Cygnus 2112 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Why hockey is not bigger than soccer in all of the world. I mean, soccer players pretend they're hurt - hockey players pretend they're not. Says a lot.It's hard to create a hockey rink in most parts of the world. And you have to be able to skate and have a stick, puck, net, pads. Wtih soccer you need a ball and you can play. Much easier to pick up and play. But hockey should still be bigger than it is.I know people who enroll their kids in youth hockey and pay hundreds (if not over $1000) for one year. Many of the great soccer players started out with a ball at most in poverty you can't even find in America. Cost is probably the foremost reason for soccer's popularity...but still it's excruciating to watch at times. Comparing soccer at even the elite level of the World Cup with the Stanley Cup Finals just concluded. There's so much more action in hockey it's not even funny.I'll still take a soccer game over Football, Baseball or Basketball any day. A soccer game has 90 minutes of action and takes 2 hours to complete while these other sports play for 30 seconds and then cut to a commercial break. Soccer keeps the action going non-stop, sort of like hockey, yet slower paced. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Grownup Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Which reminds me that Denmark is hosting the World Cup of Hockey in 2018. I'm finally going to see all the big hockey nations in my own country! Double win :D*World Championship.It's a joke. All the big NHL Players are either going to be in the playoffs or won't bother joining Canada or the US. But it should still be an exciting tourney for you to attend. For someone who can't watch NHL games this is the best I can get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Sportsball puzzles me. Why is it a multi-billion dollar industry? I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Sportsball puzzles me. Why is it a multi-billion dollar industry? I don't get it. I mean, I understand that some people like to watch sports, but it's the MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR part I don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boots Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I don't know why I bother trying to be sociable. People just throw it back at me or ignore me altogether.I am in the process of quitting Facebook & I closed 2 Twitter accounts this week. Today I sent an email to someone I thought was my friend & he never replied back.I am done with people. Going to become a hermit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aikenrooster Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Why hockey is not bigger than soccer in all of the world. I mean, soccer players pretend they're hurt - hockey players pretend they're not. Says a lot.It's hard to create a hockey rink in most parts of the world. And you have to be able to skate and have a stick, puck, net, pads. Wtih soccer you need a ball and you can play. Much easier to pick up and play. But hockey should still be bigger than it is.I know people who enroll their kids in youth hockey and pay hundreds (if not over $1000) for one year. Many of the great soccer players started out with a ball at most in poverty you can't even find in America. Cost is probably the foremost reason for soccer's popularity...but still it's excruciating to watch at times. Comparing soccer at even the elite level of the World Cup with the Stanley Cup Finals just concluded. There's so much more action in hockey it's not even funny.I'll still take a soccer game over Football, Baseball or Basketball any day. A soccer game has 90 minutes of action and takes 2 hours to complete while these other sports play for 30 seconds and then cut to a commercial break. Soccer keeps the action going non-stop, sort of like hockey, yet slower paced.Yeah, my wife and I always note this when the World Cup comes around. Once the whistle blows, they play for 45+ minutes, NON STOP. American sports are the worst for commercials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Why some people seemingly get everything in life and others nothing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) Why some people have more talents than any one person could ever need and others haven't one. Edited June 20, 2014 by Lorraine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Why mankind never learns from history. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Why there is so much hatred and violence in the world. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 I don't get people out on a date constantly on their phones. YOU'RE ON A DATE - SPEND TIME WITH EACH OTHER!!! I've been married 15 years and my wife and I spend time together every day. Breakfast before work, dinner at night, walks when it's not raining.... Sure we use our phones, but when we are together, we talk and listen to each other and our phones can wait. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyLee Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) That the easiest way to make somebody not want or not value something is to give it to them. I always wanted a pool table. Had one, never played on it. Kids had a swing set in the backyard. Only used when their friends (who didn't have one) came over and said, "Wow! You have a swing set?". My oldest son has a thick mane of hair. Constantly cuts it and says its a pain in the ass. Come talk to me when its thinning and you'd kill two nuns and drown a puppy for that hair. People who have shit loads of money tells me it can't buy happiness. Uh, yeah, it can. Just cause you're a miserable bastard doesn't mean money can't buy ME happiness. Come let me know how happy you are when you're 2 months behind on your mortgage. Seems like once you get something you just don't care about it anymore. Edited June 20, 2014 by KennyLee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Bon Jovi fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Adam Levine named People's Sexiest Man Alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Grownup Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Bon Jovi fans. Nickleback fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Bon Jovi fans. Nickleback fans Any hardcore fan base, lol of i'm a member of many. We're just weird Sometimes, lol Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Bon Jovi fans. Nickleback fans Any hardcore fan base, lol of which i'm a member of many. We're just weird Sometimes, lol Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost In Xanadu Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 How a woman as beautiful as my wife wakes up next to this every morning and doesn't go running for the door. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Grownup Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 Why I'm single ... just kidding :P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushCanuck Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 the obsessive interest in 'celebrities' like Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber, etc.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Not Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 the "importance" of small talk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 the obsessive interest in 'celebrities' like Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber, etc.... This times a billion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Why I'm single ... just kidding :P This is not a mystery. :outtahere: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 How a Rush fan could hate "The Garden". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 How a Rush fan could hate "The Garden". That puzzles me too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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