>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11703583
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>One dissenting historian - hardly a revelation of the same level as the world not being flat.
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>Maybe he's right, and maybe he's not.

Of course G III kept a diary. It's just that no- one in the States bothered to phone him up that day to let him know what was going down :-}

But there's little doubt that both George III and frustrated soccer fans and players have uttered the same words: "I wish to God that I may die, for I am going to be mad.” <s>
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>There has never been a single playoff series in American sports as tained by bad calls as the 2010 World Cup. Horrible officiating (and no replay system) has been the single biggest news items (with Maradona's big mouth being a close 2nd).
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>I wasn't aware of this until the other day - the World Cup is generally in the red - wonder why? :)
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>Regarding the original article, since you won't say if you agreed with it - I'll go back to my original line. I question whether anyone making these statements has played serious team sports where stakes were involved. The officiating process MUST be held to a much higher standard.