Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo
What I am saying though is that just because some kids show an apptitude for and concentrate on one sport doesn't make the kids who do the other sports lesser athletes. I'm not denying that it's a more popular option but I just can't agree that Andy Murray or Joe Calzaghe (okay so he's Welsh) or Mark Cavandish or Johnny Wilkinson or Jenson Button are lesser athletes.
Would you say that Lance Armstrong is a mediocre athlete? He doesn't play football and by anthony's logic that means that he can't be as good an athelete as Tom Brady. Doing a less popular sport doesn't make someone a mediocre athlete, it makes them a different type of athlete.
And of course the US will be in the top 5 if they try, they're one of the most populated and richest countries on the planet. If you train enough people then you'll find some who stand out. I have never, at any point, said (seriously) that they suck. I believe that England could quite easily slip up against them in June. Anthony was the one who said that they were mediocre athletes, then Swoop had a dig at him and I pointed out that he was just having a go at a fellow American.
I haven't, at any point in this thread, slated the US football team. In fact I'm defending them as proper athletes while their own countrymen have a go at them.