[quote]csulli wrote:
I know it’s all just fun and games and it’s funny to say things like “Americans don’t like it cuz they suck at it” or “Americans would like soccer more if there were monster trucks and guns”. In reality though, the honest truth is simply that the vast majority of Americans just find soccer incredibly, mind-numbingly boring. That’s not a funny or interesting answer, but that’s all there really is to it.[/quote]
If so, than Baseball must really just still exist due to the whole “American past time” thing because there is no way in hell soccer is more boring than baseball. That shit is boring to play and watch.
[quote]csulli wrote:
I know it’s all just fun and games and it’s funny to say things like “Americans don’t like it cuz they suck at it” or “Americans would like soccer more if there were monster trucks and guns”. In reality though, the honest truth is simply that the vast majority of Americans just find soccer incredibly, mind-numbingly boring. That’s not a funny or interesting answer, but that’s all there really is to it.[/quote]
If so, than Baseball must really just still exist due to the whole “American past time” thing because there is no way in hell soccer is more boring than baseball. That shit is boring to play and watch. [/quote]
Nope. Soccer is much less interesting than baseball.
[quote]csulli wrote:
I know it’s all just fun and games and it’s funny to say things like “Americans don’t like it cuz they suck at it” or “Americans would like soccer more if there were monster trucks and guns”. In reality though, the honest truth is simply that the vast majority of Americans just find soccer incredibly, mind-numbingly boring. That’s not a funny or interesting answer, but that’s all there really is to it.[/quote]
If so, than Baseball must really just still exist due to the whole “American past time” thing because there is no way in hell soccer is more boring than baseball. That shit is boring to play and watch. [/quote]
The average age of a World Series viewer is 53 years old. What does that tell you? Baseball hasn’t actually been “America’s past time” for decades now. It’s a relic, and it’s only watched currently by relics who remember it nostalgically from childhood back when there was no internet. Baseball is boring too, and most Americans aren’t interested in that either. Nor are they interested in Hockey. It’s pretty much only football and basketball.
[quote]csulli wrote:
I know it’s all just fun and games and it’s funny to say things like “Americans don’t like it cuz they suck at it” or “Americans would like soccer more if there were monster trucks and guns”. In reality though, the honest truth is simply that the vast majority of Americans just find soccer incredibly, mind-numbingly boring. That’s not a funny or interesting answer, but that’s all there really is to it.[/quote]
If so, than Baseball must really just still exist due to the whole “American past time” thing because there is no way in hell soccer is more boring than baseball. That shit is boring to play and watch. [/quote]
The average age of a World Series viewer is 53 years old. What does that tell you? Baseball hasn’t actually been “America’s past time” for decades now. It’s a relic, and it’s only watched currently by relics who remember it nostalgically from childhood back when there was no internet. Baseball is boring too, and most Americans aren’t interested in that either. Nor are they interested in Hockey. It’s pretty much only football and basketball.[/quote]
Baseball is a talking sport. I love going to live games with friends. So does my young boy and his cousins. It is laced with strategy, anticipation and excitement, and you can mull stats and situational strategy while the game progresses. Maybe not as exciting as football; but its interesting. Football and basketball are better suited for TV. I’ll watch those games on TV, but unless you have the very best seats, the live experience isn’t the same as going to a baseball game.
I think we can all agree soccer sucks live or on TV.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Baseball is a talking sport. I love going to live games with friends. So does my young boy and his cousins. It is laced with strategy, anticipation and excitement, and you can mull stats and situational strategy while the game progresses. Maybe not as exciting as football; but its interesting. Football and basketball are better suited for TV. I’ll watch those games on TV, but unless you have the very best seats, the live experience isn’t the same as going to a baseball game.
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Yeah that certainly makes sense.
I think most Americans don’t really understand soccer… myself included despite having kids that play it. I obviously understand the basic concepts, but beyond that, it is just so boring.
