I was at the University of Kentucky this past weekend and I witnessed a "fight." This "fight" was a fight in the sense that two people had a misunderstanding and some mediocre shoving was exchanged. Oh, and a few, "bro, you don't even know me"s were exchanged too (like knowing the other guy would've made any difference).
I put the word fight into quotation marks because I don't feel as if this qualifies as a fight. But more often than not, when people discuss recent fights/spats/rows that they have with people, this is essentially what the situation boils down to: a few pejoratives, maybe some shoving and a few awkward head nods.
The last time I checked this barely qualifies as a fight. Hell, situations like these barely even qualify as logical disagreements.
I want to see a fight that involves fisticuffs, broken noses, bloodied lips, and maybe even a girl or two.
What do you think the success rate is for these? The success rate for a fight?
-Also, I think it's fair to say that you can easily tell the difference between American political parties and their European counterparts by looking at both regions' sports. In the American political system, it's all-or-nothing; you either win or you don't, leaving two very large political parties to rule the American political landscape. American sports are the same way: one league for each professional sport, one champion. Simple as that. In Europe, partial wins go a long way. Partial wins give representation to smaller parties allowing for multiple parties to be heard in European countries' parliaments. In European soccer leagues, a fourth-place finish gets you an UEFA Champion's League spot. If a soccer club stays in the top-flight of a country's soccer league and doesn't get relegated to a lower division, that's a payday. Isn't it weird how many parallels sport and politics possess? Shit, man.
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