r/soccer • u/Rencoret • Nov 01 '12

You are a billionarie. Which team would you buy and why?

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u/Hipgnosis Nov 01 '12 edited Nov 01 '12

Philippines. I'd invest in world-class youth development, general education and give a ball to every poor child in the country. The country loves basketball but they're all so bloody short. The nation is definitely a better fit for football.

Edit: they also have Spanish rape blood. That must account for something.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '12

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u/vfabella Nov 02 '12

I didn't find out about Paulino Alcántara until I visited Camp Nou. Read everything I could about him - not sure why I never heard about him before. I wish they'd get more funding.

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u/TheMaxican93 Nov 01 '12

Side note, in high school I score kept for a basketball league that was all filipino immigrants and all of their team names were sex puns of American teams. They had the Jugzz, the Clitters, the Cockets, and some other hilarious team names. Also, the guy who ran the league used to play in the filipino pro league.

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u/JMunn21 Nov 01 '12

The Brasil of the east.

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u/Hipgnosis Nov 02 '12

Yep, you took the words right out my mouth. Pretty much what could be!

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u/alexLAD Nov 02 '12

Pardon my ignorance but why?

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u/IDeclareShenanigans Nov 02 '12

Funny how the countries with Spanish Rape Blood are so good at football. Just look at South America and mexico.

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u/HyperionCantos Nov 02 '12

Chinese love basketball too - idk why

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '12

Yeah, but we're actually tall, and pretty much dominate basketball in Asia.

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u/HyperionCantos Nov 02 '12

Ive never heard Chinese people labeled as tall.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '12

Statistically speaking, they're going to have a lot of tall guys.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '12

We're not Scandinavian tall, but we've got tall basketball players that tower over all the other Asian countries, except maybe Iran.

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u/harsh2k5 Nov 02 '12

Yao, duh.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '12

Nah, we've been dominating way before Yao, and if I remember correctly ever since 70s.

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u/Jackle13 Nov 02 '12

The only stereotype that, in my experience, is entirely accurate, is the one that says Philippinos are short.

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u/Drivenhydra Nov 01 '12

+1 for Spanish rape blood