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A mini rant about people that complain about soccer/football
Chamillitary Click:
--- Quote from: Muhfukka on May 24, 2010, 07:45:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: Chamillitary Click on May 24, 2010, 07:34:26 PM ---
they just play Basketball; the poorest Americans are black. :P
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hahaha and even basketball you need some kind of hoops with backboards (much harder to make then putting 2 things down for a goal), a ball that actually bounces and a surface that you can bounce a ball on. and javier yeah wealthier european countries play soccer but theyre not what makes it the biggest sport in the world, at all
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they have parks, but yeah, it's certainly more difficult to get a game of Basketball going than a game of Soccer.
i don't know if it's just a New York thing, because we are the most diverse state on the planet & shit, but besides parks in straight up hoods, i see plenty of Soccer being played by Spanish, Asain, Europeans, even occasionally some Americans playing.
so i mean, there are plenty who play Soccer, we're just not an elite nation, which can turn some people off to the sport & even some of you Soccer fanatics have to admit, you can understand how it can be viewed as "boring".
Muhfukka:
--- Quote from: Chamillitary Click on May 24, 2010, 07:51:54 PM ---
--- Quote from: Muhfukka on May 24, 2010, 07:45:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: Chamillitary Click on May 24, 2010, 07:34:26 PM ---
they just play Basketball; the poorest Americans are black. :P
--- End quote ---
hahaha and even basketball you need some kind of hoops with backboards (much harder to make then putting 2 things down for a goal), a ball that actually bounces and a surface that you can bounce a ball on. and javier yeah wealthier european countries play soccer but theyre not what makes it the biggest sport in the world, at all
--- End quote ---
they have parks, but yeah, it's certainly more difficult to get a game of Basketball going than a game of Soccer.
i don't know if it's just a New York thing, because we are the most diverse state on the planet & shit, but besides parks in straight up hoods, i see plenty of Soccer being played by Spanish, Asain, Europeans, even occasionally some Americans playing.
so i mean, there are plenty who play Soccer, we're just not an elite nation, which can turn some people off to the sport & even some of you Soccer fanatics have to admit, you can understand how it can be viewed as "boring".
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yeah but i mean like shitty south american countries where they dont even have money to repave the roads and shit, you can still find kids playing soccer in fields and dirt lots everywhere
Muhfukka:
and to be fair i am an american who can not stand watching most baseball games
Chamillitary Click:
--- Quote from: Muhfukka on May 24, 2010, 07:54:51 PM ---and to be fair i am an american who can not stand watching most baseball games
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i love Baseball, in its entirety, but i can see how people can find it boring.
Javier:
It seems that are a few different arguments floating around.
Debate me on the cultural side of why soccer is more popular outside the United States. I stated why U.S. didn't develop an interest in soccer, look if they United States never had basketball, football, and baseball rise as the country rose in to a super power, then soccer would be immensely popular here.
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