....we lost, 3-1, in the World Cup qualifiers last night. I went over to my friend Emily´s apartment and watched it with her host brothers and their girlfriends in an attempt to watch the much-anticipated game with Argentines. I fell asleep through most of the game (that is somewhat sacreligious (sp?)to say here, but it´s true) .... and I think the reason was because there were no commercials to get up and take a break during. Overall, the game was not that exciting, or at least not as exciting as I had expected.
Interesting thought that occurred to me during the game:
What languages do referees speak when the opposing players speak different languages? Especially when its during a type of game that the players can go talk to the ref, like basketball or soccer? Last night, Emily´s brother told me that the ref just spoke Spanish, and because Portuguese is similar, the Brazilian players could understand. But without that handy convenience, what would they do? Maybe just speak English, I don´t know!
Annie Rose - you found one of the reasons that football (aka soccer) may be big in the rest of the world but not the USA - no commercial breaks! Americans won't sustain watching without breaks and USA TV won't air something without ads to pay them!
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