Is Wembley really a WASTE ?

Roger Hunt wrote:No its not, because the best team sportsmen in the US go through college. So you do have a chance of seeing the stars of tomorrow.

I guess it's an expression of 'school spirit'.

So JUST like going to the under 18s then?

Some make it and some don't, JUST like in the under 18s.

Tweedle wrote:Crazy!

Why the hell would you want to go and watch a university team play football?

why the hell would you want to go and watch Lampard and Gerrard in central midfield for 50 to 90 pounds ?

Klinsi RAUS ! wrote:

Tweedle wrote:Crazy!

Why the hell would you want to go and watch a university team play football?

why the hell would you want to go and watch Lampard and Gerrard in central midfield for 50 to 90 pounds ?

Beats me otto. Similarly, why would you want to go and watch ANY Bundesliga for ANY amount of money?

You'd be better off going down the local park and watching two polish kids have a kick-a-bout

The US stadiums don't have roofs.

Hip Hip Heurelho™ wrote:The US stadiums don't have roofs.

fucking losers.

Roger Hunt wrote:

Roger Hunt wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stadiums_by_capacity

Stop being lazy Tweeds!

It's also worth pointing out that there are 9 university stadiums that are bigger than the largest NFL/AFL stadium - the Redskins'. University football is huge. Presumably the tickets are dirt cheap?

At most places, students get in free or for a very low cost. So when you consider that the schools near the top of that list are the likes of Penn State (which has over active 50,000 students), Ohio State (also 50k), USC, Texas, etc. all with tens of thousands, that's already a lot of demand before you even consider alumni.

Regularly priced tickets are not that cheap...for a decent team, they would start around 25-30 dollars and go up to, well, low thousands for corporate box tickets.

But basically college (American) football is so popular because:

1. It's less commercial than the NFL, meaning your team's games won't be on TV, whereas every single NFL game is.

2. It's more accessible for people - there are thousands of colleges, but only 32 NFL teams, all in big cities

3. There's obviously a huge sense of belonging, which the average American just doesn't get with most sports...so people feel a genuine support (like local fans of proper football teams all around the world) rather than just gloryhunting.

Klinsi RAUS ! wrote:

I am the least of this board's problems

the board has 2 problems, you and your alter-ego Nutwing

so yes you are right

you are the lesser of this board's 2 problems

think about it



and have a great day

Thanks kas. I'd sort of assumed that tickets were cheap for students hence the high capacities.

What's also interesting is that largely, the big stadiums are not at the universities which have the biggest academic reputations (USC probably the exception). In other words, they are probably more 'blue-collar' in their student population than the Ivy League.

England does not need a national stadium in the first place. If England did need a national stadium, then London is probably as good a place to have it as any - though I see why people think that it would have been better built in Birmingham, say, because too many cultural and sporting venues are in London already; and because there are a number of big footballing cities and areas outside of London - in Manchester, in Liverpool, in Birmingham, in the North East.

Many countries (Brazil, Germany, Italy for instance) do not have their own national stadia, but play their international matches in different stadia throughout their countries. Where countries do have their own national stadia, these national stadia are often also used on a more regular basis as the home ground of some club side. With the number of quality stadia in England, and even more considering the benefits that it could have brought to the team and to the team's support, I think England's international games should have been rotated around the country. The new Wembley didn't need to be built.

Glenn Hysén wrote:

Klinsi RAUS ! wrote:

I am the least of this board's problems

the board has 2 problems, you and your alter-ego Nutwing

so yes you are right

you are the lesser of this board's 2 problems

think about it



and have a great day

I always thought that the board's biggest problem is that every time I make a post, Kelly Brook doesn't crawl under my desk, give me a blowjob and £50.

I reckon if that happened we'd have a lot more members.

Roger Hunt wrote:Thanks kas. I'd sort of assumed that tickets were cheap for students hence the high capacities.

What's also interesting is that largely, the big stadiums are not at the universities which have the biggest academic reputations (USC probably the exception). In other words, they are probably more 'blue-collar' in their student population than the Ivy League.

Blue-collar is partially right - most of the big college football programs are in the South (the likes of Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, etc.) where there is a huge population of rednecks that really love their football.


But there's also a strong correlation between size of football programs and the uni's reputation as a "party school". USC especially is famous for this.
Also, if your university has low admissions standards, then it's easier to attract the good players from high schools, because most of them are astoundingly stupid. And obviously your overall student population will also be dumber and "simpler", studying things like poultry farming (no, really, that's a 4 year degree course).

kas wrote: Blue-collar is partially right - most of the big college football programs are in the South (the likes of Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, etc.) where there is a huge population of rednecks that really love their football.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7I1wtPUOtM

kas wrote: Also, if your university has low admissions standards, then it's easier to attract the good players from high schools, because most of them are astoundingly stupid.

English football players wouldn't win many pub quizzes either.

@glenn

I am glad to see those "counting days " are behind you

you were the Adrian Monk of the EMB

now you are the Axel Foley

Roger Hunt wrote:

kas wrote: Blue-collar is partially right - most of the big college football programs are in the South (the likes of Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, etc.) where there is a huge population of rednecks that really love their football.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7I1wtPUOtM

kas wrote: Also, if your university has low admissions standards, then it's easier to attract the good players from high schools, because most of them are astoundingly stupid.

