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| From | "Mark Tate" <zumpp99@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: A Football thread.... |
| Date | Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:06:27 -0500 |
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Actually, it's a bit of a private joke. Back when I was involved in coaching
baseball, we lost a lot of good athletes to soccer. So we joked that 'soccer
is not a sport, it's a cult." A bit defensive of our chosen sport we were.
mark
>From: "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@mindspring.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Re: A Football thread....
>Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:45:18 -0500
>
>A cult?
>How cold.
>Just because I religiously check the premiership scores, arrange visits to
>my father-in-law's in florida around major cup ties (because he has Fox
>SportsWorld which carries all the matches), get all worked up about D.C.
>United (Where we have season tickets), and wear my ManUtd tee-shirt to bed
>doesn't mean I have a problem.
>I mean, I can quit anytime. No sweat.
>Whoops, gotta run, my daily football update from the Guardian just arrived
>....
>
>... ok, so maybe it is an addiction ...
>
>:)
>
>john.
>
>
>
>
>___________________________
>John L. Micek
>State Government Reporter
>The Morning Call
>Harrisburg, Pa.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Tate" <zumpp99@hotmail.com>
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 12:40 PM
>Subject: Re: A Football thread....
>
>
> > Soccer's a cult, not a sport! :-)
> >
> >
> > >From: "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@mindspring.com>
> > >Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
> > >To: <audities@smoe.org>
> > >Subject: Re: A Football thread....
> > >Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:28:38 -0500
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Yes, but since Billy's a Brit, he's not talking about American
>football,
> > > > but the European version, i.e. soccer.
> > > >
> > >Which is really the only sort of football that matters anyway. :)
> > >
> > >john.
> > >
> >
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