Thursday, June 13, 2013

"Sudden death hockey" is better than "penalty kicks" soccer!


Before I start getting e-mails from soccer fans, let me say that I respect the game and admire the players.  I am not against soccer.  I am against deciding title games with penalty kicks.

FIFA should take a look at game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup finals.  The Chicago Black Hawks defeated the Boston Bruins in triple overtime:

"Shaw skated in front of the goal at the right time, deflecting Dave Bolland's tip into the net for the winning score in the Chicago Blackhawks' 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in the fifth-longest game in the history of the Stanley Cup."

How would you rather decide a title?  on the field or penalty kicks?  I would rather have players decide the game not flipping a coin with penalty kicks.

FIFA will reply that the players are tired and you have to end the game.  Weren't the NHL players tired after literally playing a triple overtime game?  By the way, triple overtime is like playing two full games.

My memo to FIFA is to reconsider overtime rules, such as relaxing substitutions so that "fresh legs" can move the ball.  

My second memo is to end "penalty kicks".  How can a world title be decided by "flipping a coin"?   

Again, watch the Boston vs Chicago game:






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The story of a UK writer in Colombia


Yes, you do meet some neat people in the Internet.

On Tuesday, we spoke with  Victoria Kelleway, editor of Banana Skin Flip Flops.  She is a UK writer who has been travelling in Latin America.  She is currently in Bogota.

Her writings offer a very uniquer perspective of Latin American rituals and traditions.  She also has a wonderful sense of humor.

In segment 2, Fausta Rodriguez Wertz (Fausta's Blog) and I went around the top US-Latin America issues of the week.

Click here for the show:


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