Well it's really not inconsistent. No more so than wearing a new pair of boots would be inconsistent. The ball is still round. It's still a size 5. It's no different than playing with a leather ball vs a synthetic.
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Sisk, Kris <ks...@gckschools.com> wrote: > > It could be me, but this whole 'new ball for the World Cup' thing kinda > invalidates the consistency argument against having replays. How can you > argue against something on the grounds of consistence when the single > largest aspect of the game is so inconsistent? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 2:17 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Fifa promises investigation into Jabulani ball. > > > Lets see. > > The Super Bowl is the biggest event put on by the NFL. The World Cup > is the biggest event (even bigger than the Super Bowl) put on by FIFA. > (Apples vs Apples there) > > The NFL does not change the design of the ball for its big event. FIFA > does. > > Please help me understand how this is an apples to oranges comparison? > > I cannot imagine training for 4 years(or more) to get to the World Cup > and have to play with a ball, arguable the single most important piece > of equipment in ANY soccer game, that acts differently to what I used > during my training. To me, that is just...ionno...odd. > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > But how does the fact that the NFL doesn't change their ball relate to > > football in any way? It's part of world cup that they try to use new > tech > > with the balls. It just seems like you are comparing apples to oranges > by > > saying "say what you want about oranges, at least they aren't apples." > > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> Sure. > >> > >> If I understand correctly, the ball being used this year was newly > >> engineered specifically for this World Cup (as was, I believe, the > >> ball from 4 years ago). > >> > >> This ball seems to be acting differently than other balls that are > >> used. You don't get that with American football (or any other major > >> sport in the US). > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > Would you be so kind as to help a poor fella like myself understand > your > >> > point? > >> > > >> > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Say what you want about American football, but we don't > re-engineer > >> >> the ball for every Super Bowl :D > >> >> > >> >> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > Fifa responds to another point of contention in the worldcup > today : > >> The > >> >> new > >> >> > Ball. > >> >> > > >> >> > The ball has come under intense criticism for it's propensity to > arc > >> >> several > >> >> > meters into the air with the slightest touch. > >> >> > This has thrown off several strikers who in regular play are > normally > >> top > >> >> > scorers. It is also supposedly responsible for the low goal > scoring in > >> >> > several of the matches thus far. > >> >> > The number of overbars and wide strikes in this Worldcup is > supposedly > >> >> > higher than on previous years. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> > http://www.wired.com/playbook/2010/06/fifa-promises-investigation-into-w > orld-cup-ball/ > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322249 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
