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What I don't understand is why some people (including those in this forum, apparently) think it has to be a competition about which sport is best.

People don't argue in the same way about baseball vs football or hockey vs basketball. The fact of the matter is this type of soccer bashing comes about because there are so many soccer evangelists like the author of this article. I'm all for having a broad spectrum of sports but why do the schools etc have to push soccer over all other sports? At my son's school soccer is the only sport allowed at lunch or recess.

BTW, my wife and I started to notice a while ago that kids on TV, especially on commercials, play soccer almost exclusively. See if you notice the samething.

I think your experience may be unique. I'm in football/basketball/wrestling/basball country here, and it's a constant struggle to get the better athletes interested in the "minor" sports.

BTW, my wife and I started to notice a while ago that kids on TV, especially on commercials, play soccer almost exclusively. See if you notice the samething.

Being in advertising, I can tell you that it started when the "soccer mom" became an identifiable target market for things like minivans, Skippy's Peanut Butter and the like.

BTW, my wife and I started to notice a while ago that kids on TV, especially on commercials, play soccer almost exclusively. See if you notice the samething.

I have. What's up with that?