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2008 WFN/USFN USFooty Poll Number 2
Authored by: Chris Adams on
Thursday, May 08 2008 @ 10:02 PM EST
If you are interested in more stuff that is "of only interest to the US" go to www.usfootynews.com.
--- 2008 WFN/USFN USFooty Poll Number 2
Authored by: Brett on
Friday, May 09 2008 @ 01:34 PM EST
I understand the gist of what you're saying Dingo, in that the specifics of which club in the US is ranked higher than another, might be mainly of interest to followers of the US league, but this site is about all footy and people can read what they want and skip the rest. Likewise someone say in Asia might not be that interested in how the Irish league is going. People like myself that have an interest in all areas of footy are probably in the minority. Neverthless, we report across the spectrum. We certainly don't limit ourselves to stories that apply to every country. As for the legitimacy of the poll itself, I can understand if some people might feel that it's a bit contrived since it's a matter of opinion. But unlike quite a few countries where there's one clearly top league, the US is a big country with a lot of leagues so it is nice now and then to consider how the different top clubs are going. I suspect that given its controversial nature, the modest size of the audience that may be really keen to see the results, the amount of effort that Chris puts into gathering the poll (quite a lot I'd imagine) and the relatively small number of games on which to judge form, I'd probably recommend that just doing a mid-season and end-of-season poll would probably be plenty. But that's really up to Chris. We certainly welcome his continued support of worldfootynews.com since he began his focus on the usfootynews.com site. --- 2008 WFN/USFN USFooty Poll Number 2
Authored by: Chris Adams on
Friday, May 09 2008 @ 10:42 PM EST
For the Australians or Europeans a poll like this may seem strange, but they are ubiquitous in American sport. One of the biggest sports in the USA, College Football runs two polls every week and these polls more or less determine the National Champion. But there are also polls in many other sports including high school football, both at the National level and regional level. For example the Washington Post runs a poll for the top 25 high school football teams in the Washington area. If you are looking for an alternative, more traditional ranking of US teams, go to the USFooty Ladder (http://www.usfootynews.com/content/view/79/144/). Finally, I note that while this poll is not official the top 8 teams from last poll before the Nationals were the 8 teams selected into Division 1 and the top 2 teams played in the National Championship game.
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To be honest I think it is a spurious article with no real relevance to USFooty and definitely none to international footy. It's only interesting to the people that play on the teams. This article should surely be limited to the USFooty website.
my two cents...
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John Enright
http://www.arfli.com