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  • #31
    Originally posted by Zymologist View Post
    What's a fan of professional sumo wrestling to do?
    Find a real sport like curling...


    Um, I'll see myself out...


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    • #32

      Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
      Find a real sport like curling...
      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
        I don't think this in itself is a decisive argument because they're really different sports. Like, any college football team that won a national championship would get obliterated by the worst NFL team, but that doesn't diminish the achievement of winning in college football. Many people simply prefer the college game, especially after all the national anthem protests.

        Er, the Women's World Champions lost an exhibition game to a male high school team...
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        • #34
          Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
          ... Nevermind that the men's soccer field is larger and far more competitive. The US women's soccer team is the best in the world, but if they were to play the best men's soccer team, they'd be demolished. Heck, they would probably be demolished by the second string. So comparing number of titles won is a worthless metric.
          I'm not going to hunt for the article right now, but a few days ago over at Daily Wire, someone -- Matt Walsh? -- noted in an article that a few years ago, the women actually lost to a team of 13- and 14-year-old boys.
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          • #35
            It happened in 2017.
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            • #36
              The other thing I heard is that there are worse (and/or more) injuries in men's soccer than in any other team sports. Some pay difference makes sense due to level of risk being faced.

              Then there is the problem that short people aren't well represented on professional basketball teams. This must be fixed immediately.

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              • #37
                Originally posted by KingsGambit View Post
                I don't think this in itself is a decisive argument because they're really different sports. Like, any college football team that won a national championship would get obliterated by the worst NFL team, but that doesn't diminish the achievement of winning in college football. Many people simply prefer the college game, especially after all the national anthem protests.
                I'm just saying that getting to top of the men's soccer field is a lot harder than getting to the top of the women's.

                To use your football analogy, it would be like college players demanding NFL salaries because their team went undefeated when that is a much easier accomplishment.
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                • #38
                  Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
                  Then there is the problem that short people aren't well represented on professional basketball teams. This must be fixed immediately.
                  If they can play like Spud Webb or Muggsy Bogue then no problem.
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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                    I'm just saying that getting to top of the men's soccer field is a lot harder than getting to the top of the women's.

                    To use your football analogy, it would be like college players demanding NFL salaries because their team went undefeated when that is a much easier accomplishment.
                    It's also easier on top of all that because fewer women play sports.
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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
                      Wow, that article really tries to downplay how embarrassing that must been. They didn't just lose, they got crushed.
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                      • #41
                        Men's soccer is more competitive and therefore more unlikely to gain admission - but harder? No, both sexes have to work their respective backsides off to even have a chance.
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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
                          I tried to show it was satire via the reference to the Babylon Bee within the title.
                          It did the opposite for me, unfortunately. I interpreted the "ready for the Babylon Bee" to mean that it was a real story that was goofy enough that it could pass as a Babylon Bee article.

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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by Terraceth View Post
                            It did the opposite for me, unfortunately. I interpreted the "ready for the Babylon Bee" to mean that it was a real story that was goofy enough that it could pass as a Babylon Bee article.
                            Yeah, me too, I thought it was kind of like something that could be posted to r/nottheonion on reddit...

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