Hey eurotrash! The favorites are Americans from Brazil. Argentina, Mexico and the US have strong sides as well. So plenty of North and South Americans love that game. Or were you too stupid to say what you really meant?
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He was clearly talking about US-Americans.
After watching the US-England match end at 1-1 here's my thoughts about improving the game for the folks on this side of the pond.
* Americans don't like contests that end in ties. One on one penalty shots should determine a winner when regulation time is over
** The ball goes out of bounds too often. There should be low barricades to keep the ball in play for longer stretches
*** The officials stop play too much. tell the refs to the let the guys play
**** Don't start the clock at zero. American football starts at 15 and works its way down. makes it much easier for transient viewers to immediately know where the game stands when they're surfing other channels
***** Americans love scoring... baskets, field goals, touchdowns, home runs. make the goal mouth wider and higher. eliminate the offside infraction. by allowing a player to go ahead of the ball striker, you'd createstrategy as well as producing more goals
I'll think of some more stuff as I watch more games.
Which is the case in finals.
Which is the case with indoor football.Quote:
** The ball goes out of bounds too often. There should be low barricades to keep the ball in play for longer stretches
I´m not sure what you mean by "clock at zero"?Quote:
*** The officials stop play too much. tell the refs to the let the guys play
**** Don't start the clock at zero. American football starts at 15 and works its way down. makes it much easier for transient viewers to immediately know where the game stands when they're surfing other channels
It´s a game, not a Hollywood blockbuster where kids want to see exploding cars, crashings helicopters etc. A wider goal would be too easy and make the game boring except there are like 4-5 goal keepers at the same time. That would look like puppet theater, not football.Quote:
***** Americans love scoring... baskets, field goals, touchdowns, home runs. make the goal mouth wider and higher. eliminate the offside infraction. by allowing a player to go ahead of the ball striker, you'd createstrategy as well as producing more goals
I'll think of some more stuff as I watch more games.