Topic: The Beautiful Game Just Became More Erotic

[Asteriktos]

Greek team turns to brothels as sponsors

The world's oldest profession is giving a whole new meaning to love of the game.

Players on a cash-strapped Greek soccer team now wear pink practice jerseys with the logos "Villa Erotica" and "Soula's House of History," two bordellos it recruited as sponsors after drastic government spending cuts left the country's sports clubs facing ruin.

Other teams have also turned to unconventional financing. One has a deal with a local funeral home and others have wooed kebab shops, a jam factory and producers of Greece's trademark feta cheese...

[celticfan1888]

Greek team turns to brothels as sponsors

The world's oldest profession is giving a whole new meaning to love of the game.

Players on a cash-strapped Greek soccer team now wear pink practice jerseys with the logos "Villa Erotica" and "Soula's House of History," two bordellos it recruited as sponsors after drastic government spending cuts left the country's sports clubs facing ruin.

Other teams have also turned to unconventional financing. One has a deal with a local funeral home and others have wooed kebab shops, a jam factory and producers of Greece's trademark feta cheese...

AMATEUR TEAMS!!!

[HabteSelassie]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!



Soccer wasn't yia yia approved before this, so you were all already going to hell anyways  

stay blessed,
habte selassie

[KBN1]

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer.   

[HabteSelassie]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer.   

stay blessed,
habte selassie

[vamrat]

MMA is the only sport worth watching, IMHO.

[Asteriktos]

MMA

Only sport gayer than bodybuilding! 

[LBK]

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer.   

You seem not to have heard of Pele. It was he who coined the phrase "The Bautiful Game" to describe soccer/football.

[HabteSelassie]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer.   

You seem not to have heard of Pele. It was he who coined the phrase "The Bautiful Game" to describe soccer/football.

stay blessed,
habte selassie

[LBK]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer.   

You seem not to have heard of Pele. It was he who coined the phrase "The Bautiful Game" to describe soccer/football.

stay blessed,
habte selassie

The smiley suggested he was serious. If he were kidding, it would have been  or 

[celticfan1888]

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL.   

It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer.

[vamrat]

MMA

Only sport gayer than bodybuilding!  

I have watched plenty of fights and not one of them involved buggery.

EDIT - Come to think of it, I think I saw a Brazilian grabbing for someone's gonads once. 

[Asteriktos]

MMA

Only sport gayer than bodybuilding!  

I have watched plenty of fights and not one of them involved buggery.

EDIT - Come to think of it, I think I saw a Brazilian grabbing for someone's gonads once. 

There was a study done at Macon Itup University, in which they attached electrodes and whatnot to the private parts of people. There was clearly more of a sexualized reaction in the participants while watching MMA than bodybuilding. Apparently ground and pound excited men the most, while arm bars excited women the most. However, any apperance of Dana White instantly ended any sexualized activity.

[KBN1]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer.   

You seem not to have heard of Pele. It was he who coined the phrase "The Bautiful Game" to describe soccer/football.

stay blessed,
habte selassie

 

[KBN1]

The smiley suggested he was serious. If he were kidding, it would have been  or 

I am very serious about internet sarcasm.

[Schultz]

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL.  

It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer.

And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase.

Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. 

And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds.  I should know, I'm one of them.

[Schultz]

Greek team turns to brothels as sponsors

The world's oldest profession is giving a whole new meaning to love of the game.

Players on a cash-strapped Greek soccer team now wear pink practice jerseys with the logos "Villa Erotica" and "Soula's House of History," two bordellos it recruited as sponsors after drastic government spending cuts left the country's sports clubs facing ruin.

Other teams have also turned to unconventional financing. One has a deal with a local funeral home and others have wooed kebab shops, a jam factory and producers of Greece's trademark feta cheese...

AMATEUR TEAMS!!!

