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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsYou don't see this foolishness in women's soccer:
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You don't see this foolishness in women's soccer: (Original Post)
demmiblue
Sep 2019
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skypilot
(8,851 posts)1. I'm not a fan of soccer but...
...I have, on occasion, found myself kinda looking in the direction of the tv screen at my favorite dive bar while a soccer game was on. I've seen bits from both men's and women's soccer and it has always impressed me how much more melodramatic the male players are.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)3. testosteroniey
skypilot
(8,851 posts)4. testosteroniey
Is that the term to describe the state in which one is "rolling around on the ground while crying for mommy"?
Because that is what I and a few of my non-soccer fan friends call it.
MLAA
(17,254 posts)2. Looks like we have another good candidate for the 'Dennis Rodman I've been 'fowled' award' 😬
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)5. As you probably know, football rules in the South.
this is an apocryphal story I overheard......
One coach was describing how incoming college freshman are chosen for the football versus the basketball teams.
You have the guys run into the woods late at night.
The ones that miss the trees go on the basketball team.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)7. and the ones that make it out the other end go to the baseball team...
Submariner
(12,500 posts)8. And the Academy Award for "Drama Queen for the Afternoon" goes to the weenie
in the white shorts and red shirt.