tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437561489188679737.post2838277256812566187..comments2023-11-05T03:31:19.545-08:00Comments on Sideline Views: Spin is inA.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03617669285297119500noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437561489188679737.post-53161617862589326982007-08-21T20:14:00.001-07:002007-08-21T20:14:00.001-07:00Eh, TMZ is the Anti-Christ, I think we all know.Th...Eh, TMZ is the Anti-Christ, I think we all know.<BR/><BR/>The "mistakes" were due to agenda but also ignorance (willful and otherwise).Soledadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16663148393282261906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437561489188679737.post-5238632955874833312007-08-21T20:14:00.000-07:002007-08-21T20:14:00.000-07:00would not waste time trying to convert some of the...would not waste time trying to convert some of these media critics into fans. Some people just don't like the game and will write stupid things about it. They may be completely irrational, stupid, narrowminded, etc, but it's their God-given right. Life's too sort, me thinks.<BR/><BR/>Besides, frankly, I wouldn't even want those people writing about futbol, making statements about it, or coming to the stadium. <BR/><BR/>I think there are already enough futbol fans in this country, plus open-minded neophytes, to make the game successfull financially. The challenge is still to make a lot of these folks MLS fans, but that will come with time and improvement in the level of play.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437561489188679737.post-28330196380539521812007-08-21T13:59:00.000-07:002007-08-21T13:59:00.000-07:00Nice metaphor, Matt. I like it, although I've neve...Nice metaphor, Matt. I like it, although I've never been a great surfer myself. I'm decent on a boogieboard, though.A.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03617669285297119500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437561489188679737.post-47308625361242553272007-08-21T09:12:00.000-07:002007-08-21T09:12:00.000-07:00I am becoming less and less bothered by the ignora...I am becoming less and less bothered by the ignorance of certain members of the media in relation to soccer. <BR/><BR/>I think their views have to do with a lack of creativity as well as fear. They are not creative enough to come up with an original story idea, so they have to trot out the same old "no one really likes soccer in the US". Also, since many of them do not understand the game or its history compared to their understanding of other sports (particularly sports journalists, who are called on to be pundits) they call it boring or stupid.<BR/><BR/>I like to think that the wave that is the MLS is now big enough that these "journalists" will be swent along with it, and there is nothing they can do about it. I am going to enjoy the show of them being tossed about in the whitewash while the journalists who have embraced the game, or at least have accepted it and report on it in a responsible manner, surf on top.<BR/><BR/>MattAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437561489188679737.post-28143099850417253432007-08-21T06:55:00.000-07:002007-08-21T06:55:00.000-07:00Agenda? Nah, the sports media doesn't have an age...Agenda? Nah, the sports media doesn't have an agenda against soccer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com