Why football is all too American - Dallas Morning News

its posted on the MSB

I see its getting a ton of warm reception and quality postings regarding it there.

Good article. That said it's a good thing the author didn't talk about MLS and how the socialism moniker probably applies there even more so than in the NFL.

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O/U on the word "gay" in the MSB thread??
In double digits already.

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I'll still never understand how people can hate a sport so much. It's not like the sport has done anything to them personally.

You mean like racists and those who hate gay people?

I guess I shouldn't be so surprised...

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O/U on the word "gay" in the MSB thread??
In double digits already.

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I just want to take a moment and thank Chicken and the other admins for giving soccer a separate board.

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Ignorance and personal insecurities.

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I played soccer when I was super young, and I grew up in Texas where obviously football is king. My high school wasn't huge, I graduated with 150 people and we didn't have soccer until my senior year. I played football, basketball, track and baseball and was never into soccer until the 2006 World Cup. It depends a lot on how you're raised, my dad hates soccer and never let me player after like age 5. He never considered it an actual sport and made me focus on football and other sports. I never really gave soccer the time of day until the World Cup that year and I'll never regret doing it. It's one of my favorite sports now and I can say this with confidence that whenever I have kids they can play whatever they want, but I'm definitely planning on making soccer a focus in their life.