|
Bob James posted:They are just going to start conducting their bribes in China or something using foreign banks. Another member of the Obama administration killing American jobs. No that's the problem, America didn't get the World Cup and Americans didn't get any bribes. That's where they hosed up!
|
#
¿
May 27, 2015 11:20
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 11, 2024 05:43 |
|
|
 While not a sponsor who brought Blatter down, this does still call for a victory drink. It's like fuckin Christmas. The vote for a new president won't happen for a while, but it would be great if almost everyone running to replace Blatter gets snatched up too 
|
|
#
¿
Jun 3, 2015 17:49
|
|
|
computer parts posted:College Football acts as a minor league of sorts and it is also extremely popular. I grew up in Tennessee and went to the university of Tennessee Knoxville briefly. Neyland stadium holds 104k people, and on a normal match day it it was 80%+ full. lovely IA teams not so much, Florida or Georgia? Over sold. Neyland was the largest college stadium when I went there, now Michigan stadium aka the Big house is, at 107k (coincidently, I'm going to the university of Michigan now  ). It's also nearly as full, as Neyland is, normally. This ain't no NFL or MLS, they pull massive numbers because of the cult of college football. People are rabid fans on a much larger scale than professional football. Soccer is making huge strides, but it's got a long away to go to match American pro football and even longer to go to match college football. Maybe burning FIFA to the ground will help with soccer's popularity here 
|
|
#
¿
Jun 8, 2015 08:13
|
|
|
Vladimir Putin posted:There really not enough professional teams of any sport for most Americans to follow. I mean most sports teams are based in cities and if you live in a far away part of a state you'll have absolutely no kind of connection to those teams. That's got to be some kind of contributor to why college sports are so popular. The Eagles/Steelers example was brought up which is east/west Pennsylvania. Who the hell are you supposed to root for if you live in the middle of Pennsylvania which is hundreds of miles away from either team? While this is definitely true, it's really much more than that. The cult of college sports is much greater than that of professional sports, even in places that have both. Look at the whole Perdue fiasco. While the lions are and pretty much always have been perineal losers, they're still massively popular even a good ways from Detroit, and their popularity overlaps with the popularity of the Spartans and the Wolverines, but can't even come close. It's a larger part to do with the communities are built around the school, and college marketing is a hell of an industry. So who wants to donate $10m to me? I absolutely promise I will give you nothing in return!
|
|
#
¿
Jun 8, 2015 19:00
|
|
|
Ceiling fan posted:Switzerland's attorney general announced that they opened criminal proceedings against Sepp Blatter this morning. Then they hauled Blatter and FIFA VP Michel Platini away for interrogation.  Too bad we got to wait until December to see if Warner is gonna get extradited.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 25, 2015 20:01
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 11, 2024 05:43 |
|
|
He did. The best week.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 26, 2015 20:11
|
|