'Any activity where the "stars" are known by only one name is not a sport.'
Sorry that makes no sense...what has the 'superiority' of two names as opposed to one got to do with anything?..surely the fact that the whole world(except your nation) knows a person by one moniker shows both the worldwide love of football and also the respect for their talent..
Any activity where the 'stars' are full of steroids isnt a real sport.
Any activity where most of the team spend the game in the dugout isnt a real sport.
Any activity where the 'athletes' barely move or stand still for most of the game isnt a real sport.
Any activity where its 'grestest hero' was an overweight man isnt a real sport.
Any activity where players 'pad up' UNLIKE RUGBY isnt a real sport...
Any activity where you HAVE to be a genetic freak who HAS to be a certain height(unlike 'soccer' where some greats were small,some average height and some tall)before you are allowed to play isnt a real sport.
ACTUALLY,I am not a football fan.but I DID want to show that your argument can be easily turned on your sports...
Given that the entire rest of the world is for football and the WC...
Doesnt it EVER cross America's mind that it alone does not have 'soccer' as its no1 sport?..do Americans ever think that being in the minority could mean they are wrong?.
Maybe so, but I am not the one saying that because you don't appreciate the sports I appreciate, that makes you ignorant, or a bad countryman or anything like that.
In case you haven't noticed, I haven't set up a thread talking down to other FReepers due to their lack of support for any of my favorite activities, including bowling or softball. Why, you may ask? Because I am secure in MY enjoyment of said activities and because I have a sense of humor about said activities, namely,
- I fully realize that any activity where you can actually get better the more beer you have in you, ain't a sport, and
- I also realize that any activity that typically requires you to rent your shoes ain't a sport.
You see, I have a sense of humor about it, I don't get offended when others put down my favorite activities...I just wish the succer fans would develop the same sense of humor about their so-called "sport."
I get it...WE (the vast majority of Americans) get it. YOU like succer, and we applaud you for that, I guess. Just don't try to tell us we're unpatriotic for not caring one whit about the US team in the "world cup," because all you accomplish is make us dislike succer even more, and then make it personal.