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patdog

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Maybe. Maybe not. Wouldn't hurt to try it in some leagues and see.

We are talking about the difference in 12 inches? Maybe for some of you guys 24 inches?
They’re testing it in a Canadian league this year. We’ll see. If it doesn’t change the game too much I’m for it. But I have my doubts.
 
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L4Dawg

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Your usual style.

all talk. No proof.
Proof that I am irritated that the NCAA does diffident than nearly every other league in the world? Come on man. Are you sure your ACT reading comprehension score was as high as 19? When did you take it? When I took it a current 19 would have been a 17.
 

Bulldog Bruce

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If you didn't have offsides it would totally change the game. A team could leave a player up field and just kick it long every possession.

Imagine football with no LOS. Just let all the wr stand way up field and when the center snaps the ball, QB throws it as far as he can to a wr already standing 60-70 yards away.
So either leave a guy back there with him or take advantage of your extra player on the attack.
 
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“The world’s most popular sport should change its rules because I don’t like it.”
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HammerOfTheDogs

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If you didn't have offsides it would totally change the game. A team could leave a player up field and just kick it long every possession.

Imagine football with no LOS. Just let all the wr stand way up field and when the center snaps the ball, QB throws it as far as he can to a wr already standing 60-70 yards away.
Hear me out.....
 

msualohadog

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Y'all are tip-toeing around the number one most egregious issue with soccer. No mascots. It's either FC or United, how dumb. Mississippi State United? They need Lions, Tigers, Titans, Eagles, and Bulldogs. Even dumba$$ mascots like Rebels are still better than FC.
 

patdog

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Y'all are tip-toeing around the number one most egregious issue with soccer. No mascots. It's either FC or United, how dumb. Mississippi State United? They need Lions, Tigers, Titans, Eagles, and Bulldogs. Even dumba$$ mascots like Rebels are still better than FC.
Most teams actually do have mascots. Some are better than others.
 

paindonthurt

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Proof that I am irritated that the NCAA does diffident than nearly every other league in the world? Come on man. Are you sure your ACT reading comprehension score was as high as 19? When did you take it? When I took it a current 19 would have been a 17.
I think you are the one with reading comprehension skills.

IN GENERAL, you never provide any proof or data.

For instance, you said it would be an uproar if they had a transparent way of showing time or if they did it like the ncaa. NO DATA or proof behind that. Just your DA opinion.
 

L4Dawg

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I think you are the one with reading comprehension skills.

IN GENERAL, you never provide any proof or data.

For instance, you said it would be an uproar if they had a transparent way of showing time or if they did it like the ncaa. NO DATA or proof behind that. Just your DA opinion.

You haven't followed the game that long have you. It's an uproar when anything is changed. There is a huge uproar over the hydration breaks right now, rightly so. As I said before, game clocks have been tried in various places and times, it never stuck. Every four years Americans like you try to tell the world how to fix its game. It doesn't need fixing. It's the most popular sport on the planet. They also laugh that it only happens every four years.
 

L4Dawg

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Y'all are tip-toeing around the number one most egregious issue with soccer. No mascots. It's either FC or United, how dumb. Mississippi State United? They need Lions, Tigers, Titans, Eagles, and Bulldogs. Even dumba$$ mascots like Rebels are still better than FC.
Almost all of them do have mascots.
 

paindonthurt

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You haven't followed the game that long have you. It's an uproar when anything is changed. There is a huge uproar over the hydration breaks right now, rightly so. As I said before, game clocks have been tried in various places and times, it never stuck. Every four years Americans like you try to tell the world how to fix its game. It doesn't need fixing. It's the most popular sport on the planet. They also laugh that it only happens every four years.
NO DATA or proof behind that. Just your DA opinion.
 

OG Goat Holder

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I tried really hard to watch soccer back when my kid played (before he thankfully made the decision to go to tackle football). I’d watch EPL games every Saturday before college football. It was just way too much running and back and forth before any scoring action. The strategy never made sense.

That said I’m not bashing, because I don’t know anything about it. But a little excitement to draw people in never hurt anybody. Baseball has had to make changes as well.
 

L4Dawg

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I tried really hard to watch soccer back when my kid played (before he thankfully made the decision to go to tackle football). I’d watch EPL games every Saturday before college football. It was just way too much running and back and forth before any scoring action. The strategy never made sense.

That said I’m not bashing, because I don’t know anything about it. But a little excitement to draw people in never hurt anybody. Baseball has had to make changes as well.
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world by far. Drawing people in isn’t a problem. It takes while to understand the strategy. I’ve been watching for 30 years and i still don't understand a lot of it. Matchups are important. Looking at where you have a mismatch, and working to exploit that, and to cover up yours. Tempo and how much you press, both with and without the ball, are too.
 

Dirty Dirk

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You haven't followed the game that long have you. It's an uproar when anything is changed. There is a huge uproar over the hydration breaks right now, rightly so. As I said before, game clocks have been tried in various places and times, it never stuck. Every four years Americans like you try to tell the world how to fix its game. It doesn't need fixing. It's the most popular sport on the planet. They also laugh that it only happens every four years.
What country are you from bub?
 

hatfieldms

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Soccer is the most popular sport in the world by far. Drawing people in isn’t a problem. It takes while to understand the strategy. I’ve been watching for 30 years and i still don't understand a lot of it. Matchups are important. Looking at where you have a mismatch, and working to exploit that, and to cover up yours. Tempo and how much you press, both with and without the ball, are too.
“Soccer in the most popular sport in the world”

trust us we know. You have said it in this thread over and over and over again
 
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