List the thing that most baffles you in sport.

[who_better_than_me]

The runner out of bounds rules on punts is pointless to me. If they run out of bounds, aren't they're hurting themselves more than return team.

Also the fact that defensive offsides is a bigger penalty than offensive offsides. The infraction gives both sides the same kind of advantage if it wasn't called but the fact that they allow the offense to continue playing during a defensive offsides is really unfair because consequently the offense ends up taking a chance that they would never took without the penalty. And then add to the fact that they're being baited offsides with hard count but if the defense tries to bait the olinemen to move early the defense gets called for it......BULLshyt!!

If u hate the pump fake foul in the nfl, I don't see how you can tolerate this offense in football where the reward is much bigger

 

[dontreadthis]

also here to cosign this dog shyt ass rule. only a fakkit will say it's good

like the way they judge it too is so fukkin retarded. player 1 had his nose ahead of the defender OFF SIDES HEY STOP THE SCORING CHANCES LETS WATCH MORE fukkING TIES AND GAMES DECIDED ON fukkING PENALTY KICKS

imagine the superbowl decided on a best of 5 field goal kicks from 20 yards.

can you see why this would be problematic, with these two players from the red teams being camped out in that position all game. it would be akin to in football if at the beginning of the play, you're at the 50 and could have two WR on opposite sides of the field start the play on the 3 yard line. no offsides would probably change the game to be as high scoring as the NFL lol. now if you're only concern is scoring more goals and not having rules in place that make sense then I can see where you're coming from.

A bunch of things in soccer

1) Draws? like really? you expect me to watch a 2 hour game and go home and accept a fukking draw?
2) Playing for multiple cups in soccer. da hell shyt is confusing enough to follow
3) Trading a star player for half the season to a team in Ecuador. da hell?
4) Yellow cards carrying over to the next game. retarded
5) Certain standings depending on total points instead of by wins and losses

1. If you're disappointed about the draw result, your team should have played better .

2. I guess just by how crazy the world popularity is for the sport creates a need for more competitions. think of it as if the Heat, being one of the best teams in the world, play for the NBA championship as well as some type of tournament involving other qualified professional teams in the USA, as well as a FIBA tournament, and maybe even a more local tournament featuring all the teams in Florida. picture all these tournaments/leagues having different degrees of importance as well but it still being a big deal if you come out #1 in two or three of them. obviously that wouldn't work in basketball because the talent is not vast enough for a lot of parity, we would see the Heat win everything every year going up against the Tallahassee Wranglers and Spain's best team every year.

3. We see players in the NBA go overseas all the time when they can't get as much time as they would like. the difference here is when you're on a soccer team you can still be contracted to your team but your team can accept a loan for you saying you will play for X team for X amount of months (and usually the loanee team pays some of the contract). reasons for loans vary, but usually it means a younger player getting first team experience he wasn't going to get otherwise, not getting stars out of there. and there's 196 countries in the world, a good number with multiple leagues (Ecuador has two for example). that means there's a whole lot of places a player can end up.

4. It's like technical fouls in the NBA carrying over and after so many you'll sit out a game. basically you're doing something you're "not supposed to" and after you play enough games and accumulate 5, you're disqualified the next game. the rule really can get annoying though but I see why it's in place.

5. This is funny to see because there is no real difference in what you're talking about. let's say we make wins worth 3 points in the NFL and losses are 0 and ties are 1.


New York Jets
12-4-0
Miami Dolphins
8-8-0
Buffalo Bills
8-8-0
New England Patriots
6-10-0

New York Jets
36 points
Miami Dolphins
24
Buffalo Bills
24
New England Patriots
18

I mean what is the complaint?

 

[Hahahaha]

Media types who pretend that they watch every game

 

[sfgiants]

can you see why this would be problematic, with these two players from the red teams being camped out in that position all game. it would be akin to in football if at the beginning of the play, you're at the 50 and could have two WR on opposite sides of the field start the play on the 3 yard line. no offsides would probably change the game to be as high scoring as the NFL lol. now if you're only concern is scoring more goals and not having rules in place that make sense then I can see where you're coming from.

1. your NFL comparison makes no sense and doesn't apply here. Football plays are very structured and are not in anyway comparable to a soccer offense. stop it
2. your scenario doesn't make any sense either, if there were 2 red players cherry picking at the ass-end of the field doing nothing but waiting for a scoring opportunity like the one you have drawn, then their defense would be easily overwhelmed and they'd be outnumbered 10-7 on their end of the field, making their gamble not worth the cherry picking and they'd probably lose. it would be like 2 players on basketball just waiting on the other side of the court for the chance of an outlet pass, while being outnumbered 5-3 on defense

i think you'd have to be an idiot to try your scenario and nobody on the professional level would try it. the offsides rule is idiotic as it takes away damn near every scoring opportunity because player A on offense had an elbow ahead of player B on defense. take this rule away and the scoring and excitement of soccer goes up and the wasted opportunities and fakkit ass "draws" are eliminated.

