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A mini rant about people that complain about soccer/football
Javier:
Hockey is more popular in colder environments, and again this ties into culture. The Dominicans, Cubans, Venezuelans are also dirt poor but they prefer baseball over soccer. It's culture.
Javier:
Football is much more popular in Europe than it is in Africa too.
Muhfukka:
--- Quote from: Javier on May 25, 2010, 12:54:11 PM ---Hockey is more popular in colder environments, and again this ties into culture. The Dominicans, Cubans, Venezuelans are also dirt poor but they prefer baseball over soccer. It's culture.
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puerto rico also but theyre not quite as poor. and i think as far as sports in africa go soccer is the biggest, its just alot of people there dont have the privelege of playing sports
the ghost:
I used to detest soccer until I went to a few matches in Europe. That shit is off the hook. The crowd is almost 50% of the game. It really is amazing. Blows "American" sports crowds out of the water. But take the crowd out of it and put it on TV, it's meh to me anyways.
IRAN iz Gangsta!:
there are forces inside US that dont allow soccer to blow up....it will reduce the fans of basketball, football and baseball...therefore they keep it a boring game by not giving it much coverage and very little highlights. Americans also suck at commentating soccer games, look at spanish commentators or other countries, a commentator like ray hudson and the way he analyzes the game and talks about the goals, alot of times it sounds funny as hell, but its great.
Honeslty if u look at all the hype in american sports its what MEDIA feeds people. It's not really what people think or feel, its what they hear left and right...they see 2 people talking about it, then they see it on tv, then they see it on facebook and internet, and in their head it becomes a big deal. Thats the same way they promote football and other things. by building a story and hyping the shit out of it. Well in soccer, there is so much history they dont need to do that...all they have to say is the name of the teams that are playing (ex; inter milan - manchester united) and its hype on its own for so many reasons.
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