Comments on: Four downs, four syllables

By: Follower

Follower — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:08:30 +0000

I’ve tried very hard to get into “Footy” but a game that typically ends in a “nail biter” score of 1-0, I just don’t get it. (But then I don’t “get” Hockey either.)

And trying to keep track of all the different leagues, players and Managers (coaches) constantly moving from one team to another… it’s just exhausting.

Soccer is great game for a bunch of friends to get together at anytime and play. But we have Basketball for that.

The intensity of watching the play clock tick down, waiting for that snap and watching a play unfold in an instant is exhilarating.

As opposed to… “now they’re all running down to this end, now running back to that end.” For what seems like an eternity and then finally, someone actually tries to score but doesn’t.

Now they run back to that end and run back to this end. No wonder Smart phones became popular in Europe before they did here. You have to have SOMETHING to do while waiting for a goal!

From Liverpool to Lima, Footy is the most popular sport in the world and I just know I MUST be missing something.

But I’ll take a good old American Football game over a “Friendly” any day!

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By: Reality Check

Reality Check — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:52:35 +0000

Great letter thanks. I’d add, the “game” is no longer even about the game of football. It’s about the hoopla that overwhelms it: sports reporters’ analyses, cheerleaders, violence, half-time show, drugs, end-zone dance and, of course, commercials. The game has been diminished.

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By: michael koepf

michael koepf — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:45:15 +0000

“A gem”? Further evidence that few opinions of serious or opposing comment have made it past the editorial censors at the Press Democrat.

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By: Nora Gonzales

Nora Gonzales — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 02:59:19 +0000

Thanks for another non-news story PD.

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