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Recently, an article was posted about the NFL draft and how, in the writer’s opinion, it was intriguing. Predictably, there was a comment stating “The NFL draft is for people too stupid or arrogant to follow another sport during the off-season.” What was the point of that?
Does that person have a problem with NFL fans wanting to know about their team’s future? Was it an attempt to make the writer change his ways?
Perhaps that person wanted a follow-up article titled, “I’m sorry, the NFL draft is actually a waste of mine and everyone else’s time.” It was probably just an attempt to belittle a sport that another person likes.
Which begs the question: why?
After several seconds of reflection, I have no answers. So I’ve decided to seek your views. Yes, I actually respect your opinion.
Tell me, Roar posters, why does an article about the generally poor standard of soccer coverage by the FTA networks turn into a code war by the FIFTH comment, and then drag on for no reason?
Does anyone actually think that it is acceptable for an experienced newsreader to refer to the Socceroos’ coach as “Tim Verbeak?”
If we agree that that is unacceptable, what’s the problem? Is Mike Tuckerman arrogant because he wants Ken Sutcliffe to do his job properly?
Why are there arguments over what we should call it: soccer, or football? Who cares?
Just make sure we understand what you’re talking about.
When Rebecca Wilson wrote that infamous article about the poor standard of Australian soccer, she obviously thought it would be well received by her main audience (rugby league fans, presumably).
It didn’t seem to occur to her that there might be league fans that also follow soccer, and that they would be annoyed because they know enough to tell what was wrong with her article. This may be part of the reason that code wars exist.
There are some people out there who think that you can only follow one football code. Why would that be the case?
Judging by the preferences of all the soccer team-mates I’ve had, there are many people that follow more than one football code.
Perhaps it’s the fault of those who can’t see that every code has its’ good points, and that it’s just a matter of opinion.
I like soccer and gridiron.
Why would anyone else have a problem with that? Would anyone have a problem with the fact that I prefer blondes and my favourite colour is orange? I don’t think so. (Cue sarcastic comments along the lines of “I think you should prefer redheads, it makes sense because your favourite colour is orange, and so on.)
Anyway, I’m really curious, so tell everyone what you think. This is a chance for those posters from all codes that start code wars to explain their motivation.
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