»Is the US getting worse and worse at sports?«
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 Hard accusations: The US is going down Quote: The best basketball team in the world is now Argentina.
The best baseball hitter is Ichiro Suzuki (Japan). The top golfers are Vijay Singh (Fiji) and Annika Sorenstam (Sweden). The top-ranked tennis players are Roger Federer (Switzerland) and Justine Henin-Hardenne (Belgium). The WBC heavyweight champion of the world with Lennox Lewis (England) gone is Vitali Klitchko (Ukraine). I forget ... didn't we used to be good in these sports?  Maybe it has to do with enhanced doping tests! posted by knn |
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| in-my-opinion.orgEntertainment & SportsSports topics/newsIs the US getting worse and worse at sports? |
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 It's a case of america has been at the forefront of sport for so long and only now are other countries begining to spend the sort of money the states does on facilities and training programs for athletes. posted by Crossfade |
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 Crossfade: only now are other countries begining to spend the sort of money the states does on facilities and training programs for athletes. Although this might be true, countries like Argentina, Russia, Ukraine, and Puerto Rico (which defeated the USA "Dream Team" at this year's Olympics) don't have money to spend on athletes and sport programs. And yet, their athletes are doing good. So I think it's more a matter of hard work and determination by these athletes. posted by Echelon |
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 You nailed it CF. It is not the case that the U.S. is getting worse at sports. It just that the rest of the world has caught up. I absolutely hate the attitude the U.S. sporting community has towards this topic. The majority feel that because other nations are producing champions there must be one conclusion...the U.S. is getting worse at sports. How fucking moronic is that? It's like they don't think that other countries can't produce good athletes. Grrr. Drives me up the wall.  posted by GP |
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 this is great since when have america been good at sports... their olympic team are all junkies and the rest of their sports are ones they made up themselves and them proclaimed themselves world champions basketball,"football" and baseball...these are rubbish pure and simple...and now all the other countries are kicking their asses at them anyway god bless mcdonalds for making all the americans big fat sport shy burger chomping beefcakes   posted by the anomaly |
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Quote: their olympic team are all junkies and the rest of their sports are ones they made up themselves Like
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john-a-than...john-a-than...john-a-than rollerball rules...ive still got an original copy on vid somewhere posted by the anomaly |
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 we are not the only ones who play the sports that we made up. donnt make fun of us. look at cricket...what the hell is that...just a knockoff...oh and rugby is supposed to be extreme buts its confusing to watch. what about polo. who the hell came up with that game? its so stupid. oh and i cant forget the morons who came up with tennis... posted by Agent Zero |
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 are played all over the world by huge numbers of people...hence they can have legitimate world championships posted by the anomaly |
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 Quote: donnt make fun of us. look at cricket...what the hell is that...just a knockoff...oh and rugby is supposed to be extreme buts its confusing to watch. Cricket is the original Baseball. USAnians just copied it. Rugby is the original American Football. Sometimes I think, Agent Zero, you are posting such ourageous stuff to upset everybody. posted by knn |
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the anomaly: are played all over the world by huge numbers of people...hence they can have legitimate world championships Hey, man. I noticed you seem to be hung up on the "World Champion" label applied to so many U.S. sports. Personally, I think it's pointless as well but I think I've figured out why the leagues do this: The U.S. (being its typical egotisical self) seems to think that because the best players in world come to play in our leagues (excluding "soccer) and make up teams comprised of the best players from around the world, that justifies a "world championship." Which makes no sense really as Real Madrid or Man. U could make the same claim but don't.
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