Without Beer, People are Going to Find Out

[Spectric]

I think that like so many things like football it all went wrong when it converted from being a sport played for enjoyment to nothing more than a business to make money where the players are just ****s in a bigger game.

Why has there not been a windfall tax on the excessive wages given to people just for kicking a ball, we should reward true skills like that of a surgeon and not ball kickers.

 

[Distinterior]

Yes, Budvar - where it came from originally. The name was disputed for years but the Czech brewery was bought out by Anheuser Busch (afaik), primarily for the name. There is no comparison between the beers.

Agreed..!

 

[D_W]

I think that like so many things like football it all went wrong when it converted from being a sport played for enjoyment to nothing more than a business to make money where the players are just ****s in a bigger game.

Why has there not been a windfall tax on the excessive wages given to people just for kicking a ball, we should reward true skills like that of a surgeon and not ball kickers.

may not have been clear from my first or later post, but I actually liked it playing. The game is a fun one to play until you get too competitive adults with day jobs in it and people end up with ACL injuries and stuff. But as a kid, fantastic. On TV, it's the shites.

Football here somehow has more appeal to me on TV, but it's not like I can find the actual game between the commercials, so whatever appeal it would have is lost. The fact that american football literally leads to more than 99% of the players having serious long term brain injuries is kind of a buzz kill, too.

 

[D_W]

I'm not going to watch any of the soccer - fortunately. But because I am talking about this, google's cookie sniffers just know that I want to see the stories. I see today that the FIFA guy is chiding people who would criticize anything about Qatar.

Again, knowing little about soccer, all I can remember is some controversy because FIFA had real serious honesty problems a few years ago.

I'm guessing if you head it up, you have to be pretty good at kayfabe. Like pro wrestler not breaking character good.

"it's real, man. Real!!"

 

[Jorny]

remember is some controversy because FIFA had real serious honesty problems a few years ago.

That is probably the understatement of the year!

 

[sploo]

Yes, Budvar - where it came from originally. The name was disputed for years but the Czech brewery was bought out by Anheuser Busch (afaik), primarily for the name. There is no comparison between the beers.

Got some Czech friends; it's a bit of a sore point with them. Especially considering just how good Czech beers are.

 

[D_W]

That is probably the understatement of the year!

My recollection isn't great given that I don't watch soccer, and sometimes I get FIDE and FIFA confused.

I vaguely recall the FIFA stink being pretty big.

The NCAA in the US also falls into that. Harvesting money off of underprivileged athletes for decades and telling them they cannot make any money or accept any gifts, pretending that they're were virtuous. Would love to see them gone.

 

[D_W]

Got some Czech friends; it's a bit of a sore point with them. Especially considering just how good Czech beers are.

My neighbor (laborer) drinks bud ice or whatever mountain graphic swill they make with the highest alcohol content, but most people here who aren't just drinking without thinking understand what bud actually is. It's a foreign owned company that does whatever they can to manipulate distribution and placement in stores to try to squeeze out actual good beers.

Seemingly, there isn't any new brewer too small to be manipulated (or the retailers) by them.

Not sure if I said it earlier, but the one that I drank once in florida left me with the thought "I can see why people who don't like beer would like to drink this." You almost taste it and it goes away - none of the snap or pleasant bitterness of a good beer is there. Just empty nothing. It's the muzak of beer, more or less.

 

[Blackswanwood]

I think that like so many things like football it all went wrong when it converted from being a sport played for enjoyment to nothing more than a business to make money where the players are just ****s in a bigger game.

Why has there not been a windfall tax on the excessive wages given to people just for kicking a ball, we should reward true skills like that of a surgeon and not ball kickers.

I agree that the money involved is eye watering but it has never stopped being a sport.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Coors is just as bad.

 

[D_W]

Coors is just as bad.

I'd bet it is - the last coors that I drank was in 1999 because it was $1 draft specials when I was working an internship. I paid full price after that.

 

[TRITON]

Estrella Damm is currently where it's at.

 

[Jameshow]

Now you're definitely being provocative. I mean I find soccer boring, but then again, I find most sport boring. However, American football? WTF is that all about? Is it true that it's only called football because it's played on foot, rather than on horseback?

Or formula 1!!!

 

[Thingybob]

Yes, Budvar - where it came from originally. The name was disputed for years but the Czech brewery was bought out by Anheuser Busch (afaik), primarily for the name. There is no comparison between the beers.

Always drank it in Weatherspoons large bottle

 

[Ollie78]

Now you're definitely being provocative. I mean I find soccer boring, but then again, I find most sport boring. However, American football? WTF is that all about? Is it true that it's only called football because it's played on foot, rather than on horseback?

American football is called football because the ball is a foot long.

 

[Daniel2]

I think that like so many things like football it all went wrong when it converted from being a sport played for enjoyment to nothing more than a business to make money where the players are just ****s in a bigger game.

Why has there not been a windfall tax on the excessive wages given to people just for kicking a ball, we should reward true skills like that of a surgeon and not ball kickers.

Was that a deliberate typo ?

 

[johna.clements]

The Czech Budweiser is an excellent beer, it's the American stuff that's dire.

Yes the real Budweiser from the the Czech republic is good. The US stuff is crap.

 

[johna.clements]

Yes, Budvar - where it came from originally. The name was disputed for years but the Czech brewery was bought out by Anheuser Busch (afaik), primarily for the name. There is no comparison between the beers.

They claim they are independent

https://budweiserbudvar.com/uk/#

 

[johna.clements]

Was that a deliberate typo ?

They made a documentary in Dallas .

 

[Spectric]

Was that a deliberate typo

The good old english language, two words **** and pawn both sound the same with multiple different meanings !