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Soccer … Soccure….. Sucker (‘evolution’)

It was announced the other day that women’s professional soccer was going to return. And, guess what? Women’s professional soccer was going to come to L.A. in 2008.  Hmmm… I don’t think there seems to be even room for one professional soccer team…. the men are failing. Anyway, I really can’t remember anything memorable about Soccer other than Brandi’s Bra… which she has written a book about.

sorry, Brandi, it is all about the bra

A few years back, after the fall from grace by women’s professional soccer… oh, Mama Mia Hamm! … I did write a tongue-in-cheek letter on this subject to an Mnbc columist who posted my letter with my email . He had obviously hoped to get all the soccer ballers to write me stuff… All that really happened was a sports bar in Detroit ( I seem to remember) named a drink after me… and a ton of letters from guys who enjoyed the laugh.

The point is… soccer is such an inane, boring waste of time that I am sure that it not only reduces a viewers I.Q. but also their testosterone levels. Watch at your own risk.

Let me be clear, I never forbid my daughters from participating in this alleged ‘game’, but, then I never forbid them from fighting terrorists in Iraq… which one of them did. What I did insist — however — is three things: 1) they participate in a team sport and 2) an individual sport  and 3) where individual effort is recognized and has value and merit…. just like in real life. Basketball, volleyball and track were their favorites. 

drugs in soccer? what for nothing happens!!!!

Interestingly enough, as we are discovering, drugs are also a big part of the soccer community… so spare me the speech on good ‘role models.’ (Soccer ‘legend’ Maradona tested positive for Ephedrin… Nadrolone is a biggie and so is Norandrosterone. It doesn’t take a genius to also realize that use of EPO, stimulants and Human growth hormone is probably part of the mix as well.)

Also, I am always amused when folks point out that soccer is played all over the world… but then so is cricket…. and lawn bowling…. and kick the can. Let’s face it, people play soccer… until something better comes along.

In closing, asking your child to participate in soccer should be more than a nice way for single liberal parents to get ‘hooked up.’

Roger Freberg

Want more? Here’s another Blog on SOCCER

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Southern California Trojans T & F Banquet… a class act!

Coach Ron Allice and Karen at the 2007 Southern California Track and Field Award Banquet

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT – The annual Out of the Blocks track and field banquet was held on Sunday, Feb. 18 at the Town and Gown on campus. In addition to the introduction of the 2007 track and field team and celebration of USC’s unparalleled track and field heritage, the 2006 USC team awards were handed out. Here is a recap of the award winners from the 2006 season:

Most Outstanding Male Athlete (Cromwell Award) Jesse Williams

Most Outstanding Female Athlete (Loker Award) Virginia Powell

Most Valuable Male Athlete – Track Lionel Larry Philip Francis

Most Valuable Male Athlete – Field Noah Bryant

Most Valuable Female Athlete Carol Rodriguez

Male Come Through Performance Duane Solomon Garry Jones

Female Come Through Performance Eva Orban Karen Freberg

Most Improved Male Track Athlete (Clentzos Award) Jeff Garrison DaSean Cunningham Kai Kelley

Most Improved Female Track Athlete Candice Davis

Most Improved Female Field Athlete Kate Hutchinson

Male Walk-on Award Inman Breaux Roy Alugbue Logan Taylor

Female Walk-on Award Alexandrea Williams

Coaches Award – Male Adam Midles Raphael Asafo-Agyei William Denbo

Coaches Award – Female Jessica Onyepunuka Tara Davis-Quarrie

Most Inspirational ( Zamperini Award) Virginia Powell

Roger Freberg

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What were YOU doing in 1976?

time flies....

