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[quote]JSMaxwell wrote:
Americans don’t like soccer because when we want to see shit like this we watch pro wrestling. The one at 0:45 is just awesome. Some seriously hardcore professionals.
- YouTube [/quote]
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Here’s another good one: soccer players fake injury - YouTube
sports I like to watch: Rugby, Hocky, American Football, MMA, Boxing
sports I can tolerate: Soccer, Basketball
sports I can’t deal with: golf, baseball, nascar, tennis, cycling, bowling
Most americans think soccer players are pussys because they constantly fake injuries. If they stopped acting like a bunch of little girls, then maybe they’d get more respect.
YouTube is filled with examples, so it is not just a random phenomenon. They can’t play as well as the other guy so they pretend to be hurt, and then, magically get better. Consistently.
That’s pretty GHEY.
Christ, what’s up with the stupidity on GAL these days?..
[quote]bconngemini wrote:
Why is a boring, unwatchable sport the most watched sport in the world?
As a red-blooded american I hate soccer. Yet I can’t ignore that its still the most watched TV sport in the world, while great exciting sports like NFL and MLB aren’t. Someone explain to me: how can such a boring, girly, unappealing sport be watched by people overseas and do they actually get excited by such a boring sport…is it because foreigners like being bored? Don’t they like excitement like the NFL?
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It’s the same appeal as watching any other sport. Once you understand what happens on the field, the tactics, the strategies, the techniques, etc, you begin to see more then just 22 guys on a green field.
For example, I can’t fathom how anyone could watch 4+ hours of baseball, but I do understand the kind of athleticism that is required to throw and hit a ball so fast and so accurately.
It’s the same shit as any other sport. The only difference is that your american conditioning stops you from appreciating it.
[quote]bconngemini wrote:
99.9% of Americans couldn’t name you one soccer team.
The 0.01% who could [/quote]
Case in point. What happened to the other 0.09% then?
I don’t really care about the soccer vs football thing. One thing I will say is that the whole soccer is easier to have a pickup game is bull. If you have a football and 4 dudes, you can play 2 on 2, QB and Wr. You don’t have to suit up in full pads to get a pickup game going. Tackle, 2 hand touch, whatever.
Overall these arguments are senseless. They are two different games. Just because they are played during the same season they are pitted against each other all the time. Who cares? Play/wartch what you want.
[quote]BigBartDawg66 wrote:
I don’t really care about the soccer vs football thing. One thing I will say is that the whole soccer is easier to have a pickup game is bull. If you have a football and 4 dudes, you can play 2 on 2, QB and Wr. You don’t have to suit up in full pads to get a pickup game going. Tackle, 2 hand touch, whatever.
Overall these arguments are senseless. They are two different games. Just because they are played during the same season they are pitted against each other all the time. Who cares? Play/wartch what you want. [/quote]
Stop siding with the eurotrash, accepting soccer is paramount to accepting other lame/gay things like socialism, universal healthcare, same sex marriage and the metric system, all of which are being pushed on us by europe. To not hate soccer is to hate America.
The reason we football fans are pitted against soccer because it represents the nihilistic, unmanly, boring and not achievement oriented culture of liberal euro elitists. Football is America, soccer is the opposite of America.
[quote]bconngemini wrote:
BigBartDawg66 wrote:
I don’t really care about the soccer vs football thing. One thing I will say is that the whole soccer is easier to have a pickup game is bull. If you have a football and 4 dudes, you can play 2 on 2, QB and Wr. You don’t have to suit up in full pads to get a pickup game going. Tackle, 2 hand touch, whatever.
Overall these arguments are senseless. They are two different games. Just because they are played during the same season they are pitted against each other all the time. Who cares? Play/wartch what you want.
Stop siding with the eurotrash, accepting soccer is paramount to accepting other lame/gay things like socialism, universal healthcare, same sex marriage and the metric system, all of which are being pushed on us by europe. To not hate soccer is to hate America.
The reason we football fans are pitted against soccer because it represents the nihilistic, unmanly, boring and not achievement oriented culture of liberal euro elitists. Football is America, soccer is the opposite of America.
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[quote]bconngemini wrote:
Football is America, soccer is the opposite of America.
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No, my friend. GM is america.
It’s because all it requires is a ball. You can play it in alleys, in your back yard, on the street, anywhere, as long as you have a ball. You can also play on your own and don’t need anyone else. Hence, it is the most played sport in the world. Poor or rich - everyone plays it. Other sports require more equipment, more people, etc.
And since it is the most played sport, it is the most watched because it has the most fans.
Cha Ching!
[quote]greenhopper wrote:
It’s because all it requires is a ball. You can play it in alleys, in your back yard, on the street, anywhere, as long as you have a ball. You can also play on your own and don’t need anyone else. Hence, it is the most played sport in the world. Poor or rich - everyone plays it. Other sports require more equipment, more people, etc.
And since it is the most played sport, it is the most watched because it has the most fans.
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Soccer is not the most played sport in the world, its the 4th. Volleyball, basketball and table tennis are all more played than soccer.
Soccer however is the most watched. The second most watched is F1, and few people race formula cars around.
[quote]bconngemini wrote:
Football is America, soccer is the opposite of America.
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Football is fat, lazy and wrapped up in dogma that does more harm than good?
I disagree, America is America. Football is what America dreams about.
[quote]greenhopper wrote:
Other sports require more equipment, more people, etc.
And since it is the most played sport, it is the most watched because it has the most fans.
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This argument doesn’t really work. You can’t really play one-on-one soccer, but you can play one-on-one basketball. Amount of equipment is the same. So why isn’t basketball as popular?
Volleyball you can play 2 on 2 and all you need is the ball and a piece of string for a net. You can get a decent football game with 5 people, 2 v 2 with a steady quarterback. We used to play baseball games with 5 people and just take turns being the batter. Hell, my brother and I used to play one-on-one baseball games and just mark out distances as singles, doubles and home runs.
You can play almost any game with a minimum of equipment. Soccer’s popular because it somehow GOT popular and became the sport of prestige in certain countries. So the best athletes play soccer and it’s a self-perpetuating cycle.