why dont americans like sports which are liked globally

[Juno]

Stop it guys, let's play lacrosse.

 

[GoingUp]

I love real football (soccer)

 

[PrinceofWands]

Of course there are also plenty of americans (like me and almost everyone I know) that dislike 99.9% of all team sports.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Originally posted by: Rhin0

Originally posted by: ElFenix
tennis has a pretty damn big following here.


soccer is not particularly exciting.

And you are comparing this to what? Baseball? HAHAHA

Basketball? second most boring, second only to baseball

Football? STOP go STOP go STOP GO

soccer is non-stop action

Lets not forget hockey here, the best of all sports!!

And your right about basketball, the NBA is just a non-stop foul fest filled with a bunch of guys who all they know how to do is miss shots and travel.

seth

 

[membreya]

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: kalster
bah, cricket is fun, well atleast when india is kicking pakistan's @ss

which is 99% of the time!!!

<= cricket player, 4 hours every saturday morning

Such a shame that Australia 0wns you all at cricket

 

[Czar]

what better way to get your ego up then invent a sport only you play and then call it "the world series"

 

[membreya]

Referring to cricket or baseball there czar?

 

[biostud]

Tennis is utterly boring.
For some Reason NFL is becoming quite popular in Denmark. Soccer still beeing a no.1 and female handball no. 2

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Amol
we dont like soccer for a simple reason

we suck at it

We suck at it for a simple reason:

We don't like it

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
Because we're the awesomist of the awesome - duh! Screw your puny soccer - it can't hold a candle to American Football. YEAHHHHHHHHH <viens pop out of neck and crushes a brick on his forehead>

but where are their bodies? hidden under all that absurd padding and stupid-looking helmets.

 

[membreya]

urm, you seen the size of some of those guys? I would want body armour as well!

 

[aidanjm]

I'm glad Americans aren't into soccer, they would destroy it

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: membreya
Referring to cricket or baseball there czar?

hehe no idea, dont follow either of those

probably baseball though

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: membreya
urm, you seen the size of some of those guys? I would want body armour as well!

where is the skill? it's just big people running into each other.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: Rhin0

Originally posted by: ElFenix
tennis has a pretty damn big following here.


soccer is not particularly exciting.

And you are comparing this to what? Baseball? HAHAHA

Basketball? second most boring, second only to baseball

Football? STOP go STOP go STOP GO

soccer is non-stop action

My beloved football is STOP go STOP go, but on every play something happens, whether its the defense making a stop, or the offense moving forward. Every play has the potential to be big in either direction, and there's always someone getting hit!

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones
there's always someone getting hit!

that's because they can't have sex

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Vespasian
It's funny considering how many kids play soccer.

Not really, especially if you've actually played soccer. Most NA eventually realize the sport is boring and there are better ones out there. In other countries however, soccer is all they have.

 

[Red Dawn]

The best thing about Soccer are the Hooligans!

 

[Looney]

soccer is non-stop action

If you call running long distance up and down a field and rarely having the ball for more than a few secs, yes, that's non-stop action LOL

 

[0roo0roo]

tennis is boring.. unless its some cute chick like shaparova or kournikova or whatever.. still not much of a motivation overall. soccer is fun to play, boring as sin to watch.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: kalster
basketball, nfl, nhl while all great entertaining sports, why arent sports globally played/popular not mainstream in this country

Not much happens and scores are usually 1-2. Any more questions?

Even the NHL tries to shoot for an average of 7 goals per game. This is done via rule changes, but to a greater extnet by managing the referees. The NHL will tell refs to call the games tighter when the average is say 6. More tightly reffed games implies more power plays implies more goals.

The problem is with Soccer itself. And it probably explains why indoor soccer is more populaar in the US while full field out door is only watched by few on the collegiate level.

Baseball also adjust the "reactiveness" of hte baseball they use on a yearly basis. They also want an average nuymber of runs per game. Each year they adjust to get more/less homeruns.

 

[jai6638]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
The best thing about Soccer are the Hooligans!

EDIT:The best thing about Football are the hooligans

 

[jai6638]

Originally posted by: membreya
Referring to cricket or baseball there czar?

baseball ... Cricket has a world cup in which countries around the world compete in as opposed to the baseball world series..

 

[membreya]

I always loved that...America has a "world series" baseball game and they're the only competitors

At least with cricket and Australia we play games like "Australia v Rest of the world" (aka World XI team, collection of the best players around the world)

 

[OutHouse]

Its strange how soccer isnt as popular as it should be. In colorado Soccer is hands down the most popular youth sport from K to 12. Its huge here and my daughter has a tryout sat morning for a competive team.

I guess the reason is the networks dont cover MLS as much as the other sports is because they cant bring in the $$$ like they can with the NBA, NFL and MLB. The only time you see NHL games are during the playoffs so there isnt much oppertunity to create player recognization that creates a following. I am also suprised on how long MLS has been around, it did not fold like the WNBA.