The Zidane Incident

TheMalcolmConnection · 07-10-2006, 04:05 PM

Do you have to pay per pound to keep them at all? When I was in Hawaii we had to pay a fee to keep some of them.

firstdown · 07-11-2006, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Do you have to pay per pound to keep them at all? When I was in Hawaii we had to pay a fee to keep some of them.

In Virginia we have to have a fishing license and for some fish there is a limit per person. Like for flounder they have a minimun size of 16 1/2 inches and a maximum of 6 fish per person. Most days we do not catch our limits we just had a good day.

SmootSmack · 07-11-2006, 12:49 PM

Did you know they're considering injecting trout with creatine to make sport fishing more "challenging".

gibbsisgod · 07-11-2006, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by TAFKAS

Did you know they're considering injecting trout with creatine to make sport fishing more "challenging".

juiced up fish??

sounds like a bad fishing story to me.

Schneed10 · 07-10-2006, 04:26 PM

International sports are interesting. Countries like France, Brazil, Argentina Germany, and Italy put all of their athletes into one sport, Soccer. There's a some basketball going on there too, but mostly it's soccer. So it's no wonder their teams are so good at it.

Then if you go to Cuba, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic, baseball is pretty much the only game in town. And of course they're great at it.

And then there's Kenya, and pretty much all they do is run marathons. So no wonder they always win the Boston Marathon.

Here in the States we have baseball, football, basketball, golf, soccer, swimming, track & field, hockey, and a whole slew of other sports. All of our athletes spread out into different sports. So internationally, the US teams always seem disappointing because we can't match up with the countries who breed only soccer players (France), or who breed only baseball players (Cuba), or who breed only Hockey players (Canada). You see our record in international play and it's easy to start to think, "hey, the US sucks at sports." But if we put all our athletes into one or two sports, we'd DOMINATE.

If you want to look at the US dominance in sports in a fair manner, take a look at the Olympic medal count each year. We're always at the top, especially in the summer games.

Imagine if football were an international sport?

Team USA:
QB Peyton Manning, Tom Brady
RB LaDainian Tomlinson, Shawn Alexander
WR Chad Johnson, Randy Moss, Steve Smith, Marvin Harrison, Santana Moss, Terrell Owens
TE Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez, Alge Crumpler
OT Walter Jones, Orlando Pace, Chris Samuels, Willie Roaf
OG Will Shields, Steve Hutchinson, Randy Thomas, Alan Fanaca
C Olin Kreutz, Jeff Saturday

We'd pwn everybody. It'd be ridiculous. We have so many of our nation's best athletes in the NFL, a sport which no other countries really play. We're still the dominant sports nation. It's just we're the jack of all trades, and masters at only a few.

skin4Life28 · 07-10-2006, 04:52 PM

only thing is that most of the nfl athletes wouldn't even play and represent there country it would be worst than the nba.

saden1 · 07-10-2006, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Schneed10

International sports are interesting. Countries like France, Brazil, Argentina Germany, and Italy put all of their athletes into one sport, Soccer. There's a some basketball going on there too, but mostly it's soccer. So it's no wonder their teams are so good at it.

Then if you go to Cuba, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic, baseball is pretty much the only game in town. And of course they're great at it.

And then there's Kenya, and pretty much all they do is run marathons. So no wonder they always win the Boston Marathon.

Here in the States we have baseball, football, basketball, golf, soccer, swimming, track & field, hockey, and a whole slew of other sports. All of our athletes spread out into different sports. So internationally, the US teams always seem disappointing because we can't match up with the countries who breed only soccer players (France), or who breed only baseball players (Cuba), or who breed only Hockey players (Canada). You see our record in international play and it's easy to start to think, "hey, the US sucks at sports." But if we put all our athletes into one or two sports, we'd DOMINATE.

If you want to look at the US dominance in sports in a fair manner, take a look at the Olympic medal count each year. We're always at the top, especially in the summer games.

Imagine if football were an international sport?

Team USA:
QB Peyton Manning, Tom Brady
RB LaDainian Tomlinson, Shawn Alexander
WR Chad Johnson, Randy Moss, Steve Smith, Marvin Harrison, Santana Moss, Terrell Owens
TE Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez, Alge Crumpler
OT Walter Jones, Orlando Pace, Chris Samuels, Willie Roaf
OG Will Shields, Steve Hutchinson, Randy Thomas, Alan Fanaca
C Olin Kreutz, Jeff Saturday

We'd pwn everybody. It'd be ridiculous. We have so many of our nation's best athletes in the NFL, a sport which no other countries really play. We're still the dominant sports nation. It's just we're the jack of all trades, and masters at only a few.

The world simply doesn't play American Football, if they did the same thing that's currently happening in the NBA would be happening in the NFL. I mean, the US NBA team is no longer dominant in the world stage.

Schneed10 · 07-10-2006, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by saden1

The world simply doesn't play American Football, if they did the same thing that's currently happening in the NBA would be happening in the NFL. I mean, the US NBA team is no longer dominant in the world stage.

Right that's my point. We'd dominate American football right now, because no other countries play American football. We used to dominate basketball, until other countries started playing and focusing on that as the only national sport. If other countries played American football and that's all they played, they'd kill us.

Right now, countries like Argentina can line up and whip our ass in Basketball and Soccer. For good reason, those are pretty much the only sports they play. We play tons of sports, our kids go into all kinds of other things. They may be able to beat us in those two, but line Argentina up against us in Football, Hockey, Swimming, Golf, Tennis, Track & Field, or Bowling and we'd kick their ass.