I say get rid of the goalie and you have something there. Maybe allow use of hands… and passing too. And use a pointer ball. Make goals worth 6 points instead of 1. And obviously tackling…
The one intriguing part of the WC is the aspect of countries competing against each other. It’s like the Olympics but with just one real sport held. I like the cultural, nationalistic aspect. I like seeing the less developed countries pound the more develop countries. The back stories are great. Then the whistle blows and my eyes glaze…
[quote]csulli wrote:
I know it’s all just fun and games and it’s funny to say things like “Americans don’t like it cuz they suck at it” or “Americans would like soccer more if there were monster trucks and guns”. In reality though, the honest truth is simply that the vast majority of Americans just find soccer incredibly, mind-numbingly boring. That’s not a funny or interesting answer, but that’s all there really is to it.[/quote]
If so, than Baseball must really just still exist due to the whole “American past time” thing because there is no way in hell soccer is more boring than baseball. That shit is boring to play and watch. [/quote]
[quote]csulli wrote:
I know it’s all just fun and games and it’s funny to say things like “Americans don’t like it cuz they suck at it” or “Americans would like soccer more if there were monster trucks and guns”. In reality though, the honest truth is simply that the vast majority of Americans just find soccer incredibly, mind-numbingly boring. That’s not a funny or interesting answer, but that’s all there really is to it.[/quote]
If so, than Baseball must really just still exist due to the whole “American past time” thing because there is no way in hell soccer is more boring than baseball. That shit is boring to play and watch. [/quote]
Take away the bat, and it’s just walking. [/quote]
That PK in the first game probably turned off a lot of casual american viewers off. One of the worst calls i’ve seen in any sport.
I think “we” dont get into soccer because it’s constant play, everyone has adhd nowadays, so trying to pay attention to action is not something we’re adept at. Football (nfl) you great plenty of breaks between the action to text/twitter/etc. and basketball is all action as long as the game is on.
It isn’t that soccer is boring,it is that americans can’t play it. Perhaps maybe because it doesn’t have the tackles and violence that american football, ice hockey has. All over the world soccer is probably the most played sport,definetely the most watched sport,and billions adjudge it to be interesting, it is just like saying a black man should enjoy swimming or ice skating,it won’t happen,because black people suck at it. I’m pretty sure if by a miracle the US won the world cup,it will suddenly become an important sport
The most played sport in the world because what other options are there in 3rd world countries? Doubtful they have basketball hoops, sure hell cant afford gear for real football, hockey, or baseball.
We have a lot of options, and it’s a much easier path to college/pros in the other sports.
[quote]Aggv wrote:
The most played sport in the world because what other options are there in 3rd world countries? Doubtful they have basketball hoops, sure hell cant afford gear for real football, hockey, or baseball.
We have a lot of options, and it’s a much easier path to college/pros in the other sports. [/quote]
Soccer and basketball are basically the same game with two important differences. They are both designed to allow poor people to play in groups with minimal equipment to distract them from rioting over their poor living conditions; they both involve forcing a ball through a goal while endlessly running up and down the playing field relatively unmolested by the defense to tire them out. Basketball is only slightly more highbrow because of the surface–blacktop or hardwood or whatever–you can play soccer on plain old dirt and use bushes for a goal.
The basic differences are that basketball is designed to allow scoring a goal about 80-120 times a game and our poor people like to score using gratuitously unnecessary aerial acrobatics just because its fun. These two differences make basketball much more interesting to watch. If soccer had a Pele or two on every team who kicked the ball backwards over his head for no apparent reason and scored 50-100 times a game instead of once every 50 years or so it would be a lot more interesting to watch.
[quote]Aggv wrote:
The most played sport in the world because what other options are there in 3rd world countries? Doubtful they have basketball hoops, sure hell cant afford gear for real football, hockey, or baseball.
We have a lot of options, and it’s a much easier path to college/pros in the other sports. [/quote]
Oh that’s arrogant,because you don’t understand a game does not mean you should class it as something poor people play. And what is real football? If I’m not mistaken american football is an adaptation of rugby and please baseball is just plain boring