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A mini rant about people that complain about soccer/football
the ghost:
Soccer worldwide has more damn near more fans/players than all other sports combined. That's the truths!
.:DaYg0sTyLz:.:
--- Quote from: 13th Duke on May 26, 2010, 01:04:10 PM ---
--- Quote from: Scrappy Doo on May 26, 2010, 01:02:20 PM ---
--- Quote from: 13th Duke on May 26, 2010, 12:45:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on May 26, 2010, 11:58:52 AM ---Im a big Football and Basketball fan. If any sport has a chance to overtake soccer worldwide...its Basketball, not Football. Basketball has grown ridiculously big worldwide from what it used to be. Football still struggles in a lot of countries, and Soccer has already been big worldwide so it wont grow as fast as Basketball is.
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Basketball will never overtake soccer worldwide. I'm English and I'm aware that Basketball is only actually big in about two or three european countries. Even in those european countries its small compared to soccer.
Basketball is only a HUGE sport in North America, everywhere else people do like it but its not particularly big.
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Basketball is HUUUGE in south Europe Spain,Serbia,Croatia,Slovenia,Italy,Greece
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I know its fairly big in Spain and Greece, those were two of the countries I was on about, but I also know for a fact that soccer is ten times as big as basketball in those countries at the very least.
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Its pretty hard to say "never". Basketball isnt going to take over anytime SOON. But youd be a fool not to notice that it is increasing in popularity at a much faster rate then any other major team sport worldwide. Just 15 years ago having a European player in the NBA was pretty much an experiment. Let alone a player from South America or Asia. Like Scrappy said, in South Europe basketball is becoming huge. There is a ton of money being thrown around there for basketball. In places like China basketball is becoming ridiculous. South America as well. Maybe not in England....but thats because the English will probably never be good at Basketball lol J/K. Either way, the chances of Basketball becoming a worldwide phenomenon are much greater than the chances of Football becoming one. As a matter of fact, its a much greater chance of that...than it is that Soccer becomes very relevant in the U.S.
13th Duke:
--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on May 26, 2010, 01:20:00 PM ---
--- Quote from: 13th Duke on May 26, 2010, 01:04:10 PM ---
--- Quote from: Scrappy Doo on May 26, 2010, 01:02:20 PM ---
--- Quote from: 13th Duke on May 26, 2010, 12:45:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on May 26, 2010, 11:58:52 AM ---Im a big Football and Basketball fan. If any sport has a chance to overtake soccer worldwide...its Basketball, not Football. Basketball has grown ridiculously big worldwide from what it used to be. Football still struggles in a lot of countries, and Soccer has already been big worldwide so it wont grow as fast as Basketball is.
--- End quote ---
Basketball will never overtake soccer worldwide. I'm English and I'm aware that Basketball is only actually big in about two or three european countries. Even in those european countries its small compared to soccer.
Basketball is only a HUGE sport in North America, everywhere else people do like it but its not particularly big.
--- End quote ---
Basketball is HUUUGE in south Europe Spain,Serbia,Croatia,Slovenia,Italy,Greece
--- End quote ---
I know its fairly big in Spain and Greece, those were two of the countries I was on about, but I also know for a fact that soccer is ten times as big as basketball in those countries at the very least.
--- End quote ---
Its pretty hard to say "never". Basketball isnt going to take over anytime SOON. But youd be a fool not to notice that it is increasing in popularity at a much faster rate then any other major team sport worldwide. Just 15 years ago having a European player in the NBA was pretty much an experiment. Let alone a player from South America or Asia. Like Scrappy said, in South Europe basketball is becoming huge. There is a ton of money being thrown around there for basketball. In places like China basketball is becoming ridiculous. South America as well. Maybe not in England....but thats because the English will probably never be good at Basketball lol J/K. Either way, the chances of Basketball becoming a worldwide phenomenon are much greater than the chances of Football becoming one. As a matter of fact, its a much greater chance of that...than it is that Soccer becomes very relevant in the U.S.
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I agree Basketball has much more global appeal than NFL Football does, but Soccer will be big in the US LONG before Basketball will overtake Soccer worldwide.
BakinSodaFree:
--- Quote from: the ghost on May 26, 2010, 01:11:35 PM ---Soccer worldwide has more damn near more fans/players than all other sports combined. That's the truths!
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Volleyball is the sport whit the most players in the world.. Dont know about fans thought....
Muhfukka:
--- Quote from: Scrappy Doo on May 26, 2010, 01:02:20 PM ---
--- Quote from: 13th Duke on May 26, 2010, 12:45:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on May 26, 2010, 11:58:52 AM ---Im a big Football and Basketball fan. If any sport has a chance to overtake soccer worldwide...its Basketball, not Football. Basketball has grown ridiculously big worldwide from what it used to be. Football still struggles in a lot of countries, and Soccer has already been big worldwide so it wont grow as fast as Basketball is.
--- End quote ---
Basketball will never overtake soccer worldwide. I'm English and I'm aware that Basketball is only actually big in about two or three european countries. Even in those european countries its small compared to soccer.
Basketball is only a HUGE sport in North America, everywhere else people do like it but its not particularly big.
--- End quote ---
Basketball is HUUUGE in south Europe Spain,Serbia,Croatia,Slovenia,Italy,Greece
--- End quote ---
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