Thursday, February 25, 2016

Soccer's Version of Glenn Beck

Oye.  This is really a message board rant, but I'm worked up.  Bear with me.

I'm a big soccer fan.  And, as it happens, a BigSoccer fan.

BigSoccer is a gigantic soccer-devoted message board.  It draws fans of the beautiful game from all walks of life and all corners of the globe.  I've been there so long that I've achieved moderator status in a couple sections of it.  It's the first website I check every time I hit the net. 

And as anyone who's ever even been on the Internet can tell you, no matter what topic is being discussed, there's a lunatic fringe who believes something completely outrageous and completely nuts.  The go-to topic for these ShortBus regulars is promotion and relegation for American soccer.

And their insane leader is a schmuck named Ted Westervelt.