Ok, i've been meaning to write a post about this for a little while & it couldn't be more appropriate than now.
A friend called up during the semi-final between Maldives & Sri Lanka to ask a simple question: Are you watching football?
Well, as simple as it seemed, my reply, 'ofcourse i'm watching the game', actually had a rather fascinating implication.
'Good, you're gay!' came his response.
His rationale: being interested in a gay sport with 22 grown-up guys running after a ball in shorts!
I think he also mentioned 'hairy'. i hope he confirms it when he comments on this post.
Anywayz '22 grown-up guys running after a ball' is the most common description of football you'll hear from non-football lovers, mostly girls. No offence dude.
But it's as straightforward a description as it gets. And ofcourse it's a contact sport in which you can pull shorts, grab crotches & posteriors, cuddle around (even smooch) with teammates when they score goals etc.
This topic reminds me of a case in Brazil where a judge commented football was a 'masculine game' & it had no room for homosexuality, when a footballer filed a defamation suit against the manager of a rival team who called him a homosexual on national tv. The judge, who shelved the case after urging the player to quit the game if he's indeed gay, faced legal action for homophobia. And this guy is supposed to be serving justice!
Here's a bit more. Football associations are kind enough to conduct special tournaments for gay footballers. Indeed the International Gay & Lesbian Football Association World Championships will be held in London this August.
On the one hand it celebrates the homosexual orientation by getting them all together in competition which is great but on the other, doesn't it further marginalise the community?
Hmmm a subject of international significance.
Anywayz speaking of contact sports & gay, baibalaa stands right up there. that's mass huddling for you. Also rugby, American football, basketball, netball & ofcourse women's football.
Oh well, it's always fun when sexuality is involved eh.
yep. its kinda gay..but on the other hand, its fun to watch. when maldives and some other country is playing. noooooot other wise =\
btw, *comes out from under the bed and grins* :D
now will you do the honour? ^.^
(thank you, you are tho thuweeth that ur gonna gimme triangle cake somehow..)
"Shaatey" is Shaari? Who'd have thought? I always ignored your listing on mvblogs because "shaatey" sounded so stupid.
No offense. :)
Regarding the issue of football being gay: you should consult Bulhaa. She's the expert on the subject - being a girl and all. Girls know what is gay and what is not.
What is wrong with being gay?
shweeeeet, i said rub cake on your face. u cant eat it!
simon, hahaha. shaari wasnt available so i took up shaatey. not that i'm fond of shaatey but i dont mind it. sounds kinda congenial. Next time dont ignore listings by username but rather topic & opening sentence :-)
anonymous, nothing wrong with being gay. We as humans follow our instincts & desires...
it is gay for those who think that it is
i think its kinda gay but not gay gay
hehe
anyways, it doesn't mat! coz we won!
i only watch football when maldives national team plays anyway
Ahem.
FOOTBALL IS GAY!
(I can't think of a valid argument yet. Sut me some slack, I'm thin-slicing, it's my intuition. I'll retort when I think of something good. Meanwhile, we could go to a coffee, and you could meet up with my latest project d'amore.)
Thank you.
After reading these comments, I am fully convinced that blogging is gay.
who cares whether its gay or not.. :P
its so fun to watch the match.. :D
and this time it's my very first time I went to watch to the stadium :D
not bad eh? ;)
The last time I said football was a gay sport a friend was offended and said that I'm a PIG hahaha... doesn't matter.. it's still a gay sport! and i'd rather be a pig than being on the national football team. A pigs orgasm lasts 30 bloody minutes. Lucky Me!!! OINK OINK...
siku, gosh! how humans wish they can enjoy sex like pigs!
football is not gay! its the best n most entertaining game :) n this is comin frm a soccer freak ... whos a girl :D
the very fact that he saw the athletes as "22 men running around in shorts" is proof that he sees the world as a one big orgy.
watching football is not gay (unless you are a male and prefer the post-match jersey switching part to the actual match) and playing football is not so gay as rugby, sumo wrestling.. well actually any kind of wrestling... and american football.. and such like.. where men huddle together and do things they wud be arrested for in public, like poking your head in anothers crotch!
Playing these sports are gay because its frowned upon men to hug and cuddle each other, so they play these sports to satisfy such needs (those who have them). Others just want to be accepted as The Man. Because in most cultures men who play the most popular sport (ie. India and cricket) are admired, even idolised.
Anyway, my point is some sports are less gay than others, and football is not so gay.
read my latest post. footballs the last thing on my mind. watching football that is
i alwasys refered to it saying i never undestood whats the big deal abt 22 fully growns chasing after a single ball. but making it into a gay sport? thats jes wrong. even for someone like me who was never a fan of it. dont hate the sport either
on surface level, u can say its gay. if u ve little bit noodle in ur grey matter, will then realize how choreographed it is. further more, am convinced, if it were to display females we would be branded as perverts(like WWE Divas).
We ain't looking for a field of 22 David Beckhams'.In fact we adore the pace, the struggle and their tactics they make to win their team. NOT their physical looks.
Hmm...hugging on triumph got nothing to do wit sexuality.... would it be same if u say " i love u mom"? wud u be ,kekeke,a Mother F*****? (sorry for this extreme remark)
i wonder how on earth he could brand football as gay? first he have to know what it meant to be gay...before he make such remark
People will call anything they don't like gay. Sample :-
Girl: Hey, you'd look good in that shirt.
Guy: WTF? You kidding me? It's so gay!
Guy: I can't go out tonight, i have to watch football
Girl: Pffft, Football is so gay!
Gay is now sort of like a more commonly used synonym for 'boring' or 'uncool'.
I like football. And I don't mind gay dudes either. They make good conversation :) and football is an adrenaline-pumping-ly fantastic sport!
ey eyurnves keveyney!
its my choice!
*raises eyebrows*
update update shaarifaa!!
sports too serious for me... not fun. especially football. i'd like a fun no strict rule game. football is gay when you are asked to go watch it you have no interest in it...
Why is being gay such an "in" thing? That's limiting the enjoyment you have, right? I would rather everyone was bisexual. At least then everyone will have more fun with expanded horizons.
As for weather football or baibala is gay, I admit that I am guilty of having attended some football and baibala matches to satisfy my own bisexual interests and curiosities.
Good for people to know.
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