Posted on 06/10/2014 4:24:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
World Cup Soccer = World Cup Grass Growing..same ratings on TV.
I think to Americans, aspects about soccer are considered “unnatural”, for lack of a better term. For example, people are accustomed to games of catch and lots of hand involvement; in soccer, the two-handed overhead throw-in looks like it was designed specifically to cause shoulder sprains. Even with a sport like hockey which requires a specialized motive skill and equipment, the familiarity of hitting an object with a stick is there – not to mention legal, fan-pleasing body contact. From a visual perspective, highlight photos showing two guys leaping into the air clocking heads together with arms flailing at their sides don’t compare to action shots from the sports we’re more attuned to. So (with no intent to denigrate followers of the “beautiful game”) it’s not just a lack of scoring…
Watching kids play soccer can be exiting, but nowhere near as exiting as watching them play football, baseball, basketball or hockey.
I’ve only watched kids play soccer when my son played about thirty years ago, never cared to see it again after that.
I really really TRIED to watch soccer back when my kids were little and I was coaching them. Sorry. I’d sooner watch paint dry.
Wasn’t a big soccer (futbol) fan until I made friends with a guy who coaches. He actually takes a lot of inspiration from Paul Westhead.
“Baseball is the perfect game, an infinite game I’ve always thought.”
“Well, that’s baseball.” Not that the modern MLB incarnation doesn’t have its flaws, but yeah it’s my pick too. And the other sports have changed too.
One of the weird things about baseball is that the defense is in charge of the ball, the offense only gets to do something with it for a split second in discrete moments. I think that gives it a truly different vibe then most of the other popular sports.
Freegards
Watching grass grow in Kansas is more interesting than soccer matches.
Saudi Arabia could probably invade Europe if they timed it right next week. Of course they already have a plan B.
Perfect. Soccer sucks! Sorry Anthony!
Soccer is boring, even to the Europeans, etc. That’s why they sing and carry on in the stands, similar to the wave. Nothing happens on the field. Just run back and forth. BOORRRINNG. At least with hockey, you get a fight once in a while, but it is almost as boring as soccer.
The interval between the Super Bowl and the beginning of the baseball season is a dead zone.
Soccer is boring, but if forced to pick I would choose it over basketball.
We don’t care about the world cup because it’s fkn BS.
10 a##holes ganging up to score against a lone defender is anti-individualistic and socialistic.
The fans should all be deported to China to work in slave camps. They can get their BS team spirit on in their work gangs.
Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.
Look up the number of NFL owners, coaches, and players who are major Democrat supporters/donors.
In American politics, money talks.
All sports are tidiculously stupid. If you want to get into rationality become a mathematician.
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