American sports: still not gay

At least according to Ace of Spades:

1) Soccer: still gay. … [blah blah blah] … Like I said: Gay. At least in golf they wear cool pants.

Not like American football, where they have 200 players on the roster, special teams for every conceivable situation, and special positions, like the “Long Snapper.” Oh yeah, very manly, Ace, that “Long Snapper,” who I supposed is called in with the “fourth and long, down by less than five points, late in the game, poor field position, punting” special team.

And soccer players, are just too short. Real he-men need Gheorghe Muresan:

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Seriously heterosexual.

Another thing, those damn furriner soccer players, they’re not hefty enough.

We want Gilbert Brown, all 350 pounds:

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Any real sport requires padding, lots and lots of it, and then some extra protective for your padding. Just shinguards - gay!

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And another thing that sucks about soccer is that it’s low scoring. Real athletes score at least 370 points in a game.

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“Did you see Thomas’ 37th basket? Awesome! … No, you mean his 38th basket, that one was really awesome!!! … No, no, no, you guys, I know basketball, and it was his 39th basket that was most memorable.”

One more thing about soccer that is totally gay … those games are too short. Really, if I want to see a heterosexual sport, I want it to go on for about 8 hours. Really, I want the game to go on so long, that I have to come back the next day to see it finish.

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Just think, if we had basketball games that ran for 8 hours, they could score about 1500 points per game. Woot!

Anyway, we always have our extremely non-gay golf pants to fall back on.

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Comments

  1. SeanH wrote:

    Whatever you think about American sports, Ace does have a point. I mean, this is probably one of the manliest moments in soccer history.

  2. Heartless Libertaria wrote:

    Actually, basketball was much more gay back in the Magic & Bird era, when all the players wore Daisy Duke shorts.

  3. canuckistani wrote:

    Thank you. I ran across Ace’s “Soccer is gay” schtick and thought it was pathetic on so many levels. If Rod Brind’Amour or Cam Ward (damn them!) want to sneer at soccer players, I might listen. If a cheeto-eating blogger wants to sneer at athletes of that caliber, I think it’s time for a collect call to Dr. Freud, wherever he is.

  4. KM wrote:

    How did I wind up on this freakin’ Episcopalean web site?

  5. Cato wrote:

    Soccer is popular in America as a game young children can play before they get serious about competitive sports like football, basketball, baseball, hockey, lacrosse and tennis.

  6. James I. Hymas wrote:

    Really, I want the game to go on so long, that I have to come back the next day to see it finish.

    You must LOVE cricket!

  7. withheld wrote:

    I’ve tivo’ed/watched every WC game. Just got done watching the Brits and Swedes. And, I’m sorry, it’s a **** game. The only reason I have it on is because my eyes aren’t required for sports talk radio. And that has nothing to do with nativism or any other silly reason with which the fans love to brush aside the “haters”. I love Aussie football and wouldn’t miss international hockey for anything. The U.S. is either nonexistant or total **** in both of those. But soccer? Meh. I’ll miss it and yet not if you get my drift. That’s not a slap at the players. Great athletes all but the game just sucks. Watch a highlight reel and wow! absolutely amazing technical display. Kicks I couldn’t do if I got a thousand tries. But throw in the other 88:30 of the game…shots that end up 50 feet left/right of goal. Corners that end up touching no one. Love taps with the toe of a shoe bringing out cards. A small cut rubbed for 2 minutes into a bloody smear becoming a banner for courage? Sorry. Ace was right. Love it all you want but don’t expect everyone else to simply because it’s popular.

  8. MarkD wrote:

    SeanH,

    The most manly moment in American soccer was Brandy Chastain rippin her top off. That would make my highlight reel.

    That would be my highlight reel.