then why are you still watching football, where there are 5 seconds of action for every 30 of in-action?
then why are you still watching football, where there are 5 seconds of action for every 30 of in-action?
IMO american football takes far less skill to play, and is far simpler to play. Running a series of choreographed plays and hoping the working out doesn't compare to improvization.
As a Boise State fan for several years (I lived up there for a while) I can tell you BS....There was so damn much action just in the last 2:00 of that game (although it DID take like 15:00 for that 2:00 to play out....)
That game was incredible, one of the best ever.
I think you need a dose of common sense if that is the only think you could think of to say.
No I was not actually offended. Who the hell would be? A fvcking care bear? I just went along with the offensive bit as a joke (hence why I said it wasn't the actual statement that offended me, but how stupid it was).
What you said wasn't offensive. However, it was mind numbingly retarded. There is obviously a difference.
man I hate soccer, hate hate hate it. Worst sport ever, I can't understand why it is so popular in this country
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cuz even if we win in soccer we lose. people would think of course usa win, usa is superpower and the anti american sh*t would fly. if we lose the anti american sh*t would go nuts. more death to america!! world sports is way too political, its best we stay as far away from soccer as possible.
plus why follow? we can do our own sports. soccer isn't even fun to watch, its boring as sin. we play it on the school yard so its not due to lack of exposure, we just don't care for it. and well, fat americans already spend too much time watching sports, adding one more is stupid.
plus why follow? we can do our own sports. soccer isn't even fun to watch, its boring as sin. we play it on the school yard so its not due to lack of exposure, we just don't care for it. and well, fat americans already spend too much time watching sports, adding one more is stupid.
mobobuff
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5 easy steps to make soccer more appealing...
1. Shrink the field to roughly 90 feet long by 50 feet wide and cover it with a hard laminate surface.
2. Replace the goals with metal rims on 9 foot poles.
3. Make the ball slightly larger and paint it brown.
4. Remove the goal keepers and divide the remaining number of players by 2.
5. Instead of players using their feet to move the ball, let them use their hands.
1. Shrink the field to roughly 90 feet long by 50 feet wide and cover it with a hard laminate surface.
2. Replace the goals with metal rims on 9 foot poles.
3. Make the ball slightly larger and paint it brown.
4. Remove the goal keepers and divide the remaining number of players by 2.
5. Instead of players using their feet to move the ball, let them use their hands.
Its really nice to see some people still see "the light"... There is a reason football (AND NOT SOCCER, AMERICANS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CALL IT SOCCER) is by far the most popular sport in the world... You dont like it because you arent watching it the way you should... The fun in football is not about seeing goals being scored..
There can be horribly boring games that end in 3-3 or something... Goals = nothing to do with fun... Similarly, there can be very fun games that end in 0-0... It depends on whether the teams play a very open game (which tends to be fun, with lots of attacks and opportunities for goal) or a very closed and tactical one, which usually is very boring since they dont get past mid field...
Either way, the fun is in those opportunities... the excitement of every attack "YES THEY ARE FINALLY GONNA SCORE......... NOOO HE FAILED WHAT AN IDIOT" and having only one 15 min break helps tremendously... I hate the constant breaks on american TV.. its horrible.. here in europe you get a comercial every 30 min or 1 hour at most, which is much better since I hate being constantly interrupted!
There can be horribly boring games that end in 3-3 or something... Goals = nothing to do with fun... Similarly, there can be very fun games that end in 0-0... It depends on whether the teams play a very open game (which tends to be fun, with lots of attacks and opportunities for goal) or a very closed and tactical one, which usually is very boring since they dont get past mid field...
Either way, the fun is in those opportunities... the excitement of every attack "YES THEY ARE FINALLY GONNA SCORE......... NOOO HE FAILED WHAT AN IDIOT" and having only one 15 min break helps tremendously... I hate the constant breaks on american TV.. its horrible.. here in europe you get a comercial every 30 min or 1 hour at most, which is much better since I hate being constantly interrupted!
You are correct. The fact that few goals happen compared to other sports like basket or football where the score can hit the 100s is exactly the reason why people all over the world love the game. The reason is: it's incredibly hard! Some of these guys can do things with their feet most people couldn't do with their hands.
If you play a game where you have hundreds of opportunities to score, the single action is never really decisive. In football, when you are 0 to 0 with 5 minutes before the game ends and you have an opportunity, you have the whole game in your hands. This gets people excited.
It's true that now the game is more tactical than it used to be, but in the end there's always space for the genius that creates something that simply was not possible to envision. This creates an energy, a pathos, a drama that sometimes approaches pure poetry.
