Foe

[ZeUs!!]

If you don't follow the beautiful game, Marc-Vivien Foe is a Cameroonian midfielder who played for Manchester City last year. At the moment the Confederations Cup is happening in France, a competition involving national teams, where the winners of each of the various confederations own tournaments compete in one big cup. (There's a European competition, Euro 2000, South American, the Copa America, etc...). Anyway, last night (thursday june 26th) was the semi-final of the aforementioned competition, with Colombia facing Cameroon. Then this happened.

Of course everyone's shocked at it. I wasn't in at the time of the match (friends 18th birthday) but I did manage to catch the highlights. He was just jogging along the pitch, with the ball at the other end where he just fell to his knees just short of the half way line and stayed there.

People don't just drop dead. The good old BBC has offered some reasons as to what may of caused it (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/me...es/3025550.stm) however I'm a bit more synical. African football is rife with drug abuse and politics. Many countries refuse to play in Zimbabwe due to Mugabe, certain teams have boycotted other teams due to voodoo, Senegal demanded a re-match after an opposing team official placed a voodoo charm behind the Senegalese goal at half time and they duely conceded straight after kick off. And drugs are easily available. I am not making any accusations or anything, but in a country with a very poor health record (Nigeria is a million miles away from Cameroon in geography or lifestyle, and look at Kanu's dodgy ticker), and with previous occasions of team doctors handing out anabolic steroids to players before matchs, this incident smells fishy.

Anyone have any thoughts on this whole sorry episode? (If you haven't got anything sensible to say, don't say it.)

[ZeUs!!]

So, I'm on the right track

[ÆNIMA]

A couple years ago a baseball umpire collapsed on the field and died shortly after, I forget what the reason was...he was older though, and someone mentioned a doctor's appointment he missed...details are foggy.

[Adman]

Some people do just drop dead.
Things that can't be seen or detected happen, not a lot but they do happen.

[Noah]

Some drugs can completly nullify the stamina limit, if they step over their limit and keeps on going then they will get heart problems. May even die from it

[Bioture]

A man travels to Spain and goes to Pamplona during the great "running of the Bulls" festival.

After his first day there, he goes out late for dinner at a restuarant in the center of the town. He orders the house special and he is brought a plate ,with potatoes, corn, and two large meaty objects.

"What's this?" he asks.

"Cojones, senor," the waiter replies.
"What are cojones?" the man asks.
"Cojones," the waiter explains, "are the testicles of the bull who lost at the arena this afternoon."

At first the man is disgusted, but being the adventurous type, he decides to try this local delicacy. To his amazement, it is quite delicious. In fact, it is so good that he decides to come back again the next night and order it again. This time, the waiter brings out the plate, but the meaty objects are much smaller.

"What's this?" he asks the waiter.
"Cojones, senor," the waiter replies.

"No, no," the man objects. "I had cojones yesterday and they were much bigger than these."

"Senor," the waiter explains, "the bull does not lose every time."

[Noah]

Originally posted by ZeUs!!
Anyone have any thoughts on this whole sorry episode? (If you haven't got anything sensible to say, don't say it.)

This is a serious thread

[Bioture]

Originally posted by Noah






This is a serious thread

It must be serious if you put this picture to it.

[Noah]

Originally posted by Bioture
It must be serious if you put this picture to it.

Hasn't anything to do with serious or not, it just tells you to shut the fuck up.

It's a tragedy when football loses talents in this way

[TajaUk]

let him die in peace and stop the fuking bitching about why and how he died..

[ZeUs!!]

This isnt bitching this is a discussion, a general discussion

[Dim]

It's sad, but I think they went a bit far on renaming the cup. :/

[ÆNIMA]

Is there a "GET BACK ON SUBJECT" jpg I could use?

It'd be very appropriate.

GTF BACK ON SUBJECT!

[ZeUs!!]

It is on subject, they were considered re-naming the Confederations Cup the Marc-Vivien Foe Cup, however thats just tacky

[geekbot]

Don't know anything about football but stuff like this does happen. Reggie Lewis died on the basketball court during a shoot-around. He could have just as easily died during the 1993 playoff game before anyone knew that he even had a heart condition. An autopsy probably would show something.

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/basketballshock.html

5. Reggie Lewis dies at 27

Three months after he collapsed in a 1993 playoff game against the Hornets, Lewis, one of the most beloved players in Boston Celtics history, crumbled to the court again, this time while just shooting around.

He never got up. Reggie Lewis, dead at 27.

After the 1993 season had ended, a team of prominent cardiologists had diagnosed a serious heart condition. But another cardiologist, Dr. Gilbert Mudge, offered an alternative diagnosis that would allow Lewis to play. The ensuing public dispute, which involved the Celtics, Lewis and his family, doctors, insurance companies, and, of course, fans, centered on a basic question: can this man play basketball without risking his life?

That question was still hanging in the air just a few weeks before Lewis died on July 27. "He is progressing along perfectly and he is right where he should be," Mudge said earlier in the month. "When he starts playing, we suspect he will be fine. From my point of view, he could not be better." But Lewis had not joined in any of the Celtics unofficial training sessions.

Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe, trying to capture the grief of a city that had seen too much in recent years, wrote, "This wasn't just a case of a generic Athlete Dying Young. This was case of a Very Special Athlete Dying Young. Reggie Lewis was acclaimed and admired not solely because he was obviously very good at what he did, but because of the way he did it. In an age of frightful hype, Reggie was an unintrusive personality who made people like him because he was straightforward and without guile, both on and off the court."