Coulter: Any growing interest in soccer a sign of nation's moral decay

[kato]

Ann Coulter should check out handball for a less un-american sport.

They use hands.
They easily score 50+ goals in a match.
It's all about getting the ball to the other end zone (and then hitting a goal there).
The ball moves constantly because there's a time limit on how long a player can keep it.
Games are shorter (two 30-minute innings) possibly being more attractive for people with short attentions spans.
Physical contact play and injured players, at least on the lower competitive levels, is rather common*.
At least round here it's a sport for boys who only do sports to be jocks and binge drink together, mostly because there's nothing else to do.

It's sort of like basketball.

Though, of course, this sport ain't really played in the US. The last Northern American and Carribean Championship had Greenland winning over Cuba, with the US beating Mexico for third, and Puerto Rico coming in fifth. No other nations attended.

* In Germany, handball is estimated to incur an average 400 million Euro in healthcare costs for 320,000 injured players. Every Year. Unlike other sports, most injuries in handball stem from "interaction" with opposite players.

[Doktor]

Handball is brutal and often dirty sport.

[Tamara]

And there is that bastardization of handball, raquet ball. A heathen sport, but oh well!

When I was an aspiring young naval officer to be, playing at the courts at night was often a way of late evening exercise.

I was told at least once (but I had a reputation to deserve more), "Tamm, I have no doubt that I can beat you in raquet ball..........it's surviving the encounter that bugs me."

I remember once in either doubles or cut throat, the opponent was back to the wall, the ball infront of his face, and my raquet passed an inch or two infront of his eyes to WHACK that poor little ball that never did me any harm.

[Triple C]

She ain't no idiot. She's laughing all the way to the bank.

[Double Edge]

Gun nut,

Ann Coulter wouldn't know satire if it hit her in the face.

Bugger Suarez
Bugger Liverpool FC

and we'll use the great band 'Queen' to do it with.

[FJV]

[Doktor]

Too late
World Cup fever really has hit America

[antimony]

It's parody.

The immortal George Carlin once said that in order for a joke to work, one thing has to be exaggerated WAAAAAYYYYYY out of proportion. It would be so absurd that it's funny.

I thought the piece is hilarious.

Do you watch Tosh.o? He went on a 2.5 minute rant about how stupid soccer is. That was funny as hell.

Don't take everything so seriously.

That's not satire

This is:

Genius Performance Artist Ann Coulter Is Now Pretending to Hate Soccer

[Double Edge]

Too late
World Cup fever really has hit America

Heh, it been a recruiting ground for the far right, this is why we see the 'no rascism' posters all over the place. A nuance Coulter has apparently missed.

If she wants to attack socialists she should ask them why they didn't invent jeans.

US getting into the quarters by beating belgium. it is possible :)

BelIeve

[GVChamp]

Come on, it's better than cat picture memes.

[tankie]

Handball is brutal and often dirty sport.

So is football , why , money , and suarez

[tankie]

Bugger Suarez
Bugger Liverpool FC

and we'll use the great band 'Queen' to do it with.

Sod suarez , long live Liverpool , YNWA

[troung]

I actually agree with her. Soccer is lame.

[bonehead]

How about this for a sign of moral decay. That some ass clown like her gets her say and the media picks it up. We could add hundreds to that list.

[antimony]

I actually agree with her. Soccer is lame.

So go play handegg