The hoolingans' problem is a shame. But football is what happens in the field. Have a look at what these guys can do.. here's some of the greatest:
Diego Armando Maradona: El Pibe de Oro, la Mano de Dios. The man who came from nowhere to win everything. Maybe the greatest ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY5SE3hZxjo&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbaa2oTazMU
Edson Arantes do Nascimento. O Rei. The King of Football. Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy2LI6y5rDI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFgkzOSBA2s
Roberto Baggio. The Poet of Football. The Artist of Florence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOPbT-nRNzs&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jha5kVKmoU8
Zinedine Zidane. The Wizard. Unparalleled class in every corner of the field.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYUtKKbBTkw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KWEzaJ-mcg&mode=related&search=
Ronaldo. Pure skill and speed. The phenomenon. The Extraterrestrial. The unstoppable striker who changed the game forever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi5JxduLwOo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zKATpRYQMs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8riZr9RUk0
Ronaldinho. The Cartoon. Skills simply to good to be for real.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3HNX3JIS_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkrq1TtrsJo&mode=related&search=
C.Ronaldo. The next big thing in football.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgQ2L4Lt36M&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo5w_wXzSOU&mode=related&search=
Adriano. The Emperor of Milan. The Deadly. The Incredible Hulk. Most powerful shoot ever seen on a football field.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOGbHTNutRU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrKCGMqmNg8&mode=related&search=
Alvaro Recoba. El Chino. Reckless Genius. The Left Foot of God.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kw4hiK925M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHLob2mFE1E
And my personal all-time favorite: Garrincha. The Hunchback. With one leg 3 inches shorter than the other he managed to create a legend around himself and will be remembered as the stronger right winger ever. Never Brazil lost a single game with both him and Pele playing. This video is pure poetry.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4957302614168326714&q=garrincha
It's not a matter of intelligence. It's a matter of experience. I don't get cricket because I have not spent enough time watching it. Most Americans are the same with football.
purbeast0
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or maybe people just don't enjoy it? why spend time with something if you don't enjoy it?
i mean i see baseball on TV all the time and i still don't like it.
but i do agree that a lot of people who don't like soccer will bash it big time and say "american football is better and soccer sucks" instead of just letting people like what they want to like. but it also goes the same way. the majority of the people who like soccer and hate football are always saying "american football sucks, soccer is the real football".
it reminds me of the PS3/Xbox360 fanboys.
College Football>UFC>NFL>College Basketball>NBA>grass grow>baseball>teeth pulled>nascar>being killed>golf-bowling-SOCCER-chutes & ladders
Oh yes. I am not saying everybody should love football. I am just saying that a lot of people pretend to have an opinion on something they do not know.
I don't watch cricket, but I would never say it sucks, because I never really try to educate myself about it. Conversely, I used not to like American football because I did know anything about it, but after spending some time watching it with people explaining it to me I now at least understand what's going on on the field and I quite enjoy it.
Cycle races instead, I love the poetry and incredibly rich and dramatic history of the sport, but no matter how much I tried I cannot enjoy watching it.
To each his own.
purbeast0
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well that was just you being ignorant.
i just think it's stupid on here that people get so offended when people say "soccer is boring" and then someone replies "well you just don't understand the game that's why you think it's boring!" when it has nothing to do with that.
sure not understanding the game can make someone not want to watch it or not care for it, but I agree they should not talk crap about it either if they do not understand it. but thats not whats going on here. people are getting offended just because someone says soccer is boring.
if a fan of soccer cannot understand why someone may find it boring then they too are not understanding of the game. i mean i play golf. it's probably my favorite sport to play and i love to watch it also.
does that mean i get mad if someone doesn't like it or says it's boring? no, because I can completely understand why someone would think watching golf is boring. it's slow as hell to watch, even though they are constantly showing people make great shots. the main appeal of watching it is because if you play golf, you can appreciate how fvcking good these guys really are at the game.
well another example is what happened in Tel Aviv a while ago. this kid got trampled to death cause people got angry cause one player comitted a foul.
Mo0o
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I find American football more entertaining to watch. There's plenty of off the ball movement/ tactics to look for and it's similar to soccer in the respect that theres not a goal scored every 2 minutes. When I watch soccer I feel like the ball just gets passed around for most of the time w/ no real threats to the goal. And shootouts are just silly, it's more or less a guessing game
you wanna know why soccer is so popular around the world? because it's cheap as hell to play, all you need a round-ish object to kick around
you wanna know why soccer is so popular around the world? because it's cheap as hell to play, all you need a round-ish object to kick around
That was exactly my point. The fact is, I wasn't going around saying American Football is boring, because I could realize I knew not enough about it to have an educated opinion. I am not saying everybody here who says football is boring does it for the same reason.
But when you have comments like "they should get rid of off-side rules" it really makes you wonder...
Kids have been playing soccer here in the US for a couple decades, yet as they get older they seem to outgrow the sport and move on to basketball, football and baseball. All you soccer fan keep holding your breath waiting for it to take off here in the states, if it ever happens it wont be for a good long while. Yes we understand the game, no we still don't care for it because we have other choices. And there are great athletes in every sport, do you really think if the best america had to offer played soccer all their lives the rest of the world would have much of a chance?
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