time to kick old habits?
On Aug 29, 6:45*pm, Viper > wrote:
> On 30/08/2010 8:51 AM, Peter Lucas wrote:
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> > Time to ''spill my guts'' so to speak;
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> > I dont hate soccer, I just think it a sport that is mainly fun for
> > kids to play, but lacks the detail and exitment that make for a great
> > spectater sports for grown adults. In Australia, interest in soccer is
> > high for children under 10 and then drops off gradually as kids get
> > older, and by the time kids reach adulthood, they genarally have no
> > further interest in the game.
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> > Soccer or ''football'' is big as a sport for kids in our country, but
> > the sport has failed again and again to cross over into popularity
> > either on the television or at the stadiums. The game draws very few
> > spectaters and the professional leauue here is forever on the brink of
> > collapse. We tend not to be interested in sports that attract
> > hooligans and riots and lacks much stratagy. Why this (riots and
> > violence) is so essential to the british version of the game we will
> > never know. In Australia, spectater sports are family events, with a
> > wholesome emphasis on community.
>
> > There must be a way eliminate the hooligan element from the british
> > culture so to advance the games image world wide? Ideas please?
>
> > --
> > Peter Lucas
> > Brisbane
> > Australia
>
> What a strange array of cross posting destinations. Ah well, you're sure
> to rouse a few malformed cells from the bottom of a couple of gene pools
>
> Viper
Ah, the "pointing out unique x-posted groups and then insulting them"
post.
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