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World Cup teams explained to an average American - LOL
Chamillitary Click:
^actually, it really depends how you evaluate that one, buddy.
Football, the NFL, is played in one country, by just Americans & it gets some of the highest ratings on TV, Worldwide; Soccer is played by every nation in the World & gets what? twice as many viewers? well i would hope so considering every nation in the World plays it.
if you guys didn't have so much national pride & didn't force yourselves to feel above or too good for Americans & just accept Football, opposed to acting like you truly believe Rugby is better, Football could BLOW UP in Europe.
because honestly, it's just a much more improved & advanced version of Rugby, but your pride won't allow you to play it, shame.
sure, athletically you physically could never assemble a team as gifted as the best players in the NFL, but like Canada you could have fun with yourselfs. ;)
Lunatic:
Football >>>>>> Rugby obviously
But doesn't change the fact Soccer and The World Cup is the biggest sporting tournament in the world.
.:DaYg0sTyLz:.:
Why would Brazil be the Lakers? That comparison was talking about dominance and the Lakers have less titles than the Celtics. And both have less than the Yankees. Wierd.
IRAN iz Gangsta!:
--- Quote from: .:DaYg0sTyLz:. on June 10, 2010, 12:51:49 PM ---Why would Brazil be the Lakers? That comparison was talking about dominance and the Lakers have less titles than the Celtics. And both have less than the Yankees. Wierd.
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im not sure but i think mostly cuz of the color (yellow) and brazil is successful as a national team, club/league wise they're not better than europe....and lakers have the more popular well known players as opposed celtics who won half their championships in 1 decade where no one else was anything
IRAN iz Gangsta!:
--- Quote from: Chamillitary Click on June 10, 2010, 11:48:48 AM ---^actually, it really depends how you evaluate that one, buddy.
Football, the NFL, is played in one country, by just Americans & it gets some of the highest ratings on TV, Worldwide; Soccer is played by every nation in the World & gets what? twice as many viewers? well i would hope so considering every nation in the World plays it.
if you guys didn't have so much national pride & didn't force yourselves to feel above or too good for Americans & just accept Football, opposed to acting like you truly believe Rugby is better, Football could BLOW UP in Europe.
because honestly, it's just a much more improved & advanced version of Rugby, but your pride won't allow you to play it, shame.
sure, athletically you physically could never assemble a team as gifted as the best players in the NFL, but like Canada you could have fun with yourselfs. ;)
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ratings are something that are more accurate in US, there is no way to capture ratings of who watches soccer cuz its world wide. 90% of games arent even broadcasted on tv in every country anyway, so most people watch streaming online, i know i do, lotta times people are at work or like i said dont have channels that show them so they watch online. And how can u measure how many are watching in some poor country or any non-euro country.
idk about football being more advanced than rugby, there are things in football that they dont even use like the back pass and its used in rugby all the time. football is waaaay more conservative and every inch is considered a big play, in ruby they just go at it like wild animals, aint no stopping every 10 sec to review the play and get a breather and a cup of gatorade.
honestly, stick to what u like man, its ur fav sport and i dont wanna ruin it for u cuz if u study soccer & rugby you will see how elementary nfl is and it'll be a shock like when a kid finds out santa clause is fake
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