Reader comments
BYU soccer team ends season with tie

10 comments   |   Read story

pate | 6:53 a.m. July 21, 2008
It's been a disappointing season for the Cougs, but I think they're well set for next year ... Bryan Black looks like a solid keeper, and there are other good players returning at key positions. Hopefully 2009 will se a return to the playoffs.
RockOn | 9:50 a.m. July 21, 2008
It's a dumb sport not a "beautiful game" that ends in a tie. What a crock. Real Football (not written Reee-al) learned that lesson. This game sounds like something created by the PTA so no one's feelings will be injured.

Let them keep playing but take away the goalie. After 5 minutes take away two more players and so forth until it's mano v. mano.

No Trolls allowed | 10:09 a.m. July 21, 2008
Please don't feed the trolls. There are only here because they feel threatened by the beautiful game.
Comments continue below
RockOn | 10:53 a.m. July 21, 2008
Troll= whoever doesn't think my pathetic thoughts.

Soccer will never crack the ratings until they start doing the following things:
1. Make the midfield line mean something. Stop boring midfield lobbing and foreplay. Force the action down the field.
2. Unlimited substitutions and 3 time outs per half. Soccer flourished in England (where I lived and played "football" until I came to BYU to play on its team) and the Continent because of subsidized TV (BBC and others have no commercials). Without commercials, there will be no large essential contracts.
3. Offsides rules changed to allow cheery picking and breakaway goals. They add excitement.
4. No ties or "shoot offs". After 5 minutes eliminate the goalie. After another 5, two players each until the best conditioned team wins.

Be as pure as you want in poverty, but as rich as you like in appealing to the market.
Re: Rockon | 12:47 p.m. July 21, 2008
Lol...silly ideas from a "throwball" player.

While your'e at it...lets change the rules in Basketball and Baseball too, cause I think those sports are boring.

Don't fight the wagon that is in town, instead, jump on it.
Re Rockon2 | 2:35 p.m. July 21, 2008
Rule no. 1: passing and looking for the open man is a huge part of the game. It is called ball control.

Rule no 2: In theory I agree with you on that one.

Rule no. 3. No way. Keep the offsides rule.

Rule no. 4. You have to have a goalie. Otherwise the team that kicks off can just boot the ball right into the goal from midfield. Dumb.

RockOn | 2:36 p.m. July 21, 2008
I see "RE:" you have no constructive reasons why what I propose would not work, just cheap shots. Guys like you will keep soccer in the USA on a minor league level.

Never heard of "throwball player" so I can't appreciate your cheap shot.

Basketball and Baseball have indeed changed rules to make the game better, or have you not heard of the DH, night games, 3 pt. line, 6 fouls in the NBA, etc.
Soccer, | 2:51 p.m. July 21, 2008
A few of those ideas aren't bad: eliminating shoot out with elimination of players (it would make the game a heck of a lot more interesting and less dependent on chance); and I agree the offsides rule needs to be fixed or we need to find some way to call it with technology or something cause current linesmen (in leagues all over the world) manage to blow even the most obvious offsides calls, though I'm not sure what the solution would be.

I hope we never have to see soccer tainted with time outs, unlimited subs, commercial breaks though. One of the reasons I love soccer is because you see 90 minutes of action in 120 minutes of t.v. time. That is opposed to football with 60 minutes in 4 hours-ish (pro and college both) and basketball with 48 minutes in almost 3 hours. Baseball is even more painful. I enjoy watching all of the sports but I get tired of watching 30 seconds of action and then 2 minutes of commercials.

I think the limitation of subs brings a lot to the game.

Don't take away offsides... | 4:37 p.m. July 21, 2008
...it would ruin the game. No more flow...just long ball it down to the cherry picker. Lame.

The beauty of the sport is pure. USA should, and will not change it just so that a few simple minded folks can understand it.

Until Fifa changes something, the MLS will remain as is.
Hollywood | 12:14 p.m. July 24, 2008
We will take over the world. "REAL FOOTBALL" Resistance is futile.

Add your comment

Comments are monitored. Any comments found to be abusive, offensive, off-topic, misrepresentative, more than 200 words or containing URLs will not be posted.

Words Remaining

E-mail address: For internal use only. We may want to contact you to publish your comment (not your e-mail address) in the newspaper or for a separate story idea.

Advertisement
previousnext

Latest comments

The time to choose not to have a child is before you even think of having...

No. 22 BYU holds off pesky Lobos

Utah is in a rebuilding year and Idaho is in a year where they are going to...

Congratulations San Juan.

Utes score meaningless td in 4th against Frog subs. TCU 200+ passing and...

Most of the complaints here about higher education are blaming the victims....

But hey, give Utah credit, they did score 28 so it makes it all better.

No. 22 BYU holds off pesky Lobos

between Utah and BYU is that BYU could only score 7 points at home against...

2A title: Broncos' slippery win

I'm sure you did your share of smack talking throughout the season. You did...

RSL advances to MLS Cup

Good job boys!

Funny how the Ute fans have tucked their tails between their legs... must be...

Advertisements
Advertisement