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Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:15 pm
by ponchi101
Copa America was going to be held jointly between Argentina and Colombia. Colombia, of course, right now could not hold a Yahtzee invitational in a high school room, with the Covid situation and the political issues running the country. Argentina is in one of its perennial crises, with the economy going to pieces and Covid also strolling the streets.
So Brasil is a perfect choice. No political turmoil, Covid free and a huge fan base for football which will fill all those stadia to the brim with people, packed shoulder to shoulder and then traveling somewhere to tell stories about how great it was.
Absolutely nothing wrong with that plan.
Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:56 pm
by dryrunguy
ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Tue Jun 01, 2021 2:37 am
You mean the Copa America? World Cup is 2022 in Qatar.
My bad. Yes. Futbol ain't my thing.
Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:57 pm
by dryrunguy
ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:15 pm
Copa America was going to be held jointly between Argentina and Colombia. Colombia, of course, right now could not hold a Yahtzee invitational in a high school room, with the Covid situation and the political issues running the country. Argentina is in one of its perennial crises, with the economy going to pieces and Covid also strolling the streets.
So Brasil is a perfect choice. No political turmoil, Covid free and a huge fan base for football which will fill all those stadia to the brim with people, packed shoulder to shoulder and then traveling somewhere to tell stories about how great it was.
Absolutely nothing wrong with that plan.
This time, no emoji was needed. The sarcasm in your post drips profusely.
Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 5:28 pm
by JazzNU
Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 2:56 am
by Fastbackss
Also breaking news, I now despise duke 4% less
Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 12:30 am
by ti-amie
Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 2:54 am
by Deuce
Not only leading by 6 strokes - but he also threw in a hole-in-one.
I wonder how many idiots out there will now be thinking 'Hey - COVID ain't that bad - look at this guy - he was leading by 6 strokes and had a hole-in-one while he had the virus! No need to protect myself - or others - from it'.
Sadly, there will surely be some members of the species who think this... sigh...
Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:41 pm
by ti-amie
Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 8:10 pm
by JazzNU
Wow! If they fire him and his replacement doesn't deliver, I wonder if that has the potential to erode some public support for Bolsonaro. Pitiful to suggest I know, everything else should do that quicker.
Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 4:38 pm
by JazzNU
So, I knew Brazil played Venezuela at Copa America on Sunday and Brazil won. I hadn't realized Venezuela was down 13 players to covid, 8 of whom were starters. I'm not even sure how that works.
Bolivia also down 4 players to covid.
Delayed games? Not a one in sight.
Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 5:42 pm
by ti-amie
That's one of the greatest gifs ever.
Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 10:19 pm
by Deuce
Marketing and commercialization has gotten out of control... so I quite like this.
I hope that more athletes start showing enough guts to do the same...
Cristiano Ronaldo Removes Coke Bottles From Press Conference
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Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:44 pm
by ponchi101
I don't know. I am ambivalent in this one. No one has ever forced me to drink a coke, or a pepsi, or anything. The data are well known and it is available.
It is like cigarettes'. By now, the harmful effects are extremely well known. If you still want to smoke, I am not sure if I can feel really sorry for your ignorance.
Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:27 pm
by Deuce
I'm thinking about kids, for whom these athletes are role models. And so anything that their favourite athletes market (or, as in this case, appear to market) will influence the young ones.
Also, I just don't like the commercialization of sports in general. It's not like sports needs that much more money - most pro athletes have been grossly overpaid for years - compare their salaries to what teachers, or even doctors, make - and the latter two contribute significantly more positives to society than athletes typically do.
Re: Sports Random, Random
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 10:57 pm
by ti-amie