# Fuck Soccer!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-soccer/45290>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 13, 2000, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-soccer/45290 "2000-12-13T03:13:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-soccer/45290/101 "2000-12-21T14:32:38Z")

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OK.

Er… Holburn

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**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-soccer/45290/102 "2000-12-21T14:54:59Z")

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Ogre,

Excellent sentiments :). I fully agree that watching sports is one thing, but getting your ass out and playing is another! I play rugby competitively but always welcome a chance to get out and run around a little bit and play something else (which unfortunately there isn’t much chance to do in Erie right about now ☹ ). But no matter how much tennis or golf I play (and both are certainly enjoyable to play…especially golf, which may not be an aerobic activity but is a great day out with the mates!), I still can’t watch it on TV for long periods of time.

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> As for the OP, which I’ve personally hijacked twice now (I’m sorry!,) people lose sight of the fact that these are supposed to sports, fer chrissakes, not all-out war. It’s a sorry sack of shit that will resort to unsportsmanlike conduct to gain the upper hand.

I fully agree. If there’s some sorry shit that’s getting dirty when I play, I would certainly like to see the referee sort it out…since that’s a penalty and either 3 points on the board or a chance to move the ball 20-30 yards down the field and get it back!!! However, we certainly won’t stand for that funny stuff, and if the ref won’t sort it out, we will!!! It’s a shame to see the game digress into a mess like that, considering that most of the guys that I play against I would consider friends and we’re going to be knocking back pints later on in the day together…so why turn it ugly? I mean, I give no quarter and receive none, and every player expects to take a few thumps…but none of us want to see each other get seriously hurt (breaking someone’s neck would be a serious weight to carry around for the rest of your life ☹ ).

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> Growing up on the Canadian border, we’d enjoy broadcasts of curling from the CBC. I apologize to my Canadian friends in advance, but if there’s a sport that you’re going to ridicule, it’s curling.

Hey, you can’t knock any sport where drinking beer is a primary part of the gameplay!!! 😉

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