Next thing Buford will let slip is that he LOVES Canadian football because you have to punt on third down. Talk about speeding up the pace of the game!
I bet those boys send replay decisions to Moose Jaw to make sure no one involved has a sentimental attachment to the teams competing.
The advent of penalty shoot-outs in soccer has nothing to do with the US American's aversion to a tie. In fact, in league games a tie gives each team an often valuable point and is often an excellent and exciting result for a visiting side. The idea was hatched in the 60's, in Europe, and also has nothing to do with television broadcasts. Previously they would either play a rematch or flip a coin. (This happened to my team once a couple of years ago. The geniuses at the league decided to start our game an hour later than normal, the game went into extra time and then to penalties. We had no lights at that field, which is one strong reason why we'd start games as early as we did. Anyway, it was decided after ten or twelve penalty kicks that it was simply too dark to continue and the outcome was decided on a coin toss. We lost.)
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