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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/11/fifa-vote-world-cup-bidding-report I for one can't wait for the yes vote.
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Pook Good Mook posted:Are we not including Basketball or Ice Hockey for any special reason? The US is great at winning sports where they have pretty much the only professional league in the world (or their professional league is so far ahead of the other ones that they get literally 100% of the good players to play there). Other sports, not so much. And even then, they can't win at hockey.
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Dec 11, 2014 23:51
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I think you'll find that America wins the World Series of whatever sport almost every time and therefore are the best at sports, and if any other countries were worth competing against they'd be in the World Series anyway
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Dec 12, 2014 00:12
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US wins all the time at track and field poo poo ergo we've the most athletic and I'm afraid it's literally just a matter of applying that athleticism and we're the best at whatever, including wars
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Dec 12, 2014 00:14
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It seems pretty convenient we aren't considering the Olympics in our count of world championships. Team sports or otherwise.
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Plus America builds the "culture of famous" better than anybody and the sponsors around those superstars make them global phenomenons. Could soccer use a few more global phenomenons that instantly have reach in the #1 economy in the world, then beyond? And like I said, our web engineering and development gives us the best presentation, UX/UI for fans. Everything I've used in researching EPL, LL, S1 feel like websites from 2002. Additionally, when you refer to the "everyone around the world who doesn't already watch the most popular game in the world," that's us. Americans. The NFL and MLB each seperately bring in twice the revenue to EPL. NHL Hockey brings in more revenue than Bundesliga and the only people who watch hockey are general sports frontrunners, closeted racists, guys who still like grunge music, and midwestern beardo hipsters. We spend stupid amounts of money on meaningless poo poo while our children lack education and the general economic, social infrastructure to be successful adults. And the meaningless poo poo we love to spend it on most is sports. So, yes, soccer gaining the American audience would be a huge boon to the game itself. You can play the best game in the world. Americans, in their worst, best know how to package a product and sell it, meaning that America is far more important to this made-up breakaway FIFA than any other country
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Dec 12, 2014 00:29
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/\/\/\/\ We are exceptional at packaging up things to be consumed in media. That's our thing. We're A+ #1 at it. I've watched many broadcasts, fumbled with UI/UX features on different websites, and I've wondered why all this poo poo is so old and dated. The world media mostly loving sucks at covering football, both from the lack of advanced stats to actually explain things and general packaging of it.Pook Good Mook posted:It seems pretty convenient we aren't considering the Olympics in our count of world championships. Team sports or otherwise. Individual sports really don't count for poo poo when it comes to performance in team sports. And in Olympic team sports, again, the US only dominates, or even really does well at all, in sports where they have the #1 completely most dominant professional league in the world and no one else even comes close. Team sports at the Olympics:
But yeah, the US is clearly sooooo good at team sports, at the Olympics or otherwise.
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Dec 12, 2014 00:44
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vyelkin posted:Individual sports really don't count for poo poo when it comes to performance in team sports. And in Olympic team sports, again, the US only dominates, or even really does well at all, in sports where they have the #1 completely most dominant professional league in the world and no one else even comes close. Nobody gives a poo poo, holy gently caress.
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Dec 12, 2014 00:44
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vyelkin posted:England is great at winning sports where they have pretty much the only professional league in the world (or their professional league is so far ahead of the other ones that they get literally 100% of the good players to play there). Other sports, not so much.
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Dec 12, 2014 00:47
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Except that Spain, Germany and Italy have comparable leagues and there's probably another 10 or so not awfully far behind?
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Dec 12, 2014 00:48
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Bogan Krkic posted:Except that Spain, Germany and Italy have comparable leagues and there's probably another 10 or so not awfully far behind? (I was talking about netball)
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Dec 12, 2014 00:49
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Dirk Pitt posted:(I was talking about netball) Australia and New Zealand are far more successful at netball
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Shrapnig posted:Nobody gives a poo poo, holy gently caress. ^^^This Seriously guys, this is a dumb as hell nationalistic jerk off based purely on hypotheticals. It's idiotic, spurious, and unprovable. You guys are better than this.
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Dec 12, 2014 00:54
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Daduzi posted:^^^This We really aren't though.