Looking through old scrapbooks, I found a couple of pictures of Laura and I from 1976… whew, have I changed! Laura had her masters and was working on her Ph.D., I was in my first year of my MBA, we had been married 4 years… and we were visiting Laura’s Austrian exchange family. Funny to remember what was happening in those years…

1) Viking probe lands on Mars 2)Summer Olympic Games held in Montréal 3) Israeli airborne commandos attack Uganda’s Entebbe Airport
and free 103 hostages Islamic terrrorists of Air France plane 4)Jimmy Carter elected US President (sheeesh) 5) Ethernet invented (no, Al Gore didn’t invent this either) 

6) Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot becomes prime minister
(and virtual dictator) of Cambodia after
Prince Sihanouk steps down (April 2) 7) Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung Dies 8) Two amateur electronics enthusiasts develop the
Apple computer in a California garage
 
9) Most Popular T.V Shows: Happy Days (ABC),
Laverne & Shirley (ABC) ,ABC Monday Night Movie (ABC),
M*A*S*H (CBS),  Charlie’s Angels (ABC) I loved Austria… but we just came from Munich and spent a week at the Hotel Haberstock (a great place… but now just a memory) with evening walks to the Hofbrauhaus… aaah.   Roger Freberg   

      

     

 

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Obsession — Radical Islam’s War on the West!

Seeing is believingThere are a lot of wonderful films out today… many of which you will never see at the Oscars… but are valuable none-the-less.

In fact, some of these films will never be seen on college campuses… for reasons most involved with higher education know very well. Censorship in American colleges is alive and well. Here’s one movie not to miss.

Obsession — Radical Islams War Against the West
the Nazi salute is a little cute and still used in Palestine today

Check out the connection in this little clip on radical Islam’s connection with Hitler. More on Hannity & Combs tonight.

Roger Freberg

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What WE Do for Love….

what we do for loveI am always fascinated by articles preaching to women on what a bad situation they have in life IF they get married.

Certainly, some women will find this article oddly compelling and in a way help rationalize their own decisions & current situation:

“Might I suggest that women have more of a “taste” for housework because they are shamed into it when they are even quite small.They are taught it is their responsibility. As a friend of mine once said, “Where in the marriage vows does it say, ‘The wife shall clean the toilets?’ I have as much “taste for hou(S)ework” as I have for rancid porridge. –  Julienne”

The author and Julienne seemed to be surprised that being married is more ‘work.’ Choose to have a family and the ‘work’ increases logarithmically…. for everyone.

Another outdated argument… and allow me to paraphrase: ‘women are victims of our environment and of men… blah blah’. I found it amusing that the post was on an evolutionary psychology site… which would  — by it’s ‘nature’ — be less sympatheic.. Besides, it goes without saying , Julienne is single.

Here are a few thoughts on love and marriage:

1) MARRIAGE COMES WITH STRINGS ATTACHED

Please forgive me if I don’t shed a few tears that a few ‘strings’ may be attached when anyone gets married. Marriage is all about ‘strings.’ Everyone walks into any relationship with hopes and expectations. However, obtaining ‘full disclosure’ is usually discovered only AFTER we are married… for better or worse. Strangely enough, ‘living together’ is less revealing for most couples…. 

2) FAMILIES (2 or more) FUNCTION BEST COMMUNALLY

Marriages and families are best as a communal system…. ‘from each according to their abilities and to each according to their needs.’ Mother goes back to school, we all pitch in to pick up the slack. Children go to college, resources are mustered to get them through. If dad comes home from a tough physical job, leave him be and hand him a beer.  By the way, Communism works best ONLY in a family.

3) WORK IS GOOD FOR YOU…

 If you think you are giving your partner 80%, chances are that the ‘other’ person is making most of the concessions. Does this surprise you? To make this work… in any business, marriage or family… we must recognized that it is in our ‘enightened self-interest’ to help, support and comfort those who will give us pride and happiness in the future. The effort and time placed into your relationships… is what increases it’s chance of continuing survival… and mutual satisfaction into those far off ‘golden years.’.

 By the way, ‘keeping score’ in any relationship is key to conflict without resolution. Men and women have needed each other for thousands of years…. and accepting the fact that any relationship increases the number of tasks and ‘duties as assigned’ by all parties is just a fact of life. Concequently, there is a price for playing this game… but it also has it’s rewards.

Finding your partner in marriage makes one’s life richer, happier and fuller… but it does mean more inconvenience and work for all.

 

Roger Freberg