Reply #42: critique fails to recognize NHL and NFL...shootouts and ties.

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Fine you don't like the beautiful game. But I think the fact its the rest of the world would argue with you. You are correct a shootout is a let down. But what else can be done without changing the game? First most games allow the score to end as a tie...just like American football and hockey used to do. Only major finals or cup competitions go into extra time (a full 30 minutes) if no goals in that extra time then yes a PK shootout is done. But then this is what the NHL does and I don't see folks complaining about hockey!

What draws most fans to the beautiful game is the loyalty of clubs and players and the passion. You don't see players (traditionally) jumping from a club to its arch rival as you would see with a Red Sox becoming a Yankee. Of course there are exceptions. I've go to games all over the planet and nothing compares to a football match in England.