Excellent, well reasoned retort
Biggest Misconceptions in Sports
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Excellent, well reasoned retort
godkiller
"We are the Fury"
stop
6'8 250 lb types are not built to be soccer players
this dude cant even sniff the 2nd division but would at least be on a practice squad if he grew up in the states
The American athletes we're talking about look nothing like this, so your characterization is invalid at face. This is the type of American athlete you think we're talking about, but you have even misrepresented his abilities:
Dareus' arms^ are bigger than soccer player's heads.
Field Marshall Bradley
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I gave you T Mac and Bron as big time recognizable entities.... But lets forget height....
All the athletes under 6 feet that have played at the highest level of their respective sport, whether its a Barry Sanders or A.I. , never had the opportunity to play soccer as a kid...
Its just not promoted enough and hasn't caught on to the inner city, but if it does........
Its probably why baseball and soccer franchises won't make that effort to engage the hood to peak these kids curiosity...
USSInsiders
Banned
Is it because he's black
If "black" is Chinese for "overrated and not that great of a passer" then yes
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You disagreed then partially proved my point I'm confuzzled. I thought this thread was about MISconceptions
dennis roadman
nuclear war in my bag
i know you have a fetish for football players but shuffling and pushing and tackling are not translatable skills
who cares how big his arms are you weirdo
yes, please, let's forget height, but then this is a different argument completelyI gave you T Mac and Bron as big time recognizable entities.... But lets forget height....
All the athletes under 6 feet that have played at the highest level of their respective sport, whether its a Barry Sanders or A.I. , never had the opportunity to play soccer as a kid...
Its just not promoted enough and hasn't caught on to the inner city, but if it does........
Its probably why baseball and soccer franchises won't make that effort to engage the hood to peak these kids curiosity...
and not one i disagree with if you add in coaching infrastructure. there has to be a generation to try and fail at the highest levels who can come back and teach first. raw talent isnt doing anything on a major stage. i've seen people from thailand and saudi arabia destroy whole squads on a futsal court, but those teams aren't even regional powersa lot of americans think they're athletically superior to other nationalities for some reason, and they just need a sport to be popular to be good at it. but the real difference is how it's taught and the huge population. popularity just feeds both of those
godkiller
"We are the Fury"
My point is that you don't even represent American athletes correctly so any comparison is moot. Moreover soccer players can't play the same sports such American athletes can play the same way Dareus can't be play. Lebron, however, can play soccer all he wants.
dennis roadman
nuclear war in my bag
i dont care that soccer players cant play other sports, you're the first to suggest this
go fight some other crimelebron isn't even the most graceful player on the court at a given time, but put a ball at his feet and suddenly he grows tekkers
you're a lost fool, go watch nfl combine tapes
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use more relative comparisons
like messi 5'7 maurice jones drew 5'7
ronaldo 6'1 todd gurley 6'1
we tend to imagine that if mjd and gully gurley were trained exactly the same way from the same age as messi and ronaldo they could do the same things(with significantly more speed power and explosiveness
)but english football is about skill development before athleticism
american youth isn't really concerned with football outside of fifa
we won't know what is possible until that changes
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Larry Lambo
Superstar
I can't see Lebron play any position in soccer other than goalie.
But someone like Chef Curry, AI, Chris Paul, many RB's and slot receivers in the NFL, could probably be pretty good soccer players. A few of them would be good enough to play professionally.
But someone like Chef Curry, AI, Chris Paul, many RB's and slot receivers in the NFL, could probably be pretty good soccer players. A few of them would be good enough to play professionally.
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bronbron like peter crouch on juice& i don't see how taking athletes who are significantly faster stronger and more coordinated and giving the same training as they receive in the best football acadamies and clubs would produce worse players
take the best athletes from the us 6'3 and down and train them in the exact same manner as messi ronaldo etc.
what type of results would we see¿murica*
CourtesyFlush
Superstar
So when you guys spit claims like sports being rigged, you're saying the players go out their with fake enthusiam because they know they're gonna lose already before it starts? Then why dont more retired athletes, coaches, refs speak on this? Would have to be a huge conspiracy
You guys have all pretty much explained why Basketball ain't surpassing Soccer...especially in the next 20-30 years
You can have a legit match with a ball made out of socks,and pretty much anything as goal posts.
You can have a legit match with a ball made out of socks,and pretty much anything as goal posts.
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
yes, please, let's forget height, but then this is a different argument completely
a lot of americans think they're athletically superior to other nationalities for some reason, and they just need a sport to be popular to be good at it. but the real difference is how it's taught and the huge population. popularity just feeds both of those
Can't disagree with this even if I wanted too