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re: Why the hate for soccer?
Posted on 5/7/10 at 4:33 pm to EliPorter
Posted on 5/7/10 at 4:33 pm to EliPorter
I think people hate it for these reasons (parentheses for some people):
1. See soccer as Euro-centric and un-American
2. Can't understand that people can like more than one or two sports
3. See the diving in soccer as bad (, but miss that it happens in basketball)
4. See soccer as boring (while loving baseball)
5. Not understanding the game
6. Not understanding the rivalries
7. Not seeing the best product
1. See soccer as Euro-centric and un-American
2. Can't understand that people can like more than one or two sports
3. See the diving in soccer as bad (, but miss that it happens in basketball)
4. See soccer as boring (while loving baseball)
5. Not understanding the game
6. Not understanding the rivalries
7. Not seeing the best product
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Posted on 5/7/10 at 4:33 pm to jefforize
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Why the hate for soccer?
Uhhh
Posted on 5/7/10 at 4:35 pm to TN Bhoy
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If you tell a baseball fan you dont like baseball because its boring the baseball fan will most likely nod and agree that it can be boring and that would be it..
No way. Baseball lovers go on rants and rants about how there are so many games within the game:
coaches outthinking coaches
coaches outthinking players
managers making slight adjustments to do such and such
Posted on 5/7/10 at 4:38 pm to EliPorter
There were many baseball fans in this very thread that claimed that baseball is boring. I have LSU baseball season tickets and I will also tell you that many games are boring.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 4:40 pm to Catman88
yeah man, this thread "why the hate for soccer" didnt start because other posters on this forum have been bashing soccer 
im sure it was just a totally random thought by him, unrelated to the other 1000 posts made here daily crying about the sport
im sure it was just a totally random thought by him, unrelated to the other 1000 posts made here daily crying about the sport
Posted on 5/7/10 at 4:42 pm to jefforize
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im sure it was just a totally random thought by him, unrelated to the other 1000 posts made here daily crying about the sport
LINK?
1000 posts a day on the OT about soccer?? really?
Posted on 5/7/10 at 4:43 pm to Catman88
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really?
really
srz bzns
Posted on 5/7/10 at 4:45 pm to Catman88
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There were many baseball fans in this very thread that claimed that baseball is boring. I have LSU baseball season tickets and I will also tell you that many games are boring.
Many soccer fans will say soccer is boring as well. Both sports have boring aspects; both sports have gmae within the game aspects that make bigger fans like it more. Using this "baseball fans admit its boring" argument is terrible.
You've just basically attacked trivial things in soccer, and attacked your perceived notions of the players to justify you unfounded arguments. I am still waiting for your guidelines for being a "pussy."
For the record, I am not a soccer guy. I saw an MLS game on tv the other night, watched it for a few seconds and said, "WTF." Like I said, I watch the World Cup for the same reason I watch the Olympics, and because it is the biggest tournament in the world that only happens every four years. But It bothers me when people attack things for no reason, and shut their mind to them.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 4:47 pm to EliPorter
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MLS game on tv the other night,
That's the problem. Good soccer (Euro leagues) is not given enough exposure.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 4:52 pm to TN Bhoy
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That's the problem. Good soccer (Euro leagues) is not given enough exposure.
I don't disagree. I started the thread.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 5:06 pm to Catman88
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Uhhh My 8 million is BUTTS IN THE SEATS.
MLS did not even have 1 million attendance last year they had 795k TOTAL
there are like 200-300 WBB teams
Posted on 5/7/10 at 5:07 pm to SlowFlowPro
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there are like 200-300 WBB teams
Must be a POPULAR sport then huh?
Posted on 5/7/10 at 5:09 pm to Catman88
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Catman88
I love how you respond to everyone else's arguments and questions and leave all of mine ignored.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 5:12 pm to Catman88
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Must be a POPULAR sport then huh?
no
how many WBB teams are self-sustaining? 2? maybe 3?
the rest are funded by football and the general funds of their respective colleges
Posted on 5/7/10 at 5:12 pm to EliPorter
Why is this on the OT anyway?
Shouldn't it be on the more sports board?
Shouldn't it be on the more sports board?
Posted on 5/7/10 at 5:13 pm to EliPorter
I had already answered your question.. Im pretty sure I made it clear that its fun to antagonize soccer fans.
Nobody really gives a rats arse about soccer but soccer fans just HATE that.. people dont hate soccer they just dont care about it. But Soccer fans just cant handle that reality.
If I didnt see this post I probably wouldnt have thought about soccer for the other 364 days this year and that goes for most Americans..
Nobody really gives a rats arse about soccer but soccer fans just HATE that.. people dont hate soccer they just dont care about it. But Soccer fans just cant handle that reality.
If I didnt see this post I probably wouldnt have thought about soccer for the other 364 days this year and that goes for most Americans..
Posted on 5/7/10 at 5:13 pm to yellowfin
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Shouldn't it be on the more sports board?
9 pages? I think it's ok on the OT.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 5:14 pm to EliPorter
I'm gonna get it moved for you
you're welcome
you're welcome
Posted on 5/7/10 at 5:14 pm to Catman88
No you ignored much of my responses, after I proved yours wrong.
Also, still waiting on the pussy guidelines.
Also, still waiting on the pussy guidelines.
Posted on 5/7/10 at 5:14 pm to SlowFlowPro
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the rest are funded by football and the general funds of their respective colleges
And thats totally different from NCAA DIV 1 MENS soccer??
The sad fact is that more people in this country know what happened and who won the Women's championship than what is going on in MLS or who won men's soccer.
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