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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Bikramjit's Leads

Compare and Contrast or Narrative:
During the world cup, Zidane would run around and score goals but what most people didn't know is that number of these goals were off-sides and should not have been counted. So while he went running around the field and cheering, his team should have been sad and trying hard to get another goal. So adding more sideline referees will help in determining these calls. Also when Zidane had a little verbal fight with Materazzi (who he later headbutted) the extra sideline referees could have saved that because the argument took place near the sideline which has no assigned referee.

Descriptive:
Soccer is a sport played with 22 players on the field (11 from each side) and has a total of 3 referees. Two out of these three referees are used as sideline referees to keep track of off-sides and any physical contact between the players that is unnecessary. The third referee is know as “The Referee,” and is the most important of the three officials on the field. Only he carries a whistle and he uses it to signal the starts and stops of play. So out of these three people, spotting every foul in the game is an extremely tough job which can be made much easier by simply adding two extra sideline referees (raising the total up to five total referees). Also these questions won't be asked as much; was a player off-sides when he scored? did the ball cross the line? did the foul really merit a penalty? And so those decisions made by referees that turn around matches in an instant have a less chance of occurring with more officials out on the field to help.

Direct Address:
If you are one of the millions of fans who love watching soccer, then wouldn't you want the game to be fair and the referees make the right call? So why not add extra side line referees to solve the problem and make sure that a goal is actually a goal and not just an off-sides call that was missed and what if a penalty (pk) is not suppose to be a penalty kick. Soccer players are very good at tricking the referees and getting what they want by over-exaggerating an injury. The referee has to make the right call which is sometimes not the easiest thing to do when you have a player on the ground “injured” and many others shouting at you to give them a free kick.

5 comments:

  1. Hey yo,

    I really dig the direct lead. The other two don't seem to hook the reader as much. The last one wants me to keep reading.

    -Mister Pip

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  2. I like the direct address the best. I think that if you can clear up the other two though, they'd do just as well.
    -[Asian X]

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  3. I like the Compare and Contrast/Narrative lead the best. It relates to current events.

    |Cambium

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  4. The premise of the leads is good, just watch out for grammar. It can quickly detract your readers thoughts on your credibility.

    --C. Polohas

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