game would be more fun to watch. Make the bench area about 30 feet long with a line that must be crossed before the sub player can go on.
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Originally posted by Samiam
Still don't see anything manly about fishing. My 11 year old daughter loves it and isn't half bad - even at picking the correct tackle (of course, we're talking about standing-in-the-river fishing and not the even more unmanly sitting in the boat type).
If you use the word "tackle" then in all likelyhood yer not talking about "standing-in-the-river-fishing" ( <--- heh). Most likely standing on the bank with a scale and a club (blarg).
Manly:
1) Hockey
2) Boxing
3) NCAA Football
4) NFL Football
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Originally posted by Sixpence
Actually, soccer can be very exciting when the players are fresh. Hockey has line changes on the fly, and this keeps the action going. A three minute shift in hockey is a long one and the player is exhausted. I notice they don't change players much in soccer and they seem to get tired and the action goes in spurts. When I start to see players walking up field, I know they are tired. When soccer action is up and down the field it is fun to watch. If they can add to the rosters and make more substitutions, I think the game would be more fun to watch. Make the bench area about 30 feet long with a line that must be crossed before the sub player can go on.
All the rest of you Yanks take notice...THIS is a good analysis of the game.
No "girley" comments...just a solid logical argument about the weaknesses and merits of the game.
Sixpence