Posted
7/18/2005 05:01:00 PM
by Douglas
"After watching my six year old son Justin's first two soccer games this spring I finally understand why Europeans riot at soccer matches. For the same reason that inmates riot in prisons: out of sheer
boredom."So begins my all-time favourite op-ed about the game that Socialists love and Americans eschew like the metric system. Well it can no longer be said that East Texas is behind the times with such an advanced form of sportsmanship. Of course, I'm talking about a
soccer riot. At least four people were injured Sunday in a brawl involving two adult soccer teams and spectators at a Tyler park. Authorities said one man was cut with a beer bottle and another was beaten with a baseball bat.
Witnesses said the fight, which involved nearly 100 people, started while a Tyler team called Real Madrid was accepting a championship trophy. Real Madrid member Junior Perez said the situation erupted after a teenage girl began arguing with two older women.
Carlos Perez, another Real Madrid player, said members from the losing Alcones team retrieved five aluminum bats from their cars and began striking other vehicles during the brawl.
God Bless America! Even at an East Texas soccer riot, what's the weapon of choice for pummeling the crap out of the other team? A baseball bat. Even at a soccer riot, the red blooded tool of
America's pastime rears its ugly head. If only to beat the crap out of someone else's.