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From the Omaha World Herald, column of random thoughts on sport by Brad Dickson.

"Major League Soccer wants to put a team in Montreal. That's a fair exchange. Canada gave us mad cow disease, we give them soccer.

I think soccer could succeed in Canada if it's done right. The players will need to carry sticks, wear skates, and you had better call the ball a puck ..."

What a ignorant douche.

http://omaha.com/article/20091129/SPORTS/711289807

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quote:Originally posted by andersontwo

From the Omaha World Herald, column of random thoughts on sport by Brad Dickson.

"Major League Soccer wants to put a team in Montreal. That's a fair exchange. Canada gave us mad cow disease, we give them soccer.

I think soccer could succeed in Canada if it's done right. The players will need to carry sticks, wear skates, and you had better call the ball a puck ..."

What a ignorant douche.

http://omaha.com/article/20091129/SPORTS/711289807

Did you read the rest of his column? It's all shtick, which would not have been a surprise had you read his byline--"-Omaha native Brad Dickson is a former writer for 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.'”

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haha 20,000 plus at every game in Toronto and Soccer isnt a succes in Canada haha what garbage. Wasnt TFC in 2nd with making the most money?

How do people like this read to write about something they dont know anything about. makes me sick.

PS A Canadian created Basketball you dont see us bitching about it becoming more popular in the states.

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It is typical mid American ignorance that caters to the mostly Republican Red States obscure knowledge of anything north of the 49th parrallel. He is simply feeding a stereotype of Canadian sport and turning it into satire in a Bill Maher sort of way...........

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quote:Originally posted by gringo

It is typical mid American ignorance that caters to the mostly Republican Red States obscure knowledge of anything north of the 49th parrallel. He is simply feeding a stereotype of Canadian sport and turning it into satire in a Bill Maher sort of way...........

.... the difference being that Bill Maher can be funny sometimes. This guy? Not so much.

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On reading it again, it is clear that the column is not so much a joke, as it is an insiders' conversation confirming that the only thing that matters in the sports world is the NCAA college football scene, and every other sport can be dismissed. As a graduate of a Big 10 football factory many years ago, I remember many such conversations.

It's hard for we Canadians to understand this, just as it was hard at the time to ignore the 72,000 crowds at every home game. And yes, we beat Nebraska.

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On reading it again, it is clear that the column is not so much a joke, as it is an insiders' conversation confirming that the only thing that matters in the sports world is the NCAA college football scene, and every other sport can be dismissed. As a graduate of a Big 10 football factory many years ago, I remember many such conversations.

It's hard for we Canadians to understand this, just as it was hard at the time to ignore the 72,000 crowds at every home game. And yes, we beat Nebraska.

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quote:Originally posted by gringo

It is typical mid American ignorance that caters to the mostly Republican Red States obscure knowledge of anything north of the 49th parrallel. He is simply feeding a stereotype of Canadian sport and turning it into satire in a Bill Maher sort of way...........

Having lived in the mid-west States for years and my business practice still takes me there, i know very well of the intent here.

MuirtonPark is also correct that football is king, especialy colloege ball in a college town when there is no pro team close by. Many Americans know absolutely nothing about the world that exists just outside their border. They are the center of the world.

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