Comments on: Glendale vs Kickapoo Tuesday! http://sgfsoccer.com/2006/05/19/glendale-vs-kickapoo-tuesday/ Southwest Missouri's Soccer Resource Thu, 10 May 2012 17:34:46 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bob Jordan http://sgfsoccer.com/2006/05/19/glendale-vs-kickapoo-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-1491 Bob Jordan Sat, 20 May 2006 13:08:39 +0000 http://sgfsoccer.com/2006/05/19/glendale-vs-kickapoo-tuesday/#comment-1491 I love the serendipity of reading RSS feeds. Today's gem is from Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in his blog, Blogmaverick. Rivalries are Fun! http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000893073700/ "Which leads to the topic of rivalries. Every good rivalry has a healthy dose of animosity. There has to be booing. There has to be the fans on the edge who go a little bit overboard. There has to be the story about the pregnant wife, or that one argument your buddies got into. There has to be a least a little bit of dislike or there aint no rivalry. Thats part of what makes sports fun. That we can 'hate' the other team and its fans while the games are going on, but be best friends or work with them or even be married to them when the games are over." He continues... "If the teams are great, and championships are at stake, the opportunity is there for a great rivalry A great rivalry is so intense and brings out such emotion that people who are fans of either team HAVE to watch it, for fear of being ostracized by their friends who are also fans. A great rivalry is so intense that people who dont root for either team, or may not even be more than casual fans of that sport will watch anyway. They know the rivalry is so intense that its combustable and that could lead to anything happening on the field." Read the story because there is more analysis about great rivalries. I love the serendipity of reading RSS feeds. Today’s gem is from Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in his blog, Blogmaverick.

Rivalries are Fun!
http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000893073700/
“Which leads to the topic of rivalries. Every good rivalry has a healthy dose of animosity. There has to be booing. There has to be the fans on the edge who go a little bit overboard. There has to be the story about the pregnant wife, or that one argument your buddies got into. There has to be a least a little bit of dislike or there aint no rivalry.

Thats part of what makes sports fun. That we can ‘hate’ the other team and its fans while the games are going on, but be best friends or work with them or even be married to them when the games are over.”

He continues…

“If the teams are great, and championships are at stake, the opportunity is there for a great rivalry

A great rivalry is so intense and brings out such emotion that people who are fans of either team HAVE to watch it, for fear of being ostracized by their friends who are also fans. A great rivalry is so intense that people who dont root for either team, or may not even be more than casual fans of that sport will watch anyway. They know the rivalry is so intense that its combustable and that could lead to anything happening on the field.”

Read the story because there is more analysis about great rivalries.

]]> By: Glendale Soccer » Glendale vs. Kickapoo http://sgfsoccer.com/2006/05/19/glendale-vs-kickapoo-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 Glendale Soccer » Glendale vs. Kickapoo Sat, 20 May 2006 12:26:17 +0000 http://sgfsoccer.com/2006/05/19/glendale-vs-kickapoo-tuesday/#comment-1490 [...] Update The Joplin Globe and SGFsoccer both have stories about the Kickapoo vs. Joplin match. Girls Soccer News @ 9:32 pm [...] [...] Update The Joplin Globe and SGFsoccer both have stories about the Kickapoo vs. Joplin match. Girls Soccer News @ 9:32 pm [...]

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