[BMWCSRegistry] WOB- Tour de France

[JamesChapa at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/26/2007 10:09:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
danimal at copper.net writes:

I too love soccer. I remember getting laughed out of  my high school athletic 
director’s office for wanting to start intramural  soccer in 1978. And now, 
ironically, that school cancelled football and  retained soccer, to my glee. 
The Beckham thing which triggers me is the  multimillion Hollywood fabulous 
thing and the “weight on him to “save” American Soccer or  “to put it on the map”
. Anyone remember Pele? 
I just think I lost something when the ex pat landed  to save the sport. Wow, 
I sound like a typical  Massachusetts  colonialist here wanting the British 
out.  


I wouldn't worry about soccer.  If the money/glamour set  thinks it will take 
Posh's husband to jump start professional soccer  (again) then let them.  
When the Chicago Fire was temporarily relocated to  the suburbs while their new 
stadium was being built, attendance rose  dramatically.  "Who's driving out to 
Naperville to watch soccer?" they  asked.
 
People were amazed, the clueless newspaper writers dumbfounded.  I  guess 
they've never driven around the 'burbs on a Saturday morning, to see  literally 
hundreds of soccer games being played by kids who will never wear a  football 
helmet or baseball cleats.
 
Ironically, last year's World Cup final was the same day as the USG  
Sheetrock 400 NASCAR race.  Since my wife was a host for USG, I spent  the day 
alternating from a NASCAR pit tour to watching the match on TV  in the plush 
sponsor's tent, and back to the race in  the afternoon.  Strange day, indeed.
 
jim



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