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by Ashraf Laidi
Posted: Jun 9, 2010 3:00
Comments: 278
Posted: Jun 9, 2010 3:00
Comments: 278
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WorldCup2010
Discuss World Cup 2010
Face it: When it comes to our disdain for soccer flopping, we're either hypocrites, in total denial, or both.
America, let's stop the madness. Embrace what we pretend to despise. Join the rest of the soccer-loving world and come out of the flopping closet ... before taking a good, hard, utterly unjustified tumble to the turf. We have nothing to lose but our stubborn pride. And probably fewer World Cup matches.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/columns/story/_/id/5364953/ce/us/america-time-embrace-flopping?cc=5901&ver=us
"And that is the problem with the world of finance. Every day is the World Cup final. Trillions of dollars. Creation and destruction of societies. The stakes are that high; so players will flop, fake and play dirty because at the end of the day, no one remembers or cares about second place. Like their referee counterparts, regulators find themselves in the impossible position of judging unbelievably talented people who are willing to do just about anything to win. Which is why when I see headlines like this weekends Bank of America Says $10.7 Billion of Trades Wrongly Classified, I really am not surprised anymore."
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/world-cup-final-perfect-microcosm-world-finance
I am from Bosnia (Sarajevo), and live in AZ for a while now, but I always have a great time in Spain, and some dear friends live there.
Yes, ESPN is showing every game, and I am watching the games wherever is the biggest crowd in town, usually English pub "George & Dragon". Always a good crowd.
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style triumphs over roughness