FutbolCrazy Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 In my oppinion,.. as a suggestion for improving the structure and renew football in Canada,... I have always wondered why Soccer Canada doesn't start by following Australia's path, and gets rid of the word "soccer" in their name? I know, we have the CFL in Canada and to some people the idea would seem unthinkable.. BUT in order for Canada to get respect from the rest of the world and show they are serious about football,.. they must drop the name "soccer" in their name.. Some may think that with the CFL in the same country, that will never happen, but the same situation exists in Australia. They have rugby & aussie rules football,. which they call by that name,. but the Federation had the guts to make the switch. See article: http://www.theage.com.au/news/Soccer/Soccers-Australian-name-change/2004/12/16/1102787198112.html Out of all the Nations that call football "soccer".... only the USA, Canada & New Zealand have the word "soccer" in their federation's name. The rest of these nations, although calling it soccer... still use "football" in the Federation name. It should be called "Football Federation Canada" , "Canadian Football Federation" or "Canadian Football Association" It's about time we stop following the US in their shadow and be different.. Maybey we can learn from Australia's Football Federation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 But the guys with the helmets are going to get all confused one thing is for sure, we have to go our own way in what football is concern in this country. Just let the americans be "different" and we go the FIFA route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Now that we just got an Italian coach. Italy doesn't call it football or any word that sounds alike. They call it calcio. Their federation is the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, FIGC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I like the sounds of Football United Canada FUC FUC FUC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Rollins1555362254 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Yes, the biggest problem with the game in Canada is that we call it soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 The name change would be irrelevant without a change in the structure of the organization. Be it CSA, CFA, CFF, or whatever title it could have, the name change will solve NO problems, and will give the cancer a new name to go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I am thinking we should change it to ski cross and ride that wave to total victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Wow - you've done it the perfect solution. For years the Voyageurs have argued about structure, finances, but we didn't realize that all the problems would be soved if we just changed the name to the Canadian FA. If we were the Canadian FA we would have easily qualified for the World Cup. You're a genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPjr Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 While clearly I don't think simply calling it football would solve all our problems (or any of our problems for that matter), i do think its not a bad idea for supporters to try, whenever possible, to refer to the sport as football, rather than soccer. I know I try to whenever possible and its not because I'm trying to be pretentious. let the Americans keep calling it soccer if they wish but I'd rather refer to the sport by its proper name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Mouth Soup Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I think Kicky-Game would be an awesome name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 quote:Originally posted by MediaGuy Yes, the biggest problem with the game in Canada is that we call it soccer. Absolutely, change the name and all the problems will be fixed, overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanDouglas Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Kicky-Game has a certain charm, but it also sounds a bit childish. We need a tough rugged name that will appeal to the HNIC crowd, but also has some edge for fans of X-treme sports. How about MurderBall-3000, TurfWar, or Blastorama? Of course those may not go over well with the soccer moms. What we really need though is to rename all team sports to follow a consistant standard. I suggest it should be of the form (Where)(What). "What" is the name of the object used in the game and "Where" is the place you want it to go. Soccer would be called goalball. Gridiron football would be endball Hockey would be netpuck Baseball would be outball (ie hit it out of the park) Basketball would remain basketball (they got that one right) Rugby would be groundball Curling would be pinstone Cricket could be wicketball etc We should start an email campaign to the Powers That Be, to have these changes put in place ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trillium Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 quote:Originally posted by FutbolCrazy In my oppinion,.. as a suggestion for improving the structure and renew football in Canada,... I have always wondered why Soccer Canada doesn't start by following Australia's path, and gets rid of the word "soccer" in their name? I know, we have the CFL in Canada and to some people the idea would seem unthinkable.. BUT in order for Canada to get respect from the rest of the world and show they are serious about football,.. they must drop the name "soccer" in their name.. Some may think that with the CFL in the same country, that will never happen, but the same situation exists in Australia. They have rugby & aussie rules football,. which they call by that name,. but the Federation had the guts to make the switch. See article: http://www.theage.com.au/news/Soccer/Soccers-Australian-name-change/2004/12/16/1102787198112.html Out of all the Nations that call football "soccer".... only the USA, Canada & New Zealand have the word "soccer" in their federation's name. The rest of these nations, although calling it soccer... still use "football" in the Federation name. It should be called "Football Federation Canada" , "Canadian Football Federation" or "Canadian Football Association" It's about time we stop following the US in their shadow and be different.. Maybey we can learn from Australia's Football Federation. I see by your profile your from Vancouver... left coast syndrome, nice to see you joined up on the voyageurs I will enjoy your second post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Trillium I see by your profile your from Vancouver... left coast syndrome, nice to see you joined up on the voyageurs I will enjoy your second post. The poor guy is going to change his name from FutbolCrazy to FutbolPermanentlyCommitted. But hey, can't knock that enthusiasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 i liked it when first posts were limited to 1) describing visions of a new canadian soccer league 2) asking about whoregraves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piltdownman Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 The funny thing is 'Soccer' is a weird contraction of "association football". So really CSA stands for "Canada Association Football Association". It becomes laughable when you see "CSA Soccer" written somewhere, because that really means "Canada Association Football Association Association Football" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Regardless of everything posted yet so far, welcome to the board and please, don't take any rips on your first post to mean we're assholes (wait... we are assholes, at least some of us). You're quite right that we do need to start referring to it with its proper name, but unfortunately the game still needs to pick up recognition in the nation, and mixing it up with the more popular form of football won't do that. Give things time, eventually a split will happen where soccer will gain enough recognition to be known as football to enough people that it won't hurt the progress of the game. I also write confusing posts that bewilder people grammatically, myself included. [] <---my general state of being Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squizz1402635577 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Holy crap, as a group supposedly committed to growing the game and its supporter base in this country, some of you guys sure know how to roll out the welcome mat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhat Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 ^ pain is part of being a Voyageur. But he's/she's welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soro17 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 How about the Canadian Futbol Association? That should avoid confusion with the CFL and satisfy the FutbolCrazy types who don't like the word soccer. In the end, I think a name is a just name and that we should worry more about the substance rather than the form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanDouglas Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 "Futbol" is Spanish, which has little connection with Canada. And the pronounciation is still too close. Canada's first Prime Minister was from Glasgow, so how about we follow the Scottish example and call it "fitba". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I can go for that "Canada Association Football Association Association Football" name. Maybe if we put it on our shirts we can confuse the other countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I still like Blastorama. The Canadian Blastorama Association. Has a nice ring to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squizz1402635577 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 ^ That episode of Corner Gas has one eerily-familiar scene, later on. Lacey & Brent, who sponsor a kids' team coached by Davis, are speaking to the players' parents: Lacey: We need to fire Davis. Parent #1: You can't fire Davis. Brent: It's not an easy decision, but as owners, we recognize that the real problem is coaching. Parent #2: You're not the owners! Lacey: I think what Brent means is that, as business owners, we just want what's best for the team... He doesn't know when to pull certain players. Brent: I think he doesn't know when to keep players in. Lacey: Look, the bottom line is, we're losing. Parent #1: But the kids are having fun! Lacey: Yeah... you know what I'm getting here? It's that you're all OK with being the parents of losers. Parent #2: I think we all agree that some changes need to be made. And the change that's eventually made? Lacey and Brent are removed as sponsors. Sure sounds like Canadian soccer to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 quote:Originally posted by squizz Sure sounds like Canadian soccer to me!Lacey: No candy (dancing) for losers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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