Vlad The Impaler
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It's about time. I was getting worried this thread might have actually become unretrivable data.
Why isn't Soccer popular in America?
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It's about time. I was getting worried this thread might have actually become unretrivable data.
I love when this thread comes back up because I like to see PlasmaTwa get angry and call for the closing of the thread. Hilarious.:1orglaugh
If baseball can be popular in America then there is hope for soccer. Give it time.
The pathway to popularity begins with a name change. Soccer needs to be called FOOTBALL in this country :yesyes:
And American Football needs to be renamed/rebranded as something else. :yesyes:
Why not American Ball? :dunno:
The pathway to popularity begins with a name change. Soccer needs to be called FOOTBALL in this country :yesyes:
And American Football needs to be renamed/rebranded as something else. :yesyes:
Why not American Ball? :dunno:
One of my friends, who loves soccer to death, said that he's disgusted with the sport because of the overdramatic acting of some players when they are supposedly tripped and stuff. He thinks it's kind of a joke.
I enjoy watching it here and there but it's a lot more fun to play it as a video game
I enjoy watching it here and there but it's a lot more fun to play it as a video game
I think soccer is closing on the NHL in terms of popularity. Hockey is not as popular on a national scale but it is big in certain cities, as in Chicago my hometown, and MLS in constantly expanding with new franchises being added every couple of years.
I like soccer but even I know it will never be as popular as baseball. I think one day it might be able to crack the big three(NBA,MLB,NFL).
PlasmaTwa2
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I am going to murder your children for this...
roronoa3000
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Why not kill yourself?
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Ok if this has not been posted before I will say it here. If it has I am sorry, not gonna read through all 21 pages. The reason soccer is not big here is because there is no way to take commercial breaks. It all comes down to the ability of a program to generate commercial dollars. Hockey is a low scoring game, but you dont see it doing horrible why? Because it does not go on for 45 minutes straight for half a game. If they could develop a way for the game to take regular scheduled commercial timeouts and have scheduled team timeouts advertisers would have a chance to buy tv time. It all comes down to money. Back in the 80's college basketball was usually always played on saturday's between 10am and 4pm. I know I had season tickets to Indiana University for 30+ years, well my dad did. There might have been a game or two durring the week at night but the majority of your games were on saturday with a noon game on sunday thrown in here and there. It changed once the money was involved.
What you're saying has been brought up before and I understand that alot of it has to do with adverting but the fact that soccer doesnt have commercial breaks is something to like about the sport. I love the fact that I can sit down and watch a soccer game in under two hours. I love all the other sports like football and baseball but I especially hate all the commercial breaks during the football games because they take a break after every play almost and I hate that.
I heard rumors telling that, during the organisation of the USA '94 World Cup, the TV networks tried to influence the FIFA to set a break in the middle of each periods, so they could be some more commercial breaks.
But I'm not sure it is true.
roronoa3000
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Wrong. That why it isn't on TV much, that doesn't explain why people find it boring to watch when it is on.
Football (not soccer) is and will always be King here.
1) Few americans know the rules of soccer. They know it is forbidden to use hands (except for the GK) but not complicated, rules such as off-side.
2) In soccer teams score few goals. Mostly 3 golas or less. Rarely more than 5 (except if one team is way better than th other and win esily, like 6-0)
3) US teams are no competitive compared to europeans. All the biggest sars play in Europe. The biggset europe teams such as Man U, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan or Barcelona would crush any MLS team. Even some kind of MLS all-stars would have cery few chance to win. Americans can't stand not to be #1.
2) In soccer teams score few goals. Mostly 3 golas or less. Rarely more than 5 (except if one team is way better than th other and win esily, like 6-0)
3) US teams are no competitive compared to europeans. All the biggest sars play in Europe. The biggset europe teams such as Man U, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan or Barcelona would crush any MLS team. Even some kind of MLS all-stars would have cery few chance to win. Americans can't stand not to be #1.
Vlad The Impaler
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Yeah, that's real fuckin tough to comprehend. What a jackass. You probably don't even know what a first down is or a blue line or hitting for the cycle. Soccer is mind numbingly simple frenchy, just like you.
roronoa3000
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It is more interesting watching paint dry
France is the #1 in exporting cheese
Alright, who's the miserable cocksucker who bumped this back up? :horse:
With the Tiara Smith (University of Southern Alabama) pics coming out soccer may get a lot more interesting. This hot piece of ebony ass went right to the soccer field from the stripper pole. The search is on for her blue thong pics- the ones where she is shaking her ass with her tits out and creaming from her pussy as the thong rides up tight between her leges.
Until the pics turn up we'll have to settle for her roster pic.
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Baseball is on the way down. The people who actually bother to go to baseball games today spend more time on their fucking cellphones/iPhones than actually watching the game. Baseball's only hope is to contract about 6 teams and load up the rosters with talent so teams aren't playing Zombie seasons by the time June rolls around :rofl:
Hockey has a lot of commercial breaks built into the game play. That didn't help it stay on ESPN did it? Hockey (in the U.S.) is now banished to the ether of Versus where it has to do battle for relevance with MMA (and redneck sports too)
I thought Hockey was trying to tone down fighting in its sport? 
Soccer will take over the 3rd position in America...especially if the U.S. gets to host a World Cup again. ESPN shows more Soccer content than Hockey content right now. It's just a matter of time people.
Soccer is a purely free-flowing game and it's a totally different viewing experience rather than the parade of action stoppages that constitutes NFL, NBA, MLB...
I do think the NFL should consider a name change. It is dumb to call a sport a name which has little to do with the gameplay of the sport.
What will happen to the NFL next year during the lockout? How many fans will it permanently lose?
Hockey has a lot of commercial breaks built into the game play. That didn't help it stay on ESPN did it? Hockey (in the U.S.) is now banished to the ether of Versus where it has to do battle for relevance with MMA (and redneck sports too)
I thought Hockey was trying to tone down fighting in its sport? Soccer will take over the 3rd position in America...especially if the U.S. gets to host a World Cup again. ESPN shows more Soccer content than Hockey content right now. It's just a matter of time people.
Soccer is a purely free-flowing game and it's a totally different viewing experience rather than the parade of action stoppages that constitutes NFL, NBA, MLB...
I do think the NFL should consider a name change. It is dumb to call a sport a name which has little to do with the gameplay of the sport.
What will happen to the NFL next year during the lockout? How many fans will it permanently lose?
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