Because this is so much classier:

Emboldened by the announcement of its seven-year, £350 million ($559 million) shirt sponsorship deal with General Motors set to begin in 2014, Manchester United has bought back the training kit sponsorship rights it sold to DHL in 2010, cutting short a massive £40 million deal over four years. Again, that was £40 million over four years just to have the letters DHL on the club's training kits -- more than most Premier League clubs get for sponsorship of their actual match kits. And now it's not good enough.

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[Schultz]

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL.  

It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer.

And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase.

Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. 

And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds.  I should know, I'm one of them.

And now that I think about it, the Irish use "soccer" as well to differentiate association football from Gaelic football because, according to them, only the latter is "real" football.

[vamrat]

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL.  

It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer.

And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase.

Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. 

And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds.  I should know, I'm one of them.

And now that I think about it, the Irish use "soccer" as well to differentiate association football from Gaelic football because, according to them, only the latter is "real" football.

I usually refer to Rochambeau as foot ball.

[HabteSelassie]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL.  

It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer.

And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase.

Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. 

And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds.  I should know, I'm one of them.

And now that I think about it, the Irish use "soccer" as well to differentiate association football from Gaelic football because, according to them, only the latter is "real" football.

Real football

stay blessed,
habte selassie

[TheMathematician]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL.  

It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer.

And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase.

Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. 

And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds.  I should know, I'm one of them.

And now that I think about it, the Irish use "soccer" as well to differentiate association football from Gaelic football because, according to them, only the latter is "real" football.

Real football

stay blessed,
habte selassie

you mean a game where, not only do they barely use their feet, they also do not know how to tackle

i use soccer because it is easier to distinguish between rugby football, association football, and american football, not to mention the many other codes.

[primuspilus]

Footie, a.k.a. "soccer" = greatest game God allowed man to invent.

Glory glory

PP

[HabteSelassie]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

you mean a game where, not only do they barely use their feet, they also do not know how to tackle

I was being facetious, that hit was so ugly it is criminal.  I'm still fuming from a helmet to helmet hit on the opening Raider-Steelers game which left Oakland's Heyward-Bey knocked unconscious out on the ground in the endzone for NINE MINUTES.  Me and Bill Simmons literally thought he was dead until we came to and gave us a thumbs up, it was that bad of a hit.  I posted that to show how not beautiful American football is, besides, no one loves soccer more than me, I watched like 40 games during the last World Cup and even wasted my time with the Americas Cup the following year, but I don't follow the Euro Cup so I ditched it this summer to watch a dozen Olympic soccer matches

Besides, its not soccer or football, where I'm at its called futbol yo 

And have you ever watched an NFL football practice? Those guys have AMAZING footwork the move with more force and yet agility than NBA players, it just isn't as visible as in the more precision oriented futbol..

stay blessed,
habte selassie

[celticfan1888]

Besides, its not soccer or football, where I'm at its called futbol

South/Central America, Portugal, or Spain?

[celticfan1888]

Greek team turns to brothels as sponsors

The world's oldest profession is giving a whole new meaning to love of the game.

Players on a cash-strapped Greek soccer team now wear pink practice jerseys with the logos "Villa Erotica" and "Soula's House of History," two bordellos it recruited as sponsors after drastic government spending cuts left the country's sports clubs facing ruin.

Other teams have also turned to unconventional financing. One has a deal with a local funeral home and others have wooed kebab shops, a jam factory and producers of Greece's trademark feta cheese...

AMATEUR TEAMS!!!

Because this is so much classier:

Emboldened by the announcement of its seven-year, £350 million ($559 million) shirt sponsorship deal with General Motors set to begin in 2014, Manchester United has bought back the training kit sponsorship rights it sold to DHL in 2010, cutting short a massive £40 million deal over four years. Again, that was £40 million over four years just to have the letters DHL on the club's training kits -- more than most Premier League clubs get for sponsorship of their actual match kits. And now it's not good enough.

Source

Are you kidding? Of course it is classier.

[celticfan1888]

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL.   

It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer.

And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase.

Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. 

