Funny News Coming Out Of China
Due to the biggest mistake since I accidentally identified Jose Mourinho as Sven-Goran Eriksson (a nearly impossible mistake since they look nothing alike) in the new American Express commercial, I have another fact correction to make.
Argentina will, in fact, be the third team to qualify for the World Cup if they beat Brazil tonight. Japan clinched the second spot (after host Germany) with their 2-0 victory over North Korea early this morning United States time. But I could still be wrong again as Iran (who are playing right now) and South Korea can also clinch spots out of the AFC today long before Brazil and Argentina kick off.
How could I forget about J?
It is relatively easy to forget about Asia since it's really a battle of four world class teams and four minnows (hence the early qualification) battling for four spots. But at least that gives us North Americans something to fall back on. Whenever someone says, "CONCACAF sucks, blah, blah, blah, what's the point of qualifying...," I just say, "wait! Asia! At least our third spot is relatively up for grabs."
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But, there's always interesting stories coming out of Asia due to the fact that sometimes they just can't get it together footcer-wise. Case in point today is China. The Chinese Super League start had to be postponed this season due to widespread charges of corruption, their main sponsor pulling out, and just general apathy in the country (see, we're not alone in the United States).
The whole thing was just a huge farce, so a footcer news story from China today is not surprising. A comedian has bought one of the teams in the league.
You'd need a sense of humor to get involved in the Chinese Super League I would guess. :)
A lot of hub-bub has been made of Roman Abramovich in recent days with a few hoity-toities of English footcer saying he's ruining the sport there. And, in general, the English are becrying the fact that it's no longer footcer men buying teams, but businessmen.
Well, what would they make of a comedian buying a team?
It's been said over the years that everyone wants to be a comedian. Well, I guess the established comedians have fought back against encroachment on their domain and are now deciding to move into different professions - like owning footcer teams.
Pretty soon the saying is going to change from "everybody wants to be a comedian" to "everybody wants to own a footcer team"!
What's next a carload full of clowns?
No jokes about the ownership of ESPN need to be inserted here. ;)
Argentina will, in fact, be the third team to qualify for the World Cup if they beat Brazil tonight. Japan clinched the second spot (after host Germany) with their 2-0 victory over North Korea early this morning United States time. But I could still be wrong again as Iran (who are playing right now) and South Korea can also clinch spots out of the AFC today long before Brazil and Argentina kick off.
How could I forget about J?
It is relatively easy to forget about Asia since it's really a battle of four world class teams and four minnows (hence the early qualification) battling for four spots. But at least that gives us North Americans something to fall back on. Whenever someone says, "CONCACAF sucks, blah, blah, blah, what's the point of qualifying...," I just say, "wait! Asia! At least our third spot is relatively up for grabs."
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But, there's always interesting stories coming out of Asia due to the fact that sometimes they just can't get it together footcer-wise. Case in point today is China. The Chinese Super League start had to be postponed this season due to widespread charges of corruption, their main sponsor pulling out, and just general apathy in the country (see, we're not alone in the United States).
The whole thing was just a huge farce, so a footcer news story from China today is not surprising. A comedian has bought one of the teams in the league.
You'd need a sense of humor to get involved in the Chinese Super League I would guess. :)
A lot of hub-bub has been made of Roman Abramovich in recent days with a few hoity-toities of English footcer saying he's ruining the sport there. And, in general, the English are becrying the fact that it's no longer footcer men buying teams, but businessmen.
Well, what would they make of a comedian buying a team?
It's been said over the years that everyone wants to be a comedian. Well, I guess the established comedians have fought back against encroachment on their domain and are now deciding to move into different professions - like owning footcer teams.
Pretty soon the saying is going to change from "everybody wants to be a comedian" to "everybody wants to own a footcer team"!
What's next a carload full of clowns?
No jokes about the ownership of ESPN need to be inserted here. ;)
posted by incendiarymind at 8:47 AM
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