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The myth that America doesn't like football
BBC News ^ | 2nd June 2015 | Nick Bryant

Posted on 06/02/2015 12:18:49 PM PDT by the scotsman

'True, football, or soccer as it is known here, is not as central to American as it is to European, African or South and Central American life. Nowhere near.

Up until recently, the game has been unloved by the major US television networks, which have long bemoaned the lack of breaks in play, the paucity of goals and the glut of draws.

Absent from the US game are big-name male stars and big-name clubs. The New York Red Bulls will never rival the New York Yankees. Real Salt Lake pales, rather risibly, alongside Real Madrid.

However, football is no longer met with American indifference. Nor any more does it offer proof of America's sporting isolationism.'

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Cuba; Culture/Society; Germany; Japan; Russia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: boring; cuba; football; germany; japan; nfl; russia; soccer; unitedkingdom
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To: the scotsman

I like football... just not *metric* football.


61 posted on 06/02/2015 12:52:58 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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To: the scotsman

62 posted on 06/02/2015 12:53:43 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: the scotsman

Because cheering for a game that often ends in a 0-0 just feels right.

Really?

I wanna cheer for two teams to lose?

Retarded game and I lettered in Soccer, as the goalie, in high school.

Boring game amd the Aztec version of Ullamaliztli would much more fulfilling to watch.


63 posted on 06/02/2015 12:53:59 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: the scotsman

Soccer is about as exciting as seeing your sister in a bikini.


64 posted on 06/02/2015 12:56:49 PM PDT by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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To: the scotsman
I think basketball is the only major sport that totally originated in the US. Golf came from Europe, baseball was derived from cricket, and American football derived from rugby.

Soccer in no longer a new thing here, and - while I have some complaints about the US version being overly imitative of Europe (with many British announcers, European-style chanting, and team names like Real Salt Lake) - I don't see why people should be so hostile to it.

Some people find NASCAR boring, some people find American football boring, some people find baseball boring, some people find golf boring. So don't watch soccer if you find it boring, but don't gripe about those who enjoy it.
65 posted on 06/02/2015 12:58:51 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

>> Soccer is the sport of gays, lesbians, and terrorists.

...and Yurpeans. But that’s redundant I guess.


66 posted on 06/02/2015 12:59:17 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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67 posted on 06/02/2015 1:00:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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68 posted on 06/02/2015 1:01:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Cyman
Well, that might say something about guys who like soccer....that is, if there is a correlation thing going on here.

Just sayin'

69 posted on 06/02/2015 1:02:20 PM PDT by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: the scotsman
My favorite part of soccer is when the players run..and run..and run..and run zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


70 posted on 06/02/2015 1:02:48 PM PDT by BerniesFriend (Sarah Palin-"Lord knows she's attractive" says bitter Andrea Mitchell and the rest of the MSM)
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To: Cyman
Soccer is about as exciting as seeing your sister in a bikini.

Badly overdone punchline referencing West Virginia coming in 3.....2.....1.......


71 posted on 06/02/2015 1:04:53 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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72 posted on 06/02/2015 1:06:04 PM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: the scotsman
Bahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Right. Not here in Texas!

Huge Crowd At Texas Prep Game Sets Record - Allen vs. Pearland 5A Div I Championship. 54,000+

Sellout Crowd for First Game at $60 Million High School Stadium - New stadium physically seats 18k, had 21,700 attending. And they fill it up.

Texas High School State Championship Doubles the Attendance of New Mexico Bowl - Another Allen-Pearson article, comparing to college games.

Remembering the last time Southlake Carroll and Euless Trinity met as unbeatens: the epic matchup of 2006 - Carroll and Trinity: ~50,000 for a second round playoff game.

Allen vs Trinity 2010 Attendance - Quick Youtube video.

73 posted on 06/02/2015 1:06:33 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: EscapedDutch

That would be a red card, m8. Play on...


74 posted on 06/02/2015 1:11:13 PM PDT by Freedom_Fighter_2001
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To: Goldsborough

Tennis crap then?.


75 posted on 06/02/2015 1:19:34 PM PDT by the scotsman
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To: miss marmelstein

Wont be me, lol. I hate even using the word soccer.

That’s fine, personally I find 3-4hr baseball and gridiron tedious, the former a particular form of hell. At least the latter is exciting in short bursts. Although its not rugby.


76 posted on 06/02/2015 1:21:40 PM PDT by the scotsman
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To: Fido969

At least a boring soccer game is over in 90 minutes. 45m with a short break. Then another 45m.

90m?. Thats barely the start of a baseball or gridiron game.


77 posted on 06/02/2015 1:23:49 PM PDT by the scotsman
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To: bk1000

If it were me, Id have pointed out your national sport is based on a little girl’s game from England called rounders.


78 posted on 06/02/2015 1:24:52 PM PDT by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman

Baseball games can run short. The last Yankee game I went to we were out in 90 minutes.

And, yes, Liza Minelli sang. (That’s for insider NYers.)


79 posted on 06/02/2015 1:26:02 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: Crazieman

Another hilarious clip.


80 posted on 06/02/2015 1:26:51 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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