None of that has anything to do with a country’s wealth or infrastructure. You

Dec 4, 2021
3:55:51pm

Lieutenant America Truly Addicted User

can hate soccer all you want, but to say that the main reason soccer is popular is because other countries that love it can’t afford to play and support American Football is flat out wrong.

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You know why soccer is the most popular sport in the world?

StantonMac

12/4/21 1:00am

This isn’t true at all. Soccer is incredibly popular in Europe. They spend

Lieutenant America

12/4/21 1:04am

There are many many many more high school football programs compared

StantonMac

12/4/21 1:13am

Yes, but HS are giving up football for soccer. They

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 1:18am

My sister lives in as small a town as you’ll find in Texas, and their football

StantonMac

12/4/21 1:20am

Yep. Some of those small towns make tons of money on FB.

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 7:27am

I've never seen more than a few hundred fans at a high school soccer game.

LCcoug

12/4/21 10:12am

Ones w/o football.

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 10:15am

To say that European countries don’t like American Football because they can’t

Lieutenant America

12/4/21 1:19am

In many European countries, that may be true, but not in all the 3rd world

StantonMac

12/4/21 1:27am

There are 746 million people in Europe. And you just agreed with me. Sports are

Lieutenant America

12/4/21 1:39am

Nah, you just agreed with me.

StantonMac

12/4/21 12:37pm

None of that has anything to do with a country’s wealth or infrastructure. You

Lieutenant America

12/4/21 3:55pm

RE: None of that has anything to do with a country’s wealth or

StantonMac

12/4/21 4:05pm

RE: None of that has anything to do with a country’s wealth or

Lieutenant America

12/4/21 4:21pm

No it’s not. It’s only part of the picture, but it’s not wrong.

StantonMac

12/4/21 5:09pm

746 Million people in Europe. Lots of wealthy nations in Asia where soccer is

Lieutenant America

12/4/21 6:38pm

Yep. It’s because you need one thing: a cheap ball. Or maybe a tin can or wadded up plastic sacks.

dryflyelk

12/4/21 1:23am

Except for the offsides rule which is hard to track if playing.

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 1:26am

And no TV timeouts

Colorado

12/4/21 5:02am

I like you, your Dad has amazing light in his eyes, I love fly fishing with a

coot20

12/4/21 7:54am

We’ll, I know it isn’t because it’s the most exciting…

Pretorian

12/4/21 4:35am

This isn't the worst post I've seen here but it's among the dumbest.

vagabonder

12/4/21 5:17am

I love that there are people who believe this.

YSMACK

12/4/21 6:23am

It's because most foreigners don't know how to throw and catch a ball.

dYrtbYkerYder

12/4/21 6:35am

Oh please. It's because Americans are willfully ignorant about soccer.

Sir Hammer

12/4/21 8:23am

I spent more money on my daughter’s soccer club then I did on my sons football.I

87cougs

12/4/21 7:22am

That's why I had my son wrestle. All you need is a tunic and lots of moolah.

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 7:33am

My Experience: Had kids play Club soccer in Germany, Travel Softball in SoCal,

tjngirlz

12/4/21 12:18pm

Soccer is painfully boring to watch. I tried watching the BYU girls last night….

CObluezone

12/4/21 7:37am

Well, It takes intelligence...it is an extremely technical game

coot20

12/4/21 8:07am

Agreed. I think Americans are used to each play being spelled out for them like

Sir Hammer

12/4/21 8:23am

Yep, football is incredibly simple.

bluescholar

12/4/21 8:29am

Good grief people - I thought it was pretty clear I was being sarcastic.

bluescholar

12/4/21 9:09am

Football is obviously extremely complex. But in ten second intervals

krindorr

12/4/21 10:09am

Yeah, you enjoy soccer and he doesn't because you're more intelligent than him.

bluescholar

12/4/21 8:28am

Uh, no....he hasn't taken the time to understand the game. It's ok

coot20

12/4/21 8:56am

You are right. I’m so dumb that I have an advanced degree from BYU.

CObluezone

12/4/21 11:03am

Yes, exactly. I feel the same way. I love for my kids to have played it

AF_Puma

12/4/21 8:22am

If you turn on a random football game for 4 minutes, you may watch a few plays.

fbguru

12/4/21 9:18am

Its because there is hardly any payoff. You watch a game for 90 minutes

tjngirlz

12/4/21 12:29pm

I'm guessing you are unfamiliar with the amount of money invested into soccer.

Sir Hammer

12/4/21 8:20am

doesn't make it a great game

Count Cougar

12/4/21 8:42am

If you actually think central and South Americans areas, and Asia would switch to American football you’re wrong.

Turnpike Lane

12/4/21 8:46am

You're right. There are many reasons soccer is the main sport in many

StantonMac

12/4/21 9:10am

But your premise about economics is wrong. There is more money in soccer than

Sir Hammer

12/4/21 10:04am

It has nothing to do with it being superior in every way? Moron.

fbguru

12/4/21 9:04am

Soccer is for kids who can’t play baseball

DiamondMo

12/4/21 9:39am

I love football. But I'm afraid brain injuries and helicopter overprotective

Orem58thBall

12/4/21 11:09am

Soccer has brain trauma also from too many headers. Truth.

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 11:27am

Common misconception about soccer

hms_ben

12/4/21 11:17am

Good comments. All true.

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 11:28am

"Soccer is for kids, Football is for wussies. Rugby's for men."

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