Waffle stomping is never acceptable shower behavior.

FinalFourCy said:

It’s an example of why soccer will continue to struggle

This and the bull **** red for covering the face.

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I have zero problems with carding people for covering their mouths. If you’re confronting an opponent and what you’re about to say is so heinous and/or racist that you can’t allow yourself to be caught on camera saying it, then you should get tossed. It’s a zero-tolerance rule, and these idiots know the rule and yet continue to defy a zero-tolerance rule.

I liked the Umps eye view (or whatever it was called)

RIP

Stumper said:

Or extension ladder in a loader to attach the top pieces of tin on a barn. LOL

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Been there done that. Was a lot easier when I was younger, now my sense of self preservation kicks in and it's lot harder to do those types of things.

My daughter is a soccer player and we were discussing some changes they could make last night.

1. If you sell an injury or a flop and they review and they believe you flopped you have to go stand on the other side of the field for a minute in a penalty box. The amount of rolling around in agony to sell a foul is beyond stupid at this point. Quick review in the booth and send them off in a box. That would cut it way way down.

2. The play last night should have got a yellow card. However, they should be able to review the call after the game with a panel of soccer experts from around the country to determine if a red card should be granted. Just in World cup though. Not normal league soccer. In league soccer you just deal with it. To high of stakes in the world cup.

3. Stop the clock. I am sick of this "How much longer is the game going to be. We can just stop the clock like every other sport


I know none of this will happen btw. Just some improvements to make it more watchable

Big_Sill said:

No, nobody did anything wrong., its the current system.

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Just because it's the system doesn't mean you can't **** teams. See also, **** Iowa & **** Kansas.

wxman1 said:

I hope that isn't varsity pay. Most schools are paying $240+ for two Friday night football games.

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At least in my area, most schools don’t have curtain raisers any more and if they do, there are two separate crews.

For a single varsity game is usually 140-150. CIML being more.

I would love to have curtain raisers as there seems to be much more travel involved for football than baseball.

cytor said:

I get the same Democrat Party calls, too... Except they call me Marcella.

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Ditto. I’m Paul

Alswelk said:

The end of chapter 4 of Book 5 (The siege of Gondor) gives me chills. Every. Single. Time.

For anyone who's struggled with getting into Lord of the Rings, I've suggested starting at At the Sign of the Prancing Pony and reading from there - and then once you're invested, going back to the beginning to catch what you missed. The pacing of the first few chapters (with the exception of possibly The Shadow of the Past) can be a little slow if you're not already into it.

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I struggled with that part when I first read it as a kid. That, and the fact that Bilbo wasn't going to be the feature character having come from The Hobbit first. Who is this Frodo dude and why am I reading about him instead?

Accept my apologies if this has been discussed here but I’m very disappointed in our State Legislature and the IaHSAA for allowing 8th graders to be eligible to play High School football. There will be small 8 man schools that should combine with other programs that will now have small kids on the field against far bigger and faster upper class men. Hopefully I’m misinformed on this subject. If it is true, there should be a weight minimum included.

wxman1 said:

Fair. Also the guys I know that do both say they are never itching for more when baseball is done but they are when football is.

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Baseball softball can burn you out, you are going every night if you want, and can also do morning JR. high games. So instead of working a couple nights a week like football, you can work 4 to 5 nights or weekends.
You also have the crew concept, so you are hanging out with the same group of people every Friday night, and look forward to doing that. With baseball/softball lots of times you do not even know who you are working with until you show up. There are a few two person teams, but most are not.

Bestaluckcy said:

When I was a lad we went up 50’ on extension ladders to paint our barns. I’ll call that “good enuf”. (Wasp nests were up there too.)

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Or extension ladder in a loader to attach the top pieces of tin on a barn. LOL

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1SEIACLONE said:

Reffing is a thankless job, but it does pay well. Most places are paying $150 to $175 to ump a double header, one game behind the plate another on the bases. Younger people are just not going into it, and the crowds have gotten worse through the years. If a person wanted to work you could easily ump 4 or 5 nights a week, and the do a tournament on Saturday. In most cases you would not have to travel much more than an hour from your home. Now you might have to wait a month or two to get paid, but you can make some decent money,

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I'm not sure how long a HS double header is, but I would not consider that paid "well". For HS football, we'd get between $100-140 for a single varsity game. We'd arrive to the school by 5:30 & would be lucky to leave by 10. $20-28/hour isn't great, even worse if you have to travel or if it's on a weekend.

ETA - And that's not counting any time spent on film review, camps/clinics, studying rules/taking tests, etc. Any official worth a damn does all of those things, usually on a weekly basis during the season.

simply1 said:

Probably not worth the quick 30 seconds...

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It'd be worth it

BCClone said:

Flew out of Des Moines yesterday . TSA stopped me after the Xray tube. I looked at the picture and wasn’t too surprised. It just confirmed I have steel junk. Big old box over the middle of me and got fondled by some dude afterwards. Then got a congrats.

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Well, that's ... something.

wxman1 said:

Fair. Also the guys I know that do both say they are never itching for more when baseball is done but they are when football is.

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They have a powder for that now . . . . .

I am indifferent to soccer but have been tuned in to matches on tv with the sound off while occupied with other entertainment. I do like the aspect of the WC including all countries and the unknown’s having a shot at the Big Boys. The Red Card call was not fair as it was unintentional. Meh… step it up next man in and take the opportunity.

Kinch said:

Or volunteer the rest of the season in the concession stand.

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ISU22CY said:

Or just not be allowed back for the remainder of the season

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I'm only half serious but if there's a threat of having actually be an official out there and you tossed a few parents every year maybe a few of them would stick it out and start umping some. You really need to do something to get the parents under control and you need new blood umpiring games.

1SEIACLONE said:

I was talking summer sports, not football.

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Fair. Also the guys I know that do both say they are never itching for more when baseball is done but they are when football is.

I'm with team AJ. A straw has one hole with two opening, not two holes.

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