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Shrapnig posted:Nobody gives a poo poo, holy gently caress. I do, you're just jealous of Australia
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Dec 12, 2014 00:55
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The real solution is to be like Canada and only care about one sport and also completely dominate the world at it.
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Dec 12, 2014 00:56
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http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30440705 They are voting to release yet another edited version of the Garcia report?
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Dec 12, 2014 01:09
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Blue Star Error posted:I do, you're just jealous of Australia I've seen nigga steves fits, I'm not friend.
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Dec 12, 2014 01:23
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Shrapnig posted:I've seen nigga steves fits, I'm not friend. Wow!
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Dec 12, 2014 01:32
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Bea Nanner posted:http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30440705 Not quite. They're voting on article 36 of the code of ethics which they've been using as an argument to avoid publishing the report. The article is: quote:1. The members of the Ethics Committee and the members of the secretariats It probably won't be passed as they'll argue that the confidentially clause is vital to ongoing investigations. In truth removing it will probably not actually have many positive effects as it will effectively kill the anonymity rights of whistle blowers.
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Dec 12, 2014 01:39
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I expect the vote itself will be anonymous, in which case the Executive Committee gets to wring its hands and say they wanted to release the report but were prevented from doing so by England and Beckenbauer.
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Dec 12, 2014 02:13
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Reminder that the United States has won the world cups of dominating the earth economically, politically, culturally, and militarily and all of these Mickey Mouse trophies you are all babbling on about are meaningless.
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Dec 12, 2014 02:14
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The americans are the best at performing torture. I know this because I tried to watch the superbowl once and still have ptsd
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Dec 12, 2014 02:14
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The other reason why article 36 won't be amended is because it's the reason that Blatter is able to say that he hasn't seen the full report and avoid questions on that front.
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Dec 12, 2014 02:18
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Lithuania are way better at basketball than America.
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Dec 12, 2014 03:19
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Shut the gently caress up about America and talk about FIFA you spergs
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Coohoolin posted:Lithuania are way better at basketball than America. They just have cooler shirts.
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Jermaine Dildoe posted:Shut the gently caress up about America and talk about FIFA you spergs
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Dec 12, 2014 04:30
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FIFA sucks and is very corrupt.
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BlueBayou posted:FIFA sucks and is very corrupt. Actually I think you'll find that a report was recently released that clears FIFA of all wrongdoing.
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Dec 12, 2014 08:10
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Big Black Dick posted:I agree, it's an excellent idea that Kiribati - with a population of ~100,000 and who has literally never won an international match - has the same voice in FIFA as Germany. Kiribati aren't a member of FIFA hth
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Dec 12, 2014 08:44
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It's the Caribbeans who have a shitload of members, Oceania barely has more members than South America. vvvv: well Kiribati isn't in the Caribbeans so... Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Dec 12, 2014 |
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Dec 12, 2014 12:08
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Adnar posted:Kiribati aren't a member of FIFA hth Don't be pedantic. The point still stands if you substitute Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, or any of the host of other tiny Caribbean nations that literally call up Sunday league players for International matches.
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Dec 12, 2014 15:38
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Big Black Dick posted:I agree, it's an excellent idea that Kiribati - with a population of ~100,000 and who has literally never won an international match - has the same voice in FIFA as Germany. make this guy head of fifa
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Dec 12, 2014 15:42
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Big Black Dick posted:Don't be pedantic. The point still stands if you substitute Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, or any of the host of other tiny Caribbean nations that literally call up Sunday league players for International matches. You mean like Gibraltar and San Marino?
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Dec 12, 2014 18:06
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joshtothemaxx posted:You mean like Gibraltar and San Marino? Gibraltar is not a member of FIFA
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Are people really against the thought that countries that barely register in the international football radar, without professional leagues nor infrastructure shouldn't have the same voting weight as countries like France, Germany or England?
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Dec 12, 2014 19:57
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advanced statsman posted:Are people really against the thought that countries that barely register in the international football radar, without professional leagues nor infrastructure shouldn't have the same voting weight as countries like France, Germany or England? they've been playing football in Scotland for a century and a half and it's only fair to give them a strong voice
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Dec 12, 2014 20:05
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If your country hasn't qualified for it in the past, you shouldn't get a vote on it.
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One vote per World Cup or World War won seems fair
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