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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."
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— Former Liverpool coach Bill Shankly on soccer
The English Premier League as we know it was founded in 1992. It was formerly The Football League.
premierleague.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Who scored the fastest goal in Premier League history?
A: Ledley King of Tottenham Hotspur scored in 10-seconds during the 2000/2001 season.
— premierleague.com
THE MORNING BREW Soccer makes for a compelling season
Say what you will about soccer,but there is no denying that it provides more storylines for its fans than any other sport.
Professional soccer leagues provide multiple competitions each season for teams to win. Teams can win the 38-game season, receiving three points for a win and one point for a tie. Each league also hosts at least one domestic tournament, some, like England, even host two — the F.A. Cup and the Carling Cup.
To top it off, there are continental competitions during the season as well. The winner of the UEFA, or European Champions League — a 76-team tournament — between the threeorfour best teams from each league in Europe, is crowned the best team in Europe and takes home possibly the most coveted trophy in club soccer.
It's nice to crown a team champion of something that actually plays the teams they're champions of, unlike the World
Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
But perhaps the most entertaining and gut-wrenching aspect of soccer is relegation. The lowest three teams from every league are demoted to a lower level league in that competition. This makes games between terrible teams remarkably compelling.
The emotion from the fans, players and coaches of a team in relegation territory sees onto the field. The fans live and die for their club. I encourage you to go on YouTube and search for West
Bromwich Albion vs. Portsmouth 2004- 2005, or just "relegation Saturday," to see what this means to a fan and to the players.
Imagine being at the last game of the season for the team you bleed for, a team you would give anything for, but they have struggled the entire season and are one of the worst in the league. Now, imagine watching that game knowing that if your team loses, they will be sent to a lower league.In which case, Your team will likely have to sell their best players in order to bring revenue back into the club, and you would have to fight the next season to be considered relevant again.
If relegation existed in American sports, my San Francisco Giants would not have even been in the National League in 2008 when they won the World Series. Hell, my Sacramento Kings would be playing around in the NBA Development League.
Soccer leagues know how to create
reasons for fans to remain interested. Even if your team doesn't win the league, it can still qualify for a continental competition. If your team doesn't qualify for a continental competition, it can still win a domestic trophy.
My team, Liverpool, may not qualify for European competition, and it certainly won't challenge for the league, but they just knocked off the top two teams in English soccer last week — Manchester United and Manchester City — in both domestic tournaments.
So while Liverpool fans may not have had all their dreams for the season fulfilled, they still very much have something to cheer for, and that's what separates soccer from other sports.
Edited by Jeff Karr
This week in athletics
Tuesday
Women's Basketball
vs. Oklahoma
7 p.m.
Lawrence
Wednesday
Men's Basketball
vs. Oklahoma
8 p.m.
Lawrence
Thursday
There are no athletic events today.
Friday
Women's Swimming
vs. Iowa State
6 p.m.
Ames, Iowa
Track New Balance Invitational All Day New York, New York
Saturday
Men's Basketball
vs. Missouri
8 p.m.
Columbia, Mo.
Track
New Balance
Invitational
All Day
New York, New York
Sunday
Women's Basketball
vs. Texas A&M
7 p.m.
College Station, Texas
College Station, Texas
There are no athletic events today.
Women's Swimming
vs. Iowa State
10 a.m.
Ames. Iowa
There are no athletic events today.
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