Enough already: Stop crying about the soccer ball

By Chad Garner
Fan Fanatic Sports Staff
The World Cup is right around the corner. The World Cup is right around the corner!
That’s the buzz circulating throughout the country.
But it’s becoming a negative buzz …and quick.
Well, here’s a perfect example of why the sport isn’t as popular here in the U.S. (because we don't like crying in any sport) like it is in other parts of the world.
Can you believe that the major headlines regarding the World Cup right now is the new ball designed by Adidas, dubbed, “Jabulani.”
Everyone, I mean everyone, from goalies, to strikers to midfielders are stomping their feet and crying about how this new ball is so different …in a bad way of course.
The players are saying that they ball “changes trajectory” in flight, sort of like a dancing knuckleball, perhaps, in baseball terms.
This ball is creating quite a stir. I guess change can be bad, but how much different can a round ball be? This whole “issue” with the ball is just baffling. It seems to me like complaining just for the sake of complaining.
But if the ball is THIS bad, then the World Cup committee better go back to an old ball, and quick. Because we don’t want the overall play to be affected in a negative way. That would be bad, I mean very bad for soccer.
Seriously, players, adjust to the new ball. Granted, it may feel and play a tad different than the old one – I get that – but get over it and move on. It’s too bad that now the best story line to come out of the World Cup is going to be about this stupid new ball.
One thing I do know is: I’m even more excited for the World Cup to begin now (honestly, joking, if you didn’t know). I can’t wait to see this new ball unveiled, and see all these players verbally assault the ball during a match and blame it on the reason why they lost.
This World Cup might be the best ever!