But then again I do not get soccer.
...trouble is, I do get soccer, and while I don’t think the game itself is very good (the point appears, at least at the high school level, to kick the ball out of bounds as quickly as possible, then line back up and do it all again) what I really hate is the elites, and their drones in the media pushing the game down our throats as some sort of alternative to football...
...the elites love the game, because at lower levels, very little skill is needed to play (compare it to baseball), and because, if push came to shove, girls could be mixed in on boys teams an the dropoff in game quality will not be as apparent...really, an elitist’s fondest dream...
My son played football in high school and at a D2 college. In football there is the need to memorize all the plays and for each member of the team to know exactly what to do at every moment of the game. There is no time to mentally ramble during a play. In fact, the concentration needed for a football play is so intense that it requires frequent breaks. Some players need to excel at brute strength but other players like the quarterback and defense use less brute strength but have the task of directing the entire effort.
That can possibly explain why a liberal elite who is used to skating through life like Obama can not identify with football.
Football is really a great example of American capitalism, and is probably why they are intent upon destroying it.