bbb Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 14 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: across the globe Men's Futbol rules and draws an audience In America Women's Futbol rules and draws an audience. many of the Mens super stars are has beens in the world leagues This is true. So, I think it needs to be determined what part of what pie these teams are getting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 1 hour ago, bbb said: But, is the amount they get from FIFA for the mens vs. womens different, because FIFA defintely gets more revenue from mens as opposed to womens. 2018 men’s WC had a pot of $400 mil women's pot is $30 mil This is strictly prize money allocated by FIFA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, stony said: 2018 men’s WC had a pot of $400 mil women's pot is $30 mil This is strictly prize money allocated by FIFA Thanks. Seems that maybe this has something to do with the women getting paid less by the national authorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) Holy crap, did anyone watch Argentina/Scotland? Scots led 3-0 with 16 to go. Argentina got it to 3-2 then got a penalty at 90. Save by Scotland, but VAR awarded a second penalty kick because the goalie moved too early. They made that one. First time in WC history a team made up a 3-goal deficit. https://youtu.be/PesWKy7tRwU?t=10 Edited June 20, 2019 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeginnersMind Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) On to Spain. US by far the class of the tourney so far. No one close. Morgan’s possible injury worth watching. Edited June 21, 2019 by BeginnersMind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Go team USA winning 2-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeginnersMind Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 1 hour ago, ShadyBillsFan said: Go team USA winning 2-0 No one has tested them yet. There was a fair amount of grumbling going in that they had not looked as sharp and other teams were rising. So far the opposite looks true. And at every match, they are the draw of the tournament as far as fans go. It’s a funny higher pitch rise of excitement on any breakout—sounds like a Beatles concert. Funny. Hopefully France, post Spain, can give them a game. I don’t see Spain giving them trouble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 4 hours ago, BeginnersMind said: No one has tested them yet. There was a fair amount of grumbling going in that they had not looked as sharp and other teams were rising. So far the opposite looks true. And at every match, they are the draw of the tournament as far as fans go. It’s a funny higher pitch rise of excitement on any breakout—sounds like a Beatles concert. Funny. Hopefully France, post Spain, can give them a game. I don’t see Spain giving them trouble. Is it Americans doing the cheering or just soccer fans in general? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 I didn't even know women were allowed to play sports in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Mal Pugh please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) The lack of exact timing still makes me nuts over soccer. Especially in injury time. Too often I'm seeing players faking injury to stop a team from getting a tying goal. Edited June 23, 2019 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Just now, PromoTheRobot said: The lack of exact timing still makes nuts over soccer. Especially in injury time. Too often I'm seeing players faking injury to stop a team from getting a tying goal. A time honoured tradition for at least 120 years now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 24 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: The lack of exact timing still makes nuts over soccer. Especially in injury time. Too often I'm seeing players faking injury to stop a team from getting a tying goal. It's insane to me. I used to go to my niece's games, through college - and when a strategy is to kick the ball into the parking lot, something is wrong. And, 99% of the games I've watched on TV, the ref gives "three minutes" of extra time, no matter what has really happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 8 minutes ago, bbb said: It's insane to me. I used to go to my niece's games, through college - and when a strategy is to kick the ball into the parking lot, something is wrong. And, 99% of the games I've watched on TV, the ref gives "three minutes" of extra time, no matter what has really happened. That’s why it a loser in the US, it can’t compete with the other pro sports and never will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, row_33 said: That’s why it a loser in the US, it can’t compete with the other pro sports and never will That's just one of the things I think are crazy about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 58 minutes ago, bbb said: That's just one of the things I think are crazy about it. I enjoyed watching soccer intently from 1973 to last year when cable TV lost all the good games or an online streamer so that’s that for me, other things to enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeginnersMind Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 1 hour ago, row_33 said: That’s why it a loser in the US, it can’t compete with the other pro sports and never will No commercials is why it doesn’t work here too. If Bud can’t show its frogs, good luck getting ad revenue. Americans want to be told what to eat, drink, and drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 9 minutes ago, BeginnersMind said: No commercials is why it doesn’t work here too. If Bud can’t show its frogs, good luck getting ad revenue. Americans want to be told what to eat, drink, and drive. They don’t want players flopping all the time and being told a team stalling for penalty kicks for the last 70 minutes is thrilling It’s like boxing where both fighters refuse to throw a punch for the first 5 rounds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) Has VAR not given a penalty yet? Hey, first time. Edited June 22, 2019 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeginnersMind Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 42 minutes ago, row_33 said: They don’t want players flopping all the time and being told a team stalling for penalty kicks for the last 70 minutes is thrilling Its part of the game for some people, mostly depending on the league or country of origin. It’s not the norm but it happens. The uncertainty of extra time is one of the best parts of the game. If you don’t think so, you’re probably not a soccer fan. Most fans love that part of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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