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- From: 92911366@vax1.dcu.ie (Brian Looney)
- Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
- Subject: Nomenclature of "Football"
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 10:16:15 -0600
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- Hi all,
-
- There seems to be a debate raging at the moment re. the name of the game.
-
- Lets not jump down the American subscribers throats every time they say
- "Soccer" instead of "football".
-
- After all, they are brought up in a sporting culture where Football does mean
- "a white guy ( exception: Randall Cunningham ) throwing a ball to a black
- guy while 11 other black guys try to kill him" - Robin Williams.
-
- We have a similar situation in Ireland.
- People living in Dublin & some other cities and towns like Cork, Limerick
- and Dundalk ( as well as urban areas of Northern Ireland ), generally call
- the game governed by FIFA "Football".
-
- However those living in other parts of Ireland ( less influenced in the
- course of history by the British perhaps ) when talking of football refer
- to Gaelic Football and use the term Soccer to describe the International game.
-
- The "we invented the game so the rest of you must call it what we do" attidude
- is quite simply arrogant, rude and does not suit the World's greatest game.
-
- Brian Looney
- Dublin City University
-
- P.S. I think while less fluent and spontaneously skillful than "Football"
- American football does have its merits. It's not that bad once you get
- through the bullshit and terminology that surrounds such a tactical game.
- By the way, I reckon Dallas will romp home in the Superbowl and that next
- year when Liverpool return to the top of the League, Green Bay will be the
- NFL champions.
-