Just sad day for sports

[Elspode]

I didn't get to see the final, so I just read up a bit. If the Italian did in fact take a dive, it was a brilliant dive, and Zidane was a moron for letting his temper get the best of him. What a twit.

My hat is off to the Italian player who, whether it hurt or not, did the smart thing and let Zidane hose his own team.

[JayMcGee]

mmmmm.... most women prefer hard tackle...

[Griff]

*rimshot*

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Griff

*rimshot*

Ooooh, not all of them like rimshots.

[Rock Steady]

I agree that it was a flagrant hit. A hockey player like Rick Tocchett does a sucker punch with his fist. Its funny how the soccer player fights head first.

I totally agree with you on too many damp flops in basketball. And, the bogus french penalty kick was on a flop when the forward wasn't even touched by an italian player.

I used to play basketball with Marines 2-3 times a week and the game was tough. Once some non-Marine asshole punched me in the ribcage in just the bad place where I completely lost my breath for 60 seconds. People thought I was going to die. The asshole apologized and I just said "Don't hit people."

A head butt in the chest from a world cup soccer player must be rough.

[Rock Steady]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

This is why I won't watch soccer or basketball. Can't watch pussies fall at the slightest touch...

As I mentioned before, I played BB regularly with Marines. I am 5' 8" and one time I downed a 6' 2" muscle-bound Marine.

Cheek got a pass at the foul line, dribbled once, then decided to take a shot. As the pass reached him, I charged him to challenge his shot. Given that Cheek lost his dribble, I charged him aggressively. Absent-mindely, he again dribbled once and my knee hit his mid-upper-thigh. Cheek went down immediately and whithered on the ground for 10 seconds. Then, he got up and said, "Sorry, I traveled."

Later, Cheek told me that the way I accidentally hit him with my knee is actually a detainee control technique. You hit the guy with your knee in a certain place and he is down for the count.

There are several sensitive points throughout the human body. Cheap Flagrant Fouls in all sports should not be tolerated.


PS: I once was on the receiving end of a particularly badly placed elbow to my face in a pickup hockey game. Kind of the "funny bone" of your face. The doctor said it was serious for me to not play sports for 3 months.

Right.
I'm talking about overall and not just that one hit.
If you get brushed and fall you are a pussy and don't deserve to play the game.
Just because it is "for the team" and about the "rules" is bogus and you know it.
There used to be such a thing as honor and the game used to be about teaching kids about being men and women and learning how to act, a microcosm of the world.
Watching a bunch of pansies twist the rules to cheat the real reason they are there and throw their honor out the window is a travesty.

[Rock Steady]

You are right. In basketball, the "taking a charge" defense where you plant your feet a microsecond before the dribbler commits is a farce. 250 lb guys shouldn't be flopping. It's gotten out of hand.