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EPL Talk: Do Soccer Celebrations Go Too Far For American TV Viewers?

  • Weston · 1 year ago
    I hear ya Gaff, you made a funny point that such a macho and borderline-homophobic culture like we have here allows for smacking a guy's ass, but the euro-kiss is out of the question...you can give baseball the credit for that I guess.

    I do have to admit though - that picture atop the article is very funny to me.
  • Stephen · 1 year ago
    Did anyone else catch the Sony commercial during the Cowboys/Green Bay game last night?

    A guy walks into an electronics store to buy an HD TV, when he is confronted by a panel of "experts", including Peyton Manning and curiously, someone dressed as a chicken. Manning goes on to explain that most football games are filmed using Sony HD cameras, so wouldn't it make sense to watch the game on a Sony HDTV?

    The guy responds with something along the lines of "When you say football, do you mean soccer as well?". At which the panel of experts look at each other and burst out laughing.

    Now I'm not exactly sure what message Sony was trying give, but it didn't make me feel like I wanted to buy anything Sony anytime soon..
  • TokyoToffee · 1 year ago
  • TB · 1 year ago
    Be real now. A smack on the ass is way different than an emotional open mouthed kiss.
    And I saw the Sony commerical, not that bad really. Just a jibe at soccer, so what. Justin Timerberlake made a joke about soccer and David Beckham at the ESPYs and nobody jumped down his throat or ESPN's about it.
  • footballer · 10 months ago
    If you guys keep referring to football by that gay name, I'll complain even further.

    But seriously, you can't blame Peyton and JB for laughing. Who can like football when it's called that? Come on guys, defend the name of our sport.