Why is a boring, unwatchable sport like soccer the most watched TV sport in the world

Do Soccer fans riot out of sheer boredom???

wait for it, wait for it

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL!

I agree. I have no idea about the popularity of soccer, but I think it sucks. That being said, you mentioned MLB, which I think is almost as boring. NFL, NBA, now I love those sports. Above everything else, though, I love watching MMA. Can't wait for the Couture/Coleman event tomorrow night.

I'll be watching Couture/Coleman tomorrow night,should
be excellent!!..

Who in their right mind would fight Couture??..that guy is scarry!!

He is a beast, even at his age, the guy is brutal.

It's just like the thread yesterday. Men are turning gay and women are turning into dykes. Soccer makes a good middle ground. Quit pussifying America. Refuse the urge to let your children play soccer.

Almost every sport would seem boring to those who do not completely understand the intricate nuances of the game in question. For instance, I could not fathom how anyone could possibly watch golf on TV until I actually started playing the game. Baseball, for instance, is a very slow game and hard to swallow as a spectator sport. However, if you know baseball inside and out, you will be on the edge of your seat on every move, guessing what will happen next and what moves and counter-moves will be made. It is like a chess match. In my opinion, ice hockey is the best spectator sport because it is fun to watch even if you do not know the ins and outs of the sport. If you do happen to know hockey then you just appreciate that much more. In the world of sports, everything is not always as it seems. There is a whole lot of strategy that goes into sports.

You're correct. BTW OPie is a limey troll.

Y'all frum Texas bo?
Hell it aint nearly as excit'n as watch'n bowl'n on TV

Good point. Bowling is fun but agonizing to watch unless it's the "Kingpin" movie. Just like golf and baseball.

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH !!

Speed and skill rather than brute strength or brains.

for the same reasons as boring, unwatchable sports like baseball and football are watched in the US

Until you have played the game, shut up ...

for the current NFL Troll..

Extreme alcohol makes mega-slow sports exciting. You can almost keep up with what's going on and still be smoked.

America is not the entire world, and the rest of the world think differently.

Don't look down on other people's interests just because you can't understand them. What's exciting to you may be exceedingly droll for other people.

soccer is better than NFL bullcrap,in the NFL the game is stop,start,stop start,there is no flow

in soccer the game flows the ball is passed around with skill and the game can flow for 30 minutes with out the ref blowing a whistle,this makes soccer far superior(and skillful)


size is not impooratnt in soccer skill is

the NFL is full of roided up freaks

Could be worse; could be Cricket.

Cricket is the only game I know that makes soccer seem exciting.

Last Edited by Art Deco on 02/09/2010 11:33 AM

cool story bro.

The thing you don't seem to realize is that being a red-blooded patriotic American has nothing at all to do with sports.

Another thing for you to keep in mind is that all of your NFL or NBA hero's wouldn't last for one half of a soccer game.

Soccer is a game of endurance. The action isn't segmented by 'plays' where each team gets a little breather.
It's non stop.

Your ghetto ball, and hand-egg hero's would be gasping for breath, while clutching their oxygen tanks on the side lines, after 15 minutes of a soccer match.

NFL, MLB.......exciting.



A bunch of pansies in tight ball bag showing pants throwing and chasing eggs, you call that exciting?

*lol*

And the MLB *lol* exciting? *lol* at school little girls play this and we call it rounders.

Ghetto ball *lol*

I like it..

Soccer boring?

Let's see...

Soccer has no commercials or breaks..except a 15 minute half time. What could be better for your brain?


Shin guards are the only padding.


Soccer is a sport where everyone gets a touch on the ball, if you loose it and you don't come back to defend you will get scored on.

If you are a fan, you are one bad pass or one crappy defensive stand from being scored on. All the attacking is gravy.

Defender have several assignments much like a free safety in the NFL. If the don't manage when to sit on a pass or when to anticipate, then it makes for a lackluster game on defense. Your team will get scored on.

Soccer is much more physical than you think. If you go to a decent game, you will find teams defend in two walls of four men.

To score you've got to beat those odds, all the while you are one tackle, kick from loosing the ball.(possession)



One last thing, have you ever tried running at a high speed with a ball? Ever tried to make a cut running in American Football? Imagine doing it with a soccer ball.

Soccer is the thinking man's sport. You have to figure out opponents weakness on your own most of the time. You can't beat opponents by viewing tape. It's a very different game being on the field.

It is; you spend all your time thinking, what was I thinking coming to this boring-ass game, when I could have been doing something more constructive, like watching milk curdle.

difference in cultures.

why cant people like different things without some closed-minded asshole jumping on them for it.?

It's the GLP way.

I found if you get real drunk, it speeds up.

FFS stop calling it soccer. It's FOOTBALL. That's what the rest of the world call it. And unlike American football it actually flows instead of stopping and starting every few seconds and commercials interjected everywhere.

Football and baseball are the two most boring sports to watch IMO.