[fhayek]

Soccer. There is a movement, let by the libs for soccer. Most of my friends think I am paranoid whenever I bring this up, but, to the libs, soccer is international, it is egalitarian, it is so vastly superior to American Football. American football, (or more correctly, “football”), is warlike, violent and imperialistic. Rush, as usual is right about this one. There is a war against ‘football’ in this country, and it is a leftist driven one. And I am not being tongue in cheek.

[sagar]

Big bad commie soccer taking over red-white-and-blue murcan football!

[Frank_2001]

Of course! Head, neck, knee, leg and ankle injuries are VERY rare in soccer...it’s the safest sport around!!! /sarcasm ;)

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Football = US

Soccer = UN

[LS]

I agree. First, soccer lets girls play. Second, it doesn't in the way football does involve man on man struggles where you can see a winner and loser. Third---and this is ironically strange---the high preponderance of black players in the NFL threatens to turn it into gladiatorial combat of blacks watched by whites. In America, you see very few blacks involved in soccer.

Then there is this: one of the proposals for minimizing concussions is to go back to I padded leather helmets. There are rules prohibiting players from taking off their helmets on the field. In part, this means that for the most part fans don't see race on the field (yes of course on the sidelines, but there is an illusion). The no-helmet change would dramatically change that visual.

Ever think about this: every Cowboy fan know Emmitt Smith and Michael Irwin by their numbers ---22 and 88--- as much as their faces.

[Smokin' Joe]

It is the moms who are behind it. You hear about ‘soccer moms’ all the time, but very few ‘football moms’.