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73 dead after soccer match

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dennilfloss said:
You people need to stop using foot as a measure of length/distance. :sneaky:
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Yeah, I'll admit we have some archaic forms of measurement (feet/yards/miles, gallons, Fahrenheit, etc) but we're still the authority on spelling, syntax and grammar.. even if we did inherit the language from the Brits. 😛
 
Doppel said:
Soccer fans are scum the world over. It's a good thing nobody in the US really cares about it.
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LOL, this is amusing... be ready, soccer is starting to really take hold in the US. Some places it is more popular that football or baseball... GASP... Communists they must be right?
 
VtPC83 said:
LOL, this is amusing... be ready, soccer is starting to really take hold in the US. Some places it is more popular that football or baseball... GASP... Communists they must be right?
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what places in the US is soccer more popular than football? i want links to evidence too.
 
CZroe said:
Uhh... 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta?! The bombing?! I wonder if security guard and hero Richard Jewell was armed.
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The Olympics is not a professional sporting event (yes splitting hairs I know). Also the 2 people that died (not mass murder) were killed by a single terrorist on a mission, not by the impromptu decision of thousands of normal civilians to go on a head-stomping victory celebration and kill as many as possible because their team won a soccer game. Whatever happened to Tebowing!

On the other hand, deadly riots occur somewhat frequently at soccer matches, and what happened in Egypt doesn't even seem out of the ordinary. Just another soccer match.
 
VtPC83 said:
LOL, this is amusing... be ready, soccer is starting to really take hold in the US. Some places it is more popular that football or baseball... GASP... Communists they must be right?
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LOL, people have been saying this shit since the 1960s when Pele was popular. I'm still waiting 😀.
 
1sikbITCH said:
The Olympics is not a professional sporting event (yes splitting hairs I know). Also the 2 people that died (not mass murder) were killed by a single terrorist on a mission, not by the impromptu decision of thousands of normal civilians to go on a head-stomping victory celebration and kill as many as possible because their team won a soccer game. Whatever happened to Tebowing!

On the other hand, deadly riots occur somewhat frequently at soccer matches, and what happened in Egypt doesn't even seem out of the ordinary. Just another soccer match.
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The game wasn't over when that happened. Their team scored and was winning, but they hadn't won. Granted, he said "ended with" and the Olympics didn't end with the bombing, but the bomber intended to kill far more and would have if it weren't for Richard Jewell. Also, it didn't happen at an actual game. I can pick me apart too. Anyway, it was still a major sporting event with home-grown violence that could have killed many more people.
 
CZroe said:
Uhh... 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta?! The bombing?! I wonder if security guard and hero Richard Jewell was armed.
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If i'm not mistaken before they started to use protective gear 11 people died in College American football in one season. Is this correct
 
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