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"Mercellus Bohren" > wrote in message
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> 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;

>>
>> > 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.

>>
>> > 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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