DC>WD> So why is the USA organizing the next World Championships then?
DC> I don't know. Maybe it's just "our turn".
It's a very very very expensive venture, I can't imagine a country making money
out of it. Just prestige.
To get awarded the organization is a very tedious project, corruption,
kickbacks...someone must be providing the money. So there must be some gain..
For the record, the world championship football is a bigger event than the
olympics...
DC> Well, that's not completely true of course, and one could argue that the
DC> king of boring is..... soccer. I mean, seriously. The actual *goals*
DC> are semi-exciting, but the interminable minutes (hours?) between goals
DC> are the very definition of boring.
It's in the way how one views the game. For example the USA's opening game in
the current world championships against Wales ended in a 1-1 but was a good game
of tactics and moves. Even the 0-0 against England was a good game.
A football player runs between 11 and 15 km during a game, an NFL-player's
performance is measured in yards, then he needs a break, a rest and a drink of
water. That's the difference between a sport and a game.
But through the years I started to appreciate the game and tactics, in the
mid-19704s I saw O.J.Simpson play and that was something...
DC>WD> Canada's better at ice hockey ...
DC> Here you are CLEARLY mistaken. It's been 29 *YEARS* since a Canadian
DC> team won the Stanley Cup.
The Stanley-what?
Meaning to say, at the world level of sports it is so unimportant...
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