Forum: Football
Tue Oct 04, 2005, 04:38am
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Forum: Football
Fri Dec 24, 2004, 09:11pm
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Forum: Football
Thu Dec 23, 2004, 10:27pm
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Hot off our presses boys, sorry about the news...
Hot off our presses boys, sorry about the news article length Bob (easy, just take it one word at a time) -
Its a bit like a Keystone Cops drama or CIA bungle with leaked reports and "gagging"...
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Forum: Football
Thu Dec 23, 2004, 09:53pm
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Bob the "Waterboy"
Well Bob can see who the movie, The Waterboy, was based on.
You obviously aren't a reader, far be it for a New Zealander to try and make the linkages for you (and your brethren) but reality is...
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Forum: Football
Mon Dec 13, 2004, 03:26pm
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sports reflect society
As an example: American football has many refs, more the merrier and this is an expectation by the players. Hence we have an American Football rule book, thousands of pages long, supported by 5,6 ......
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Forum: Football
Fri Dec 10, 2004, 12:43am
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Apologies in order for deceived Americans
These days, especially in matters to do with $$$$$ SORRY is the hardest word to get out of people who con others. This thread has been full of American Football officials/refs/enthusiasts who know...
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Forum: Football
Tue Dec 07, 2004, 06:26pm
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At last an even playing field!
What a present for the 2004 Xmas sporting sock.
Steroid & drug use are finally and openly admitted to be rife in American Footy. Putting your head in the sand, pretending there is no prolific use...
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Forum: Football
Sun May 23, 2004, 08:47pm
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Thankyou and interesting re: numbers of game...
Thankyou and interesting re: numbers of game officials per match. Can a player be cited for an infringement in a game by anyone else other than the on-field game officials? and can players be...
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Forum: Football
Mon May 17, 2004, 12:26am
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I have two questions that is relevant to our...
I have two questions that is relevant to our discussions - 1) how many refs are required in an American Football game? 2) how many rules are there regarding breeches of the rules and/or covering...
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Forum: Football
Mon Apr 12, 2004, 01:09pm
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Kia ora koutou,
boys, boys, boys...nothing I...
Kia ora koutou,
boys, boys, boys...nothing I have said should be interpreted as 'negative' unless ofcourse you are being defensive... self-reflection is a powerful tool and going along with the...
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Forum: Football
Sat Apr 10, 2004, 11:33am
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Kia ora mikesears'
Fantastic, honesty! So...
Kia ora mikesears'
Fantastic, honesty! So this is a market strategy by the promoters of American Football. Just as Bush used a 'market strategy' to sell going to war against Iraqi based on getting...
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Forum: Football
Fri Apr 09, 2004, 10:05pm
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Kia ora JMN
if as you say, the sport of...
Kia ora JMN
if as you say, the sport of American Football would still draw the same audience if the deception (is this an American euphamism for 'hype?)of 'world championship' was not used - then...
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Forum: Football
Fri Apr 02, 2004, 09:10am
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Kia ora D-1
I am disappointed to hear...
Kia ora D-1
I am disappointed to hear that you have "switched off".It has been a trait with the conversations on this post that when the discussions gets too revealing with regard to the...
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Forum: Football
Sat Mar 27, 2004, 10:13am
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Forum: Football
Thu Mar 25, 2004, 12:59am
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Hey Dommer1 thats a great list, so can you tell me which "international" teams feature in the "World Championship", aka the Super Bowl? - just one other country will do thanks.
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Forum: Football
Sat Mar 13, 2004, 08:09pm
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Kia ora Mike,
well I was on the subject of...
Kia ora Mike,
well I was on the subject of A-ball....my question was why is the Superbowl billed as the world championship when really only one (1) country plays the sport? The numbers per head of...
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Forum: Football
Fri Jun 13, 2003, 06:52am
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See how marketing affects the rhetoric! The...
See how marketing affects the rhetoric! The marketers have you consumers just where they want you. It seems like A-ball is a religion to alot of you, healthy?
My point here is that you can not...
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Forum: Football
Thu Jun 12, 2003, 01:39am
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No the inference was not on racism, just...
No the inference was not on racism, just denigration of sports that some people write off as insignificant (such as ki-o-rahi), when if they knew the history of that so-called 'insignificant' sport...
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Forum: Football
Tue Jun 10, 2003, 02:10am
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Forum: Football
Mon Jun 09, 2003, 09:04am
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No Sleeper not one of those 'World Series'...
No Sleeper not one of those 'World Series' professional leagues where only one country fields the teams (ie American football)I'm talking about rugby where there is a legitimate World Cup involving...
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Forum: Football
Sun Jun 08, 2003, 03:17pm
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This is a great discussion AB because all the...
This is a great discussion AB because all the ingredients for you to critically assess how American football came to evolve are right before your eyes!
As stated earlier the missionaries wanted...
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Forum: Football
Fri Jun 06, 2003, 04:58pm
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ABoselli I'm wondering if you may have some...
ABoselli I'm wondering if you may have some residual attitudes from the past which prevailed in American society about who should be playing football. Are you familiar with the term 'stacking' or...
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Forum: Football
Fri Jun 06, 2003, 04:23pm
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Welcome ABoselli, maybe your definition of...
Welcome ABoselli, maybe your definition of 'obscure' is different from what I know it to be, we both speak english but perhaps one of us does so with 'forked tongue'or to be kinder with warped...
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Forum: Football
Fri Jun 06, 2003, 03:50am
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During the campaign seventy-three Italian...
During the campaign seventy-three Italian prisoners were murdered by soldiers in the 45th Division. General Omar Bradley ordered two men to face a general court-martial for premeditated murder. The...
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Forum: Football
Fri Jun 06, 2003, 03:36am
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