I consider myself an aficionado when it comes to professional sports. ESPN is my homepage and 90 percent of the time when the TV is on its some sort of sports. Over the past couple of days I have been playing a lot of Fifa (soccer for you non European sports fans) for the PS3. The game is awesome and highly responsible for increasing my knowledge of the football world. The team I am currently playing with is FC Barcelona. I was curious what the FC in the name stood for. I went online to FCBARCELONA.COM and found out that it stands for football club.
FC Barcelona Shield
While I was browsing the website I found out that Barcelona is not only a football club but basketball, handball, field hockey, baseball, cycling, rugby, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, ice hockey, and a figure skating club. Under one name and one company there are a ton of sports. Imagine the pride that the town of Barcelona has for their ten teams under one name. It’s like being in a college or high school all over again.
What if we had this set up over here in the states? Think of the Dodgers, Lakers, Galaxy, Kings, and well since we don’t have a football team USC (sorry UCLA but you guys just suck) play together under one name. It could be AC (athletic club) LA. Doesn’t that just flow off of the tongue. ACLA. Think of the powerhouse Boston would be having the Celtics, BoSox, Patriots, Bruins, and Revolution. They could be called Boston United, but you get my point.
This would unite baseball, basketball, soccer, hockey, and football fans. It would more than likely increase ratings across the board because the teams shield would be on the line and more importantly it would be a city thing. Think about your college experience and if you did not go to college think high school. No matter what sporting event it was you were full of school pride. Every team wearing the same colors, name, and school logo. Every sporting result was a direct reflection of you and your pride. In college I watched everything from Rugby to women’s Lacrosse. It wasn’t my passion for the sport that brought me there it was for the Pride of my school.
Think outside the box……. Long live ACLA…
Catch ya on the flip side…….
Thomas
Horrible article. Really, because a lot of people have told me they enjoyed it. Do you know that “I like” button on facebook, yeah like 10 people clicked that for my article. I guess that is just your opinion. How can it be a curse if they went out and won the title after the incident? Yes they did win the title last year. They were supposed to win it again this year, but from the looks of it they are not due to KG’s injury. Hey “anything is possible” (said in a douche voice crying like a girl) Only time will tell. Usually curses bring you bad luck, not championships. Was Tom Brady getting injured bad luck? B’s are a 1 seed…where’s the curse?By B’s do you mean Bruins because I really don’t follow hockey. Its not that important to us out here. You got me, no curse there. I will enjoy writing a blog about how the Sharks beat them though. Sox not playing well after 9 games…that’s a curse? WTF? Yes it is early but, you guys did let Manny go last year and he is quite happy out here. Maybe that’s another curse I can create. Is Ortiz healthy this year and was he healthy last year in the playoffs? He had an unreal series against the Rays. There’s 153 games to go. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Then you say “You look at their DL and some big names are on there”…Jed Lowrie? Lugo? Kotsay are big names? I’ll give you Dice, but Smoltz was brought in knowing that he wouldn’t be ready to start the season…that is a curse? Ok sorry, not big names but medium sized names. You got me again. Gimme a break, gimme a break, break me off a piece of that kit kat bar…..
Horrible premise for an article trying to be clever – failed miserably. Maybe you will get my whit the second time around when you read my rebuttal to your comment. I think it is clever. Hey every man has his own opinion. Thanks for the traffic. At least you had class and wished Danny Ainge well…Yes some would say I am classy, like the Patriots, ohh wait didn’t they cheat a couple years ago to win the super bowl? Just playing I bet you are classy as well.
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Thanks for the love Big Jim, I enjoy your passion…..