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Author:	NYIntensity [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 9:57 am ]
Post subject:	Crying about the new World Cup ball
I think all the players and goalies should shut the fuck up and stop crying about the "new ball". YOU ALL HAVE TO PLAY WITH THE SAME FUCKING ONE. It's not unfair either way, so kwitcherbitchin (I think that's a model of table at Ikea).

Author:	Squanto [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:35 am ]
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I caught an article a week or so ago about how every World Cup players are grumbling about something. This year it happens to be the ball.

Author:	NYIntensity [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:44 am ]
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Yep

Author:	mechaphil [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:46 am ]
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I dunno, man. This year's ball knuckles pretty easy. It doesn't take the skill involved any more. That being said, yea they can STFU

Author:	Squanto [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:03 am ]
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The people I would expect to complain would be the goaltenders who have been giving up some cupcakes. :p

Author:	CriminallyVu1gar [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:09 am ]
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Maybe if they stopped mistaking the pitch for a swimming pool and cut the diving, they'd be allowed to complain about something...

Author:	NYIntensity [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:14 am ]
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SOCCER players are the biggest group of whining pansies I've ever witnessed in "professional" sports. They exaggerate ALL contact and ALL injuries. Bitches.

Author:	Rud [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:26 am ]
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I love sweeping generalizations

Author:	Squanto [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:31 am ]
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Some players do, but that's true for all sports. (Derek Roy anyone?)

Author:	mechaphil [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:32 am ]
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Squanto wrote: Some players do, but that's true for all sports. (Derek Roy anyone?) I'll do ya one better than Derek Rat-Tail:

Author:	NYIntensity [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:46 am ]
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Rud wrote: I love sweeping generalizations Hockey players are toothless idiots who just want to smash into each other on skates.

Author:	Sabresfansince1980 [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:46 am ]
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They've been using the same ball for the last six months in the euro leagues, so it's not like it's a brand new ball. In defense though, I've seen players responding to constant questions, and half the responses are, "...everybody has to use the ball...nobody has an advantage...it moves a little funny but we all have to get used to it...". If reporters would stop asking the same dumb questions the players wouldn't be talking about it.

Author:	mechaphil [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:46 am ]
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NYIntensity wrote: Rud wrote: I love sweeping generalizations Hockey players are toothless idiots who just want to smash into each other on skates. Basketball players are all gun-toting thugs from the projects.

Author:	NYIntensity [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:48 am ]
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mechaphil wrote: NYIntensity wrote: Rud wrote: I love sweeping generalizations Hockey players are toothless idiots who just want to smash into each other on skates. Basketball players are all gun-toting thugs from the projects. Earth girls are easy.

Author:	mechaphil [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:51 am ]
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NYIntensity wrote: mechaphil wrote: NYIntensity wrote: Rud wrote: I love sweeping generalizations Hockey players are toothless idiots who just want to smash into each other on skates. Basketball players are all gun-toting thugs from the projects. Earth girls are easy. All hobbits are spineless and have no heart for adventure.

Author:	Squanto [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:53 am ]
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Sabresfansince1980 wrote: If reporters would stop asking the same dumb questions the players wouldn't be talking about it. Expecting journalists to do journalism? EL OH EL.

Author:	Crosscheck [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:14 pm ]
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What I don't get is why they make a new ball for every damn world cup. Name another sport where that happens. Why change the single most crucial piece of equipment before the largest tournament every 4 years? Oh, yeah....marketing. Look at us sitting around and talking about an Adidas product for no particular reason...just like the rest of the world.

Author:	mechaphil [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:15 pm ]
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Funny thing, X - you're the only one who may have known the brand lol

Author:	Sabresfansince1980 [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:17 pm ]
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Squanto, unfortunately you're right, because "journalism" has become little more than asking the same dumb questions until somebody gives you a juicy enough answer to exaggerate, skew, or embarrass somebody with. Adidas has to make their money too. They make a new ball months before every World Cup. There's really not that much difference between the different models, but so many people get caught up in it, it's easy revenue.

Author:	Crosscheck [ Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:22 pm ]
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mechaphil wrote: Funny thing, X - you're the only one who may have known the brand lol I remember it from this same controversy 4 years ago. They have a monopoly and this is their payday. Guess how much those balls cost....

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