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Old 03-17-2015, 10:33 AM   #41
Resolute 14
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Originally Posted by chopper89 View Post
Add in soccer shootouts, and you have to admit they're always incredibly exciting.
I think the best I could offer for a shootout in soccer is that it is usually slightly less tedious than the game itself.

I have never understood why people bring soccer up in defence of a shootout. Soccer does not use penalty kicks to decide regular season contests. Soccer is actually the big, shining example of how a tie is not a bad thing.

Where soccer does use shootouts is tournaments, because unlimited overtime is completely impractical in that sport. We have a 100 years of history that demonstrates unlimited overtime in hockey tournaments/playoffs is feasible.
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