also they should have a rule similar to the back court rule in basketball in soccer

 

[sfgiants]

i also think they should make the key/painted area in the nba out of cement. no more "taking charges" and wack ass flopping

 

[dontreadthis]

your NFL comparison makes no sense and doesn't apply here.

let the extent of the comparison be, both lines in both sports can not be crossed before play starts (soccer doesn't have downs and stoppages so when it is played forward) out of fairness to the defense.

take this rule away and the scoring and excitement of soccer goes up and the wasted opportunities and fakkit ass "draws" are eliminated.

also they should have a rule similar to the back court rule in basketball in soccer

lol, so increasing the chances that BOTH teams have to score will eliminate games ending in tied scores?
also not sure if this post was even meant to be taken seriously but a "10-8 advantage" does not guarantee a goal for the blue team and if they lose possession without the offsides penalty in that situation it probably would end up a goal for the red team.

 

[sfgiants]

let the extent of the comparison be, both lines in both sports can not be crossed before play starts (soccer doesn't have downs and stoppages so when it is played forward) out of fairness to the defense.



lol, so increasing the chances that BOTH teams have to score will eliminate games ending in tied scores?
also not sure if this post was even meant to be taken seriously but a "10-8 advantage" does not guarantee a goal for the blue team and if they lose possession without the offsides penalty in that situation it probably would end up a goal for the red team.

1. just cant compare football and soccer man. the line of scrimmage and the offsides line in soccer serve diff purposes. it would be like in football, there's an invisible line and a really fast receiver who gets past the 'last line' of defense created by the defense would be called offsides simply for outrunning and out-positioning his defender, which is what happens in soccer

2. what's the % games in bball, football, baseball that end in ties VS in soccer? i guarantee theres a shytload more ties in soccer than these other sports. no offsides = less ties and more scoring.

this is how retarded the rule is. if the player on the bottom of the screen had his leg in front of this invisible line, the goal would be called off. he wasnt even a part of the play, simply because his leg happened to be sticking out during his stride the goal would be called off the player kicking the ball could have taken the ball from end to end and broken down the defense and made an incredible goal, but it would be called off because his teammate's arm or leg or skull was ahead of a defender 10 yards away.

 

[dennis roadman]

the offsides rule is to ensure teams dont just boot the ball down the field and have super fast forwards try to outrun defenders. it requires skill of midfielders and forwards to time runs and actually play the game instead of just punting, which happens often enough already and often makes for boring games

 

[who_better_than_me]

Why do people get mad at hibbert because of verticality? He's protecting the basket, the fukk you want from him? If you jump straight up and never initiate contact then why does the offensive player flailing his limbs around deserve a foul?

I don't get mad. But it does bother me a bit that they didn't iniate that rule whn Yao was playing cuz Yao did the same thing Hibbert does but constantly got calls for it.

 

[1thouwow]

i like basketball but they trade too much for me to be invested in one player for my team... so i stick with the home team sixers

same with college i fukk with villanova cause they was right up the road

penn state tho for football cause it's still pa but nobody cared about football at nova when i was a kid

49ers for nfl cause my cousin came from cali and made me watch football when i was little.. he liked the 49ers so as a kid, i naturally fell in line




none of my teams have switched since about 7-8 years old... people like different teams for different reasons.. why in the world would you have to like all the home teams in 4 different sports with 4 different owners.. college maybe.. but if you never went to a college, why hold loyalty to one

How u don't like them eagles

 

[BrehWyatt]

Roy Hibbert.

 

[Easy-E]

How plays like these aren't travels

He takes less steps that some guys take on open fast breaks.

When you take the ball off the ground and step...that's a gather

The next step is your "step."

I'm glad that part of the European style came to the league.

 

[sfgiants]

the offsides rule is to ensure teams dont just boot the ball down the field and have super fast forwards try to outrun defenders. it requires skill of midfielders and forwards to time runs and actually play the game instead of just punting, which happens often enough already and often makes for boring games

so basically cancel out athleticism and make it about 'skill'

kind of like golf.

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

This is one of the corniest rivalries in sports.. The only reason there are cowboys fans here is to spite redskin fans.. These dudes spend more time hating on the other team than any other rivalry..
Ex..
Redkskin fan after cowboy lost to out of conference team: y'all got y'all ass whipped today lol
Cowboy fan: yea but we are 12-2 and on our way to the playoffs.
Redskin fan: yea but one of those 2 loses were against us
Cowboy fan: yea but y'all are 3-13
Redskin fan: as long as we beat y'all that's all that matters..
Me that's some loser as shyt to say

Lmaooooooo

 

[dennis roadman]

so basically cancel out athleticism and make it about 'skill'

kind of like golf.

running really fast and latching onto a ball played from x yards away in traffic in perfect sync with a teammate who played said ball requires a lot of athleticism. and we haven't even covered the art of finishing yet

you're getting there though. keep up the good questions