And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds.  I should know, I'm one of them.

No, the average Australian may say 'soccer', but the Australian media still calls it FOOTBALL.

Brits may have coined it from "association football". But they don't call it that. They call it football, that should be obvious.

Plus, what's that to do with the price of rice in China? lol. That's still a small minority of the world. Where I am from it is football.

[celticfan1888]

Footie, a.k.a. "soccer" = greatest game God allowed man to invent.

Glory glory

PP

I concur!

[Papist]

I've always thought that it was funny that many Americans say that football is more masculine than soccer. Football is a game where a bunch of men in tights pile on top of each other.

[Cyrillic]

I've always thought that it was funny that many Americans say that football is more masculine than soccer. Football is a game where a bunch of men in tights pile on top of each other.

 

[celticfan1888]

 

[Apostolos]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

What is this about a beautiful game?  I only see mention of soccer FOOTBALL.  

It's called football. Only nerds, and people who like men hugging, call it soccer.

And don't forget the Brits who coined the phrase.

Oh yeah, and the Aussies whose national team is called the Socceroos. 

And I always thought it was people who argued over semantics as nerds.  I should know, I'm one of them.

And now that I think about it, the Irish use "soccer" as well to differentiate association football from Gaelic football because, according to them, only the latter is "real" football.

Real football

stay blessed,
habte selassie

Footie, a.k.a. "soccer" = greatest game God allowed man to invent.

Glory glory

PP

I concur!

Athletic Union of Constantinople

[celticfan1888]

Athletic Union of Constantinople

AEK are my favourite Greek club. Manchester United just happen to be my favourite English club. Rosenborg BK is my favourite club in the world.

[primuspilus]

Rosenborg BK

Are they on the new FIFA?

[celticfan1888]

Rosenborg BK

Are they on the new FIFA?

They are in the FIFA games every year...as is all of Norway's Tippeligaen. lol

[primuspilus]

Rosenborg BK

Are they on the new FIFA?

They are in the FIFA games every year...as is all of Norway's Tippeligaen. lol

Dont follow the Tippeligaen....mebbe I should. I love the players that come out of that area of the world, and the national team's style of play.

PP

[celticfan1888]

Rosenborg BK

Are they on the new FIFA?

They are in the FIFA games every year...as is all of Norway's Tippeligaen. lol

Dont follow the Tippeligaen....mebbe I should. I love the players that come out of that area of the world, and the national team's style of play.

PP

If you like physicality, you'd love the Norwegian style of football. We have the most physical league in the world, hands down. Plenty of good scoring contests. As far a the skill level, it is your average European league, probably about MLS level.

[Orthodox11]

and the national team's style of play.

Yeah, losing is awesome.

[primuspilus]

If you like physicality, you'd love the Norwegian style of football. We have the most physical league in the world, hands down

Thats why I love the Bundesliga. I miss that physicality in the EPL but since the city of Manchester isnt going to pull up its roots any time soon.......

Yeah, losing is awesome

The style of play is great, but from what Ive seen the skill level isnt there yet (national team is what I speak of)

PP

[celticfan1888]

and the national team's style of play.

Yeah, losing is awesome.

We finished 5-1-2 in Euro 2012 qualifying, tied for second on the table with Portugal (Portugal advanced due to goal difference). We were in a group with Danmark and Portugal for Pete's sake. We did well.

We haven't lost a game since the disappointing loss to Iceland in September.

[LizaSymonenko]

Okay...American Football....is like the human version of bumper cars.

[HabteSelassie]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Okay...American Football....is like the human version of bumper cars.

Again, that was an example of what not to do in NFL football 

For an example of what not to do in soccer:

Don't forget Saurez

stay blessed,
habte selassie

[sheenj]

For an example of what not to do in soccer:

[snip]

stay blessed,
habte selassie

You mean win? /sarcasm

[HabteSelassie]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

You mean win?

True, winning can be very important, ask New England



stay blessed,
habte selassie