New idea for world cup

Undertoad · 06-23-2010, 02:17 PM

OK, it's nice that countries in backwards areas can win World Cup games, because every plays one sport. But if they all concentrate on one sport, what does that prove? No diversity needed! What I'm proposing is that every country put up 16 athletes - no substitutions - and they compete in all of the following team sports:

Football aka soccer
Hockey (maybe the roller version to save money for poorer nations)
Basketball
Rugby
Volleyball (full team rotates)

Teams play one match per day. The first team to win three of the matches goes forward in the tourney.

what say you

jinx · 06-23-2010, 02:20 PM

Could we come up with a substitution for basketball? The squeaking is just so awful...
Softball maybe? Or swimming of some kind? Tag-team wrestling? Wing bowl?

Shawnee123 · 06-23-2010, 02:21 PM

Softball! Women's fast pitch! Much more interesting than baseball, yet in the same neighborhood.

jinx · 06-23-2010, 02:22 PM

and no nut scratching...

Shawnee123 · 06-23-2010, 02:22 PM

Ha! True. Don't know about the spitting though.

Undertoad · 06-23-2010, 03:06 PM

That's fair, softball instead of basketball. Basketball's a little more international. Softball's a better sport.

I actually thought about it a little and went to the wikipedia page for team sport. They have a table at the bottom of the page that's interesting, it breaks all of team sport down into categories like "ball over a net codes" and "safe haven codes".

So, limiting it to only team sports.

Spexxvet · 06-23-2010, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

what say you

Go!

Sundae · 06-23-2010, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

OK, it's nice that countries in backwards areas can win World Cup games, because every plays one sport.

Does backwards mean the same as retarded?

gvidas · 06-23-2010, 07:09 PM

Pretty Anglo-centric list of games there, boss. I don't really have any alternatives. I know there are some Aztec or Incan games that are team-based ball sports involving sacrifice. Maybe someone could do some research.

It's an interesting idea, though. Grueling.

Undertoad · 06-23-2010, 08:40 PM

Retarded is one way to get backwards (N. Korea, Libya). Then there are the poor fucks (Nigeria, Burma), the isolated fucks (Peru, Nepal), the tiny fucks (Mauritius), the out-of-control fucks (Somalia)...

lumberjim · 06-23-2010, 09:08 PM

this idea sounds a lot like......

the Olympics!

wtf?

Undertoad · 06-23-2010, 09:32 PM

No but it is only team sports, which the Olympicksa are not, and it is only one team so the same people have to play in all five sports, so there is strategy.

lumberjim · 06-23-2010, 09:40 PM

kind of like a team decathalon

monster · 06-23-2010, 10:11 PM

would be fun

Can't replace the FIFA world cup, though, but a great new idea.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-24-2010, 12:20 AM

Fine, but no government money... the teams have to sell enough lemonade, cookies, and vacuum cleaners to pay for it.

06-23-2010, 02:17 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	New idea for world cup OK, it's nice that countries in backwards areas can win World Cup games, because every plays one sport. But if they all concentrate on one sport, what does that prove? No diversity needed! What I'm proposing is that every country put up 16 athletes - no substitutions - and they compete in all of the following team sports: Football aka soccer Hockey (maybe the roller version to save money for poorer nations) Basketball Rugby Volleyball (full team rotates) Teams play one match per day. The first team to win three of the matches goes forward in the tourney. what say you

06-23-2010, 02:20 PM	#2
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Could we come up with a substitution for basketball? The squeaking is just so awful... Softball maybe? Or swimming of some kind? Tag-team wrestling? Wing bowl? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-23-2010, 02:21 PM	#3
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Softball! Women's fast pitch! Much more interesting than baseball, yet in the same neighborhood. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-23-2010, 02:22 PM	#4
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	and no nut scratching... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-23-2010, 02:22 PM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Ha! True. Don't know about the spitting though. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-23-2010, 03:06 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That's fair, softball instead of basketball. Basketball's a little more international. Softball's a better sport. I actually thought about it a little and went to the wikipedia page for team sport. They have a table at the bottom of the page that's interesting, it breaks all of team sport down into categories like "ball over a net codes" and "safe haven codes". So, limiting it to only team sports.

06-23-2010, 07:09 PM	#9
gvidas Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 286	Pretty Anglo-centric list of games there, boss. I don't really have any alternatives. I know there are some Aztec or Incan games that are team-based ball sports involving sacrifice. Maybe someone could do some research. It's an interesting idea, though. Grueling.

06-23-2010, 08:40 PM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Retarded is one way to get backwards (N. Korea, Libya). Then there are the poor fucks (Nigeria, Burma), the isolated fucks (Peru, Nepal), the tiny fucks (Mauritius), the out-of-control fucks (Somalia)...

06-23-2010, 09:08 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	this idea sounds a lot like...... the Olympics! wtf? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-23-2010, 09:32 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	No but it is only team sports, which the Olympicksa are not, and it is only one team so the same people have to play in all five sports, so there is strategy.

06-23-2010, 09:40 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	kind of like a team decathalon __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-23-2010, 10:11 PM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	would be fun Can't replace the FIFA world cup, though, but a great new idea. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-24-2010, 12:20 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Fine, but no government money... the teams have to sell enough lemonade, cookies, and vacuum cleaners to pay for it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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