Comments on: Football vs. Football http://pokerati.com/2009/05/14/football-vs-football/ Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas WSOP Poker Blog, now with PLO too! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: scott diamond http://pokerati.com/2009/05/14/football-vs-football/comment-page-1/#comment-167228 scott diamond Mon, 18 May 2009 16:56:57 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=7797#comment-167228 Hellmuth would not only have 11 bracelets, he would have the most RED cards also..:) Hellmuth would not only have 11 bracelets, he would have the most RED cards also..:)

]]> By: DanM http://pokerati.com/2009/05/14/football-vs-football/comment-page-1/#comment-167227 DanM Mon, 18 May 2009 16:43:23 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=7797#comment-167227 Funny, I actually thought about that and wondered ... THE spurs that is. I'll justify my soccer donkishness for now by simply saying, hey, what colour are their kits? And not to get too soccery in this post, but wouldn't relegation in baseball be FANTASTIC? (or is it fantastique?) I likewise would like to see red and yellow cards at the WSOP ... but I think that suggestion is falling on deaf American ears. Funny, I actually thought about that and wondered … THE spurs that is. I’ll justify my soccer donkishness for now by simply saying, hey, what colour are their kits?

And not to get too soccery in this post, but wouldn’t relegation in baseball be FANTASTIC? (or is it fantastique?) I likewise would like to see red and yellow cards at the WSOP … but I think that suggestion is falling on deaf American ears.

]]> By: Johnnymac http://pokerati.com/2009/05/14/football-vs-football/comment-page-1/#comment-167225 Johnnymac Mon, 18 May 2009 14:38:45 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=7797#comment-167225 What EPL team is known as THE Spurs? LOL I know, American English and English English are different in many subtle ways. I still struggle with the collective conjugation (ie “Tottenham ARE playing well these days.”) which just never sounds quite right to my American ears. But seriously, excellent point about Poker players “endorsing” the NFL’s prudery. As my IAG co-blogger Fro points out, the big difference is the respective laws in the countries, but the NFL could pull some weight if it ever decided things needed to be changed. Nice post - American sports could learn a lot from European football. (I’d personally love to see some sort of relegation applied to baseball…) What EPL team is known as THE Spurs? LOL

I know, American English and English English are different in many subtle ways. I still struggle with the collective conjugation (ie “Tottenham ARE playing well these days.”) which just never sounds quite right to my American ears.

But seriously, excellent point about Poker players “endorsing” the NFL’s prudery. As my IAG co-blogger Fro points out, the big difference is the respective laws in the countries, but the NFL could pull some weight if it ever decided things needed to be changed.

Nice post – American sports could learn a lot from European football. (I’d personally love to see some sort of relegation applied to baseball…)

]]> By: Phil http://pokerati.com/2009/05/14/football-vs-football/comment-page-1/#comment-167187 Phil Sat, 16 May 2009 17:28:47 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=7797#comment-167187 The NFL/EPL divide over online gambling sites boggles the mind. How can one advanced country embrace sports gambling like religion (UK) while another (USA) opts to shove it in a dark corner. The NFL loves beer soaked fans and advertising dollars but completely ignores the sport bettor. I agree that an NFL protest/boycott by sports bettors and poker players is on order. Sign me up. The NFL/EPL divide over online gambling sites boggles the mind. How can one advanced country embrace sports gambling like religion (UK) while another (USA) opts to shove it in a dark corner. The NFL loves beer soaked fans and advertising dollars but completely ignores the sport bettor. I agree that an NFL protest/boycott by sports bettors and poker players is on order. Sign me up.

]]> By: scott diamond http://pokerati.com/2009/05/14/football-vs-football/comment-page-1/#comment-167131 scott diamond Thu, 14 May 2009 14:59:03 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=7797#comment-167131 So Dan what you are really saying here is for us to go out and spend some of our poker winnings on a new Soccer jersey and wear it when we play Poker? :) So Dan what you are really saying here is for us to go out and spend some of our poker winnings on a new Soccer jersey and wear it when we play Poker?

:)

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