If their kids started getting into football, hockey, swimming, golf, tennis, and track & field, their talent in Soccer and Basketball would dwindle. Then it would probably be a pretty even match in all sports. It all depends on which sport your kids get funneled into.

ArtMonkDrillz · 07-10-2006, 06:39 PM

by the way, soccer is so boring that fishing is a much more fun topic.

gibbsisgod · 07-10-2006, 06:44 PM

about 3 weeks left until the pads start cracking......

is anybody else going stir crazy waiting for the season to start?
(i hate soccer, thats why i am attempting this highjacking)

ArtMonkDrillz · 07-10-2006, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by gibbsisgod

about 3 weeks left until the pads start cracking......

is anybody else going stir crazy waiting for the season to start?
(i hate soccer, thats why i am attempting this highjacking)

When I was walking into work on Friday I was thinking that it was great football weather. I said that later in the day and my dad and sister both said, "so did I," at the same time. Apparently everyone around here is getting antsy.

saden1 · 07-10-2006, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by gibbsisgod

about 3 weeks left until the pads start cracking......

is anybody else going stir crazy waiting for the season to start?
(i hate soccer, thats why i am attempting this highjacking)

I'm already planning my vacation around football so as to minimize the potential of missing pre-season games.

gibbsisgod · 07-10-2006, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by saden1

I'm already planning my vacation around football so as to minimize the potential of missing pre-season games.

Now that is a man that is hard up for football. I'm right with ya saden1.

jamf · 07-10-2006, 11:15 PM

I heard a rumor that the wall at giants stadium called gus frerotte a terrorist...

SmootSmack · 07-10-2006, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jamf

I heard a rumor that the wall at giants stadium called gus frerotte a terrorist...

Wow! I should just lock this thread right now because I don't know that there will be a better post than that. That's hilarious

07-10-2006, 04:05 PM	#1
TheMalcolmConnection I like big (_\|_)s. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Charlottesville, Virginia Age: 44 Posts: 19,264	Re: The Zidane Incident Do you have to pay per pound to keep them at all? When I was in Hawaii we had to pay a fee to keep some of them. __________________ Regret nothing. At one time it was exactly what you wanted.

07-11-2006, 12:49 PM	#3
SmootSmack Uncle Phil Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 45,256	Re: The Zidane Incident Did you know they're considering injecting trout with creatine to make sport fishing more "challenging". __________________ You're So Vain...You Probably Think This Sig Is About You

07-10-2006, 04:26 PM	#5
Schneed10 A Dude Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 46 Posts: 12,458	Re: The Zidane Incident International sports are interesting. Countries like France, Brazil, Argentina Germany, and Italy put all of their athletes into one sport, Soccer. There's a some basketball going on there too, but mostly it's soccer. So it's no wonder their teams are so good at it. Then if you go to Cuba, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic, baseball is pretty much the only game in town. And of course they're great at it. And then there's Kenya, and pretty much all they do is run marathons. So no wonder they always win the Boston Marathon. Here in the States we have baseball, football, basketball, golf, soccer, swimming, track & field, hockey, and a whole slew of other sports. All of our athletes spread out into different sports. So internationally, the US teams always seem disappointing because we can't match up with the countries who breed only soccer players (France), or who breed only baseball players (Cuba), or who breed only Hockey players (Canada). You see our record in international play and it's easy to start to think, "hey, the US sucks at sports." But if we put all our athletes into one or two sports, we'd DOMINATE. If you want to look at the US dominance in sports in a fair manner, take a look at the Olympic medal count each year. We're always at the top, especially in the summer games. Imagine if football were an international sport? Team USA: QB Peyton Manning, Tom Brady RB LaDainian Tomlinson, Shawn Alexander WR Chad Johnson, Randy Moss, Steve Smith, Marvin Harrison, Santana Moss, Terrell Owens TE Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez, Alge Crumpler OT Walter Jones, Orlando Pace, Chris Samuels, Willie Roaf OG Will Shields, Steve Hutchinson, Randy Thomas, Alan Fanaca C Olin Kreutz, Jeff Saturday We'd pwn everybody. It'd be ridiculous. We have so many of our nation's best athletes in the NFL, a sport which no other countries really play. We're still the dominant sports nation. It's just we're the jack of all trades, and masters at only a few. __________________ God made certain people to play football. He was one of them.

07-10-2006, 04:52 PM	#6
skin4Life28 Special Teams Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Age: 38 Posts: 447	Re: The Zidane Incident only thing is that most of the nfl athletes wouldn't even play and represent there country it would be worst than the nba.

07-10-2006, 06:39 PM	#9
ArtMonkDrillz Franchise Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ellicott City, MD Age: 42 Posts: 8,029	Re: The Zidane Incident by the way, soccer is so boring that fishing is a much more fun topic. __________________ "Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." The Dude

07-10-2006, 06:44 PM	#10
gibbsisgod Playmaker Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: 129 W 81st street Age: 46 Posts: 3,503	Re: The Zidane Incident about 3 weeks left until the pads start cracking...... is anybody else going stir crazy waiting for the season to start? (i hate soccer, thats why i am attempting this highjacking)

07-10-2006, 11:15 PM	#14
jamf Pro Bowl Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: San Diego Ca Posts: 5,353	Re: The Zidane Incident I heard a rumor that the wall at giants stadium called gus frerotte a terrorist...

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