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Do you intend to watch the World Cup?

Do you intend to watch the World Cup?

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HogWash said:
The illegals might be watching and since OBama, there are a hell of a lot more of them.
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Don't let your Obama Derangement Syndrome get in the way of facts:

In one term, the Obama Administration has deported roughly 80 percent the number of immigrants the George W. Bush administration deported in two.

In fiscal year 2012, 419,384 immigrants were deported from the U.S., beating the record of 392,862 in 2009. Based on data provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Obama administration has deported roughly 1.6 million immigrants between 2009 and 2012. The previous administration deported about two million between 2001 and 2008.

Statistics also show a record number of deportations of immigrants with a criminal background and an increase of deportations of immigrants with a non-criminal background from 2011. While data for 2013 is not yet available, part of the increase seen in 2012 could be due to the increase in apprehensions along the U.S. — Mexico border, which increased from 340,000 in 2011 to 365,000 in 2012.
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Obama administration tops its own deportation record | The Rundown | PBS NewsHour

Plus, this is a sports thread, not politics.

Focus
 
Nope, zero interest in any form of professional sports. I see no reason to watch a bunch of overpaid prima donnas prancing around a field.
 
Kobie said:
American football most certainly does have ties.
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Utter nonsense.

American football...NFL variety plays to sudden death and a

College football... plays as many possessions from the opponents 25 YL as it takes until there's a winner.
 
HogWash said:
Utter nonsense.

American football...NFL variety plays to sudden death and a

College football... plays as many possessions from the opponents 25 YL as it takes until there's a winner.
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In the NFL, if overtime ends without either team scoring, the game ends in a tie, unless it's the playoffs.

The Packers and Vikings tied last season.
 
Kobie said:
In the NFL, if overtime ends without either team scoring, the game ends in a tie, unless it's the playoffs.

The Packers and Vikings tied last season.
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And how many times has that happened in the last 20 years? It can happen, seldom does. It's a common occurrence in futbol.
 
Soupnazi630 said:
Of course not.

There are more entertaining things to watch.

Like water dripping from a leaky faucet.
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I prefer alluring mosquitoes with my own luscious body and slap them all.
Epic feeling.
 
Navy Pride said:
If no why not?
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Do I plan to? No. Will I? Maybe. Probably some of it.

By the way, I've come up with the perfect plan to make soccer mainstream here in the US.

1. Cheerleaders.

2. The scoring is to low. Widen the goal area to allow higher scores under US rules. Feel free to go back to international rules for international matches.

3. Set a time of possession where the team that last kicked the ball has to try to score or it goes to their opponent.

4. Use digital recording technology that allows for "live" TV coverage to be manipulated to create artificial intervals for commercial breaks. Example: start live coverage about 30 minutes late so that the live recording can be paused to play commercials and/or digitally slow down the live feed viewers see to be able to pause it to play commercials. If TV stations can play commercials, they'll have incentive to broadcast matches. If matches are on TV, it'll create more interest.

5. Make post game concerts with popular acts a part of the price of the price of admission.

6. Team mascots that do goodie 2 shoes stuff in their communities in addition to game day antics. Make then available for hire at private events like birthday parties.
 
beefheart said:
Don't let your Obama Derangement Syndrome get in the way of facts:

In one term, the Obama Administration has deported roughly 80 percent the number of immigrants the George W. Bush administration deported in two.

Obama administration tops its own deportation record | The Rundown | PBS NewsHour

Plus, this is a sports thread, not politics.

Focus
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that really has nothing to do with the president in all fairness. ICE DROs really aren't taking orders from the Whitehouse and I am unaware of any change in policy from W to Obama
 
ecofarm said:
Baseball isn't exactly jam packed with action.
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A team sport and one man can score a hundred points.
D'ya think it might be too easy to score?
 
Grand Mal said:
A team sport and one man can score a hundred points.
D'ya think it might be too easy to score?
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as opposed to tennis or squash, table tennis or badminton where every play results in a score?
 
Grand Mal said:
A team sport and one man can score a hundred points.
D'ya think it might be too easy to score?
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To be fair, that happened ONCE in NBA history, more than 50 years ago.
 
Smeagol said:
Do I plan to? No. Will I? Maybe. Probably some of it.

By the way, I've come up with the perfect plan to make soccer mainstream here in the US.

1. Cheerleaders.

2. The scoring is to low. Widen the goal area to allow higher scores under US rules. Feel free to go back to international rules for international matches.

3. Set a time of possession where the team that last kicked the ball has to try to score or it goes to their opponent.

4. Use digital recording technology that allows for "live" TV coverage to be manipulated to create artificial intervals for commercial breaks. Example: start live coverage about 30 minutes late so that the live recording can be paused to play commercials and/or digitally slow down the live feed viewers see to be able to pause it to play commercials. If TV stations can play commercials, they'll have incentive to broadcast matches. If matches are on TV, it'll create more interest.

5. Make post game concerts with popular acts a part of the price of the price of admission.

6. Team mascots that do goodie 2 shoes stuff in their communities in addition to game day antics. Make then available for hire at private events like birthday parties.
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get rid of the idiotic off side rule. can you imagine a rule in basketball where its offsides for someone to get an outlet pass on a fast break if there is no defender between the guy going in for a "yo mama" dunk and the goal?

or offsides in football if the receiver beats the secondary and has no safety between he and the goal line?
 
HogWash said:
And how many times has that happened in the last 20 years? It can happen, seldom does. It's a common occurrence in futbol.
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So what? There's no overtime- the game lasts 90 minutes, period.
I hated when the NHL catered to the American audience by outlawing tied games. If no-one wins everyone goes home unsatisfied- is that the point? Pervert the game for the sake of providing a result to people who don't understand what game sports are about?
 
TurtleDude said:
get rid of the idiotic off side rule. can you imagine a rule in basketball where its offsides for someone to get an outlet pass on a fast break if there is no defender between the guy going in for a "yo mama" dunk and the goal?

or offsides in football if the receiver beats the secondary and has no safety between he and the goal line?
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The offsides rule is there to allow more offense. It lets the defenders join the attack- without offsides a couple defenders would always have to hang back.
 
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