Fifa World Cup 2014 Thread - GERMANY!!!

[$trinick]

how loving edgy can you be lol

Since edgy means going against popular opinion, and literally billions more people watch soccer than football, I'm gonna go ahead and say he's being really smooth.

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[Mikoyan]

More people in America watch American football.

Like hardly anyone has cared about futbol it seems until the past couple years

[Planr]

On one hand, people do fake injuries. On the other hand, if a professional soccer player kicked you in your shin, I'm 100% sure you wouldn't be able to stand up for a few minutes.

I don't like soccer/futbol/whatever normally either, but the world cup is kind of an important event so I watch it. Just like I don't watch American Football, but I do watch the Super Bowl.

true. Same would apply if a professional football player punched you in your face or kicked you as well. They are much tougher built than professional soccer players are. At least, the quarterbacks are. They would be the tanks of all tanks in a l4d apocalypse

[$trinick]

Football players also have an immense amount of padding on their body. Soccer players usually don't even wear cups.

[SlayerZ99]

Football players also have an immense amount of padding on their body. Soccer players usually don't even wear cups.

i dont wear a cup for any sport
not really needed imo

Anyways  I wouldn't say that football players are tougher built
soccer players legs omfg

I dont like soccer much but I have huge respect. Kinda like people dont like baseball because its "too slow". I for one, love baseball.

[$trinick]

i dont wear a cup for any sport
not really needed imo

It's "not really needed" until the one time you take a direct hit to the balls and can't have kids. I don't play sports and I don't really know what a cup feels like, but I feel like if it didn't affect my game I'd rather wear one.

[SlayerZ99]

It's "not really needed" until the one time you take a direct hit to the balls and can't have kids. I don't play sports and I don't really know what a cup feels like, but I feel like if it didn't affect my game I'd rather wear one.

I find them very uncomfortable and restricting
none of the guys on the football team wear them

[$trinick]

I mean, don't wear one if you don't want to, but do realize that in general you're opening yourself up to that risk. Regardless, safety wise, I'd be more likely to try heroin instead of compete in a sport (i.e. never going to happen).

[F3d323]

whoops, i didnt quite get what he meant

[$trinick]

The context of his post was about America. It's extremely clear that he's talking about people in America.

Also, the word's spelled "egotistical." You seem like you're just being a cunt for no reason whatsoever.

[The Magical Dunes]

you mean in your egotastical country, right?
the rest of the world cares a lot about the sport

no he means the whole world. USA outlawed soccer and you can't enjoy it anymore. We're the best! USA! USA! USA!

[Ronin]

International football really is one of the dumbest sports I have ever seen. They kick a ball back and forth across the field over and over and over and hardly EVER do they actually score. It's simply stupid. It's not the slightest bit fun to watch at all. If I want to watch a bunch of people run for no reason I can play some Sonic the Hedgehog.
You can clearly see how flawed the sport is in the fact that many teams resort to faking injuries on the field to get fouls and penalties on the other team in order to make progress, because they know it's next to impossible to simply win playing on the field alone. How pathetic it truly is. You have GROWN MEN rolling around on the field crying like a bunch of freaking babies and faking broken bones.
You rarely ever see as much behavior like that in American Football. And I don't even LIKE sports period.

Yes because GROWN MEN's injuries in American Football have resulted in homicides, Self Deletes, and DUI's involving multiple vehicles. Former professional NFL players have been filing lawsuits against the NFL because there's a very real problem at hand.

Q. Why does this happen?

A. This happens because the sport has only gotten rougher due to the amount of padding each player is required to wear. Thus, hard hits are commonplace. The helmet isn't a lifesaver when it's used as a battering ram into another player, and we've seen the NFL be forced to address this. They want to make helmets tougher, they want to clamp down on the use of P.E.Ds, and they want to address off the field violence and activities. They're all linked you could argue.


FOR THE RECORD:

I have been a witness to horrible career ending injuries on the pitch as a fan. Notably in 2010 Preston Burpo of the New England Revolution collided with a New York Redbulls striker as he was deflecting a ball. I watched Preston's leg snap in half basically. It was completely unintentional and it stopped the game for 15 minutes while he was screaming for a stretcher. That's loving brutal and I hope I never have to see that kind of injury on the field.

[F3d323]

The context of his post was about America. It's extremely clear that he's talking about people in America.

Also, the word's spelled "egotistical." You seem like you're just being a cunt for no reason whatsoever.

yeah, i misspelled that, sorry
also i didnt quite catch that for the first time since he was in the context of the whole "edgy" thing
lets recall the conversation--

Since edgy means going against popular opinion, and literally billions more people watch soccer than football, I'm gonna go ahead and say he's being really smooth.

More people in America watch American football.

Like hardly anyone has cared about futbol it seems until the past couple years

i thought he was comparing the whole world with american people, my bad

[Planr]

Yes because GROWN MEN's injuries in American Football have resulted in homicides, Self Deletes, and DUI's involving multiple vehicles. Former professional NFL players have been filing lawsuits against the NFL because there's a very real problem at hand.

Q. Why does this happen?

A. This happens because the sport has only gotten rougher due to the amount of padding each player is required to wear. Thus, hard hits are commonplace. The helmet isn't a lifesaver when it's used as a battering ram into another player, and we've seen the NFL be forced to address this. They want to make helmets tougher, they want to clamp down on the use of P.E.Ds, and they want to address off the field violence and activities. They're all linked you could argue.

Yeah, I completely agree. American football is a very rough sport. That's why it takes such strong people to play it.

I am curious though, how do field-related injuries have anything to do with those players choosing to drink and drive?

[ßlöükfáce]

how loving edgy can you be lol

why yes, preferring one sport over another is a definite sign of being edgy