http://sgfsoccer.com/2006/07/10/world-cup-2006-tv-ratings/ Southwest Missouri's Soccer Resource Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:51:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://sgfsoccer.com/2006/07/10/world-cup-2006-tv-ratings/#comment-1691 Ole Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:39:04 +0000 http://sgfsoccer.com/2006/07/10/world-cup-2006-tv-ratings/#comment-1691 Zidane as Achilles, as only a French commentator in the Wall Street Journal, could write it http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115258471710803033-email.html Zidane as Achilles, as only a French commentator in the Wall Street Journal, could write it
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115258471710803033-email.html

]]> http://sgfsoccer.com/2006/07/10/world-cup-2006-tv-ratings/#comment-1690 Ole Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:26:18 +0000 http://sgfsoccer.com/2006/07/10/world-cup-2006-tv-ratings/#comment-1690 A football writers take on the final game can be found here - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/dr_z/07/10/zidane/index.html I imagine it will be the only time I point to a football writer :) A football writers take on the final game can be found here - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/dr_z/07/10/zidane/index.html
I imagine it will be the only time I point to a football writer

]]> http://sgfsoccer.com/2006/07/10/world-cup-2006-tv-ratings/#comment-1682 Cary John Tue, 11 Jul 2006 03:49:12 +0000 http://sgfsoccer.com/2006/07/10/world-cup-2006-tv-ratings/#comment-1682 Forget the headbutt & subsequential disqualification. To me, that was just a product of heavy competition. What I found most appalling about the World Cup championship game was the manner in which the winner was determined. Soccer is one of the first sports we teach our children to play, not only for it's simplicity, but mostly for the lessons about team play. In our community, we teach our youngsters to win and lose as a team. So what kind of message is sent to our children when the World Cup championship is determined by a "place-kicking" contest by individuals??? We (as Americans), would never want our World Series to end with a tie..... just to have the winner decided by who can hit the most homeruns. To not allow the entire team to play to the finish is not what we teach our kids. It's no wonder soccer in America is ranked just under Pop-Warner football Forget the headbutt & subsequential disqualification. To me, that was just a product of heavy competition. What I found most appalling about the World Cup championship game was the manner in which the winner was determined.
Soccer is one of the first sports we teach our children to play, not only for it’s simplicity, but mostly for the lessons about team play. In our community, we teach our youngsters to win and lose as a team.
So what kind of message is sent to our children when the World Cup championship is determined by a “place-kicking” contest by individuals??? We (as Americans), would never want our World Series to end with a tie….. just to have the winner decided by who can hit the most homeruns.
To not allow the entire team to play to the finish is not what we teach our kids.
It’s no wonder soccer in America is ranked just under Pop-Warner football

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