american sports

[the sniderman]

i think it is time to have a simple vote to see if there is consensus to have them on grandoldteam.com. i of course refer to sport as a game like baseball or basketball and not other american pastimes like rampant oil imperialism and wanton slaughter.

 

[JLW]

First

 

[st.domingo]

rampant oil imperialism and wanton slaughter.

Brits in a bit of a glasshouse here I’m afraid.

Even worse, we’re so bad at the former that we had to go begging the Yanks for help in deposing the democratic government of Mossadegh in Iran back in ‘53 after they kicked us out - the original CIA/MI6 regime change op.

 

[Catfish Blues]

So long as they don't try to export their "sports" and the culture that goes with them to Europe, then I'm happy for them to waste their time on things like basketball, baseball and ice hockey. God only knows how many more people would get shot and countries invaded if they didn't exist.

 

[john jako]

Soccer is boss lad

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

They do well on film, some great movies about US sports.

But in real life they're full of some of the highest concentrations of sex offenders in the world, to such an extent that the draft pick is unofficially known as "to catch a predator."

Keep US sports for Hollywood only.

 

[nsno-chris]

too fat to play sports the overeating fat biffs

 

[Tramps_mate]

Tell a lie. I like Baseball and Ice Hockey to be honest...

 

[tommye]

The 'sports' themselves are ok. It's the continual covering up and turning the blind eye to all manner of deviants, wife beaters and sexual predators that leaves a rotten taste.

Booooooooooo

 

[McBain]

Can we keep the league where women ran around tackling each other in their lingerie?

 

[Goat]

Can we keep the league where women ran around tackling each other in their lingerie?

Its called the NFL.

 

[mezzrow]

Can we keep the league where women ran around tackling each other in their lingerie?

Its called the NFL.

 

[wainy]

Need to ban that rounders, absolute joke of a game.

 

[Tigger]

If they did not waste all their time on these crap sports they would be half decent at the proper ones I bet. But it keeps all the nonces on their shores so let them crack on.

 

[bol-uk]

Not a fan, my mates all going on about Kobe Bryant yesterday, I was like, I don't like basketball and have never met him, people die everyday.