Comments on: Football is an Optical Illusion http://www.richardbeard.info/2010/06/world-cup-football-design-flaw/ the Sporting World of Richard Beard Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:17:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Suzzy (rhymes with fuzzy) http://www.richardbeard.info/2010/06/world-cup-football-design-flaw/comment-page-1/#comment-1643 Suzzy (rhymes with fuzzy) Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:14:56 +0000 http://www.richardbeard.info/?p=935#comment-1643 This is indeed sensational, and yes, someone should be told. I think we may well be looking at a plot by a cabale of certain rugby nations bent on morphing soccer (something they can't win at) into rugger (something they occasionally can win at). First you get people used to playing with a ball that merely looks oval. It is then just a short step to have them playing with a ball that actually is oval. A supporting tactic would be to get more and more relaxed about technical 'handball' calls (like that double handball leading to a goal that the referee sportingly ignored the other day) until - what do you know - FIFA decides they may as well encourage handling since everyone does it anyway and seems happy. Let the subs on the bench join in to swell the team size a bit and, hey, it's rugby! Someone should be told. Desmond Tutu, maybe :-) This is indeed sensational, and yes, someone should be told. I think we may well be looking at a plot by a cabale of certain rugby nations bent on morphing soccer (something they can’t win at) into rugger (something they occasionally can win at). First you get people used to playing with a ball that merely looks oval. It is then just a short step to have them playing with a ball that actually is oval. A supporting tactic would be to get more and more relaxed about technical ‘handball’ calls (like that double handball leading to a goal that the referee sportingly ignored the other day) until – what do you know – FIFA decides they may as well encourage handling since everyone does it anyway and seems happy. Let the subs on the bench join in to swell the team size a bit and, hey, it’s rugby!

Someone should be told. Desmond Tutu, maybe :-)

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