English football players wouldn't win many pub quizzes either.

Yup, just a general trend among athletes, I guess.

Check this out:
http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/quiz?event_id=600

(it's not a joke either).

why would this board have a lot more members , if, every time YOU made a post, Kelly Brook would crawl under YOUR desk to give YOU a blowjob and £50 ?

Klinsi RAUS ! wrote:why would this board have a lot more members , if, every time YOU made a post, Kelly Brook would crawl under YOUR desk to give YOU a blowjob and £50 ?

Because OBVIOUSLY I would be handing £50 notes out to people who posted on the board...

What exactly is a 'party school'? Is it basically one big university-wide orgyfest?

Roger Hunt wrote:

Klinsi RAUS ! wrote:why would this board have a lot more members , if, every time YOU made a post, Kelly Brook would crawl under YOUR desk to give YOU a blowjob and £50 ?

Because OBVIOUSLY I would be handing £50 notes out to people who posted on the board...

And taking photos?

Roger Hunt wrote:

Klinsi RAUS ! wrote:why would this board have a lot more members , if, every time YOU made a post, Kelly Brook would crawl under YOUR desk to give YOU a blowjob and £50 ?

Because OBVIOUSLY I would be handing £50 notes out to people who posted on the board...

that's the kind of English accountant I can live with

Tweedle wrote:What exactly is a 'party school'? Is it basically one big university-wide orgyfest?

Easy classes (no real strictness in terms of attendance requirements, easy tests/exams, limited/no coursework, lax grading standards), a lot of quite useless-in-the-real-world degree programs, students who are not as bright as their Ivy League (or other top uni) counterparts...that's one part of it because students get a lot more free time.

Then the other side is these are large universities that have a lot of fraternities and sororities, which are essentially milder versions of what you see in movies like Animal House. And the uni administration/police is not forceful in implementing underage drinking laws, noise laws, etc.


Obviously a lot of factors, but I've tried to list some briefly.

kas wrote:

Tweedle wrote:What exactly is a 'party school'? Is it basically one big university-wide orgyfest?

Easy classes (no real strictness in terms of attendance requirements, easy tests/exams, limited/no coursework, lax grading standards), a lot of quite useless-in-the-real-world degree programs, students who are not as bright as their Ivy League (or other top uni) counterparts...that's one part of it because students get a lot more free time.

Then the other side is these are large universities that have a lot of fraternities and sororities, which are essentially milder versions of what you see in movies like Animal House. And the uni administration/police is not forceful in implementing underage drinking laws, noise laws, etc.


Obviously a lot of factors, but I've tried to list some briefly.

Sounds like what we call in the UK a polytechnic

Di Caniooooo! wrote:I think someone needs to learn how to build big stadiums, only 90,00? come on we have uni stadiums bigger than that over here.

Shame about the shite that gets played in them.

Tweedle wrote:

Roger Hunt wrote:

Klinsi RAUS ! wrote:why would this board have a lot more members , if, every time YOU made a post, Kelly Brook would crawl under YOUR desk to give YOU a blowjob and £50 ?

Because OBVIOUSLY I would be handing £50 notes out to people who posted on the board...

And taking photos?

why would you want to see Roger getting sucked off?

Glenn Hysén wrote:


why would you want to see Roger getting sucked off?

Getting some pointers on what I like, presumably.

Glenn Hysén wrote:

Klinsi RAUS ! wrote:

I am the least of this board's problems

the board has 2 problems, you and your alter-ego Nutwing

so yes you are right

you are the lesser of this board's 2 problems

think about it



and have a great day

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Klinsi RAUS ! wrote:bernd

you are becoming a wise Leedsonian

any man who uses the word "pristine" either wears socks up to his knees and thinks Mendelsohn is "delicious", or washes his hands after going to toilet

in other words

you would be unlikely to fart in the presence of her Majesty the Queen and could easily become the Royal Keeper of the Blue Mauritius

or let me put it like this

you have become the male Kate Middleton of the Euroboard

it's only a question of time before anglo, haesschen or lesley are gonna drag you in front of the altar

think about it and have a nice day

Clearly the use of the word "pristine" has sent you into a giddy schoolgirl spin,

which is surprising for a word comprising of just two syllables.

I can assure you that it's usage is not solely attributed to MENSA,

or member's of the Royal Family.

Even lederhosen wearing gumptions from the darkest regions of

the black forest (where fathers and daughters live in cellars, and

the birth of a three armed baby with unusually large ears doesnt even

raise a furry blonde eyebrow), are capable of getting their heads and

rather large handlebar moustaches around such a word.


However, comparisons to Royalty are always welcome.

As a civilised nation such as ours, the term Prince Albert stirs up images

of grand design and the Great Hall,

whereas back in the Faterland it is more associated with putting an

earring through the tip of your bellend, and then asking your neighbour to

come round, cut it off and fry it for dinner.

With some liver beans and a nice bottle of Chianti.

Think about it, and have a great day

*fava beans

Roger Hunt wrote:*fava beans

Well spotted Roger. Making sure you were all on the ball. You win the prize

Otto's Olympic Dream wrote:

Roger Hunt wrote:*fava beans

Well spotted Roger. Making sure you were all on the ball. You win the prize

I'd like to thank the academy... you like me, you really like me!