How do we stop these soccer deaths?

[PG]

Another mess today:

100 Dead in Ghana Soccer Stampede

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - A stampede at a packed soccer match between two of Ghana's leading teams killed at least 100 people Wendesday night, hospital officials said.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

what were the final counts on how many people were killed in desert storm? would like to see how it matches up to the soccer deaths each year.

 

[kami]

You're comparing war to sport? Um

 

[JellyBaby]

Ban all soccer balls.

 

[ChrichtonsGirl]

The first thing they need to do is strictly enforce capacity limitations. The stampede in Iran (?) that happened the other day...they were like 5,000 over capacity when the bleacher collapsed.

 

[convex]

ban cleets and you have pretty much every sport riot under control

 

[Spoooon]

remind them that it's only a game...

These soccer fans are true zealots!

 

[bigdog1218]

stuff like this happens because of overcrowded stadiums, i hate it when people try to make it seem like soccer is the cause, american's just do that because they can't stand the fact that they suck at a sport

 

[Pretender]

Uh, don't go to soccer matches in other countries. Beyond that, if some idiot goes knowing that its a country where hundreds die yearly in soccer stampedes, I don't care if he dies.

I'm sure the U.S. has strict rules about overcrowding - fire hazards and all that - so matches in the US should be safe.

 

[PistachioByAzul]

The reason we don't see this here is because soccer is a joke in the USA, it's a way of life in these other countries.

 

[piku]

<< You're comparing war to sport? Um >>


No, he is comparing that like 20 times as many people die each year watching soccer than Americans died in the entire Desert Storm operation.

 

[BoberFett]

JellyBaby

When soccer balls are outlawed, and only outlaws will have soccer balls.