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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.
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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.)
To: the scotsman
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.
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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)
To: the scotsman
Soccer is about as exciting as seeing your sister in a bikini.
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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)
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.
To: MIchaelTArchangel
>> Soccer is the sport of gays, lesbians, and terrorists.
...and Yurpeans. But that’s redundant I guess.
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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.)
To: EscapedDutch
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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.)
To: EscapedDutch
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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.)
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'
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posted on
06/02/2015 1:02:20 PM PDT
by
Jagdgewehr
(It will take blood.)
To: the scotsman
My favorite part of soccer is when the players run..and run..and run..and run zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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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)
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.......
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/02/2015 1:06:04 PM PDT
by
Crazieman
(Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
To: the scotsman
To: EscapedDutch
That would be a red card, m8. Play on...
To: Goldsborough
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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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.")
To: Crazieman
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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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