01-21-2004, 03:41 PM
I seriously don't see the connection. I suppose there is footwork, and uh.. the goalie moves their arms and gyrates their pelvis sometimes. Whereas football is based on highly structured, premeditated plays, comparable to choreography, making it far more dance-like.
Of course, since there is no apparent physical resemblence between hockey and dancing, I would assume the dacing-as-a-non-male-activity stereotype was the centre of the comment, since it's the only common thread. If that's the case, what makes a sport masculine (and therefore not dancing)? Rough gameplay? If so, other sports have way more than football, both in intensity and frequency, does that mean football is yard line dancing?
Maybe it's waiting for a long time to do anything, so people watching have a chance to consume larger quantities of foodstuffs and alcohol. That would make golf the ultimate non-dancing sport.
Of course, since there is no apparent physical resemblence between hockey and dancing, I would assume the dacing-as-a-non-male-activity stereotype was the centre of the comment, since it's the only common thread. If that's the case, what makes a sport masculine (and therefore not dancing)? Rough gameplay? If so, other sports have way more than football, both in intensity and frequency, does that mean football is yard line dancing?
Maybe it's waiting for a long time to do anything, so people watching have a chance to consume larger quantities of foodstuffs and alcohol. That would make golf the ultimate non-dancing sport.