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POLL: TWO IN THREE AMERICANS NOT INTERESTED IN WORLD CUP
Breitbart ^ | 15 Apr 2014 | BREITBART SPORTS

Posted on 04/15/2014 8:40:04 PM PDT by kingattax

A new online poll found that Americans just are not interested in the the World Cup, which is the world's top sporting event.

According to the poll, "two in three Americans do not plan to follow this year's tournament," only "7 percent said they anticipated following it closely," 86 percent of Americans "said they either know nothing or only a little bit about the World Cup, and more than two-thirds did not know Brazil is the 2014 host nation."

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KEYWORDS: soccer
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1 posted on 04/15/2014 8:40:04 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: kingattax

How true ...


2 posted on 04/15/2014 8:40:57 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: kingattax

Soccer = snooze ball


3 posted on 04/15/2014 8:41:22 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: kingattax

What is this “World Cup” you speak of? Is it clean?


4 posted on 04/15/2014 8:41:59 PM PDT by Tenacious 1 (My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
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To: kingattax
A third of Americans ARE interested?

This bodes poorly for our future.

5 posted on 04/15/2014 8:42:09 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: kingattax

The “beautiful game” - its going to have a global audience in excess of a billion.

My pick? Brazil. If they don’t win it, I will be shocked.


6 posted on 04/15/2014 8:43:27 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: kingattax

Over 100,000,000 Americans interested in the World Cup.
Great news!


7 posted on 04/15/2014 8:43:29 PM PDT by bramps (Go West America!)
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To: kingattax

I am interested enough to ask: What is the World Cup?


8 posted on 04/15/2014 8:44:00 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: kingattax
According to the poll, "two in three Americans do not plan to follow this year's tournament," only "7 percent said they anticipated following it closely," 86 percent of Americans "said they either know nothing or only a little bit about the World Cup, and more than two-thirds did not know Brazil is the 2014 host nation."

Will there be any soccer hooligans there?

9 posted on 04/15/2014 8:44:40 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Somebody’s been promoting soccer for young kids for years.Why?


10 posted on 04/15/2014 8:45:22 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: kingattax
86 percent of Americans "said they either know nothing or only a little bit about the World Cup

sounds like more than 66% to me...

11 posted on 04/15/2014 8:46:14 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: kingattax

Maybe we should change the name to the Obama Cup, and mandate that everyone select a team to root for or pay a penalty to the government in the form of a “nonparticipation” tax. We could require minimum fan apparel purchases for your selected team, and provide government subsidies to help the poor purchase their required minimum allotment of fan apparel.


12 posted on 04/15/2014 8:46:17 PM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: kingattax

Put an 800 horsepower motor in those things and I’ll watch.


13 posted on 04/15/2014 8:46:23 PM PDT by umgud
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To: kingattax

What’s wrong with watching football?


14 posted on 04/15/2014 8:46:25 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: kingattax

I’ll waste 30 seconds watching the highlights on ESPN.


15 posted on 04/15/2014 8:47:12 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: kingattax

I’m surprised that one in three IS interested.

But I bet one in five would say “yes” to any question that starts, “Are you interested in...”

Just sayin’


16 posted on 04/15/2014 8:48:08 PM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: kingattax
And Brietbart isn't helping a bit.

How's this for a revised first sentence, emphasis mine:


17 posted on 04/15/2014 8:48:10 PM PDT by upchuck (Support ABLE, the Anybody But Lindsey Effort. Yes, we are the ABLE!!)
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To: Alex Murphy

They’re passionate about their football in Brazil. It won three times: 1950, 1962 and 1970 - gaining permanent possession of the Jules Rimet Cup. They have the best football team in the world. The only teams from Europe that have a chance are Italy and Germany.


18 posted on 04/15/2014 8:48:34 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: kingattax
That’s one in three too many who are interested.
19 posted on 04/15/2014 8:48:41 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: goldstategop

I’m taking Argentina because of this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR2zbvv-OYM


20 posted on 04/15/2014 8:48:58 PM PDT by bramps (Go West America!)
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