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I think he's talking about fake football : American Football.
Football not futbol/soccer
futbol/soccer is the least of sports
I think he's talking about fake football : American Football.
I know what you meant, I'm just stating the fact that the greatest sport known to man is football (or soccer for you).Football not futbol/soccer
futbol/soccer is the least of sports
Where is my green card?
Absolutely. No doubt in my mind.
That's your opinion. I don't like what you call football (not soccer). It might be the greatest sport in US, but nobody (well, maybe somebody) cares about it in Brazil, for example. And you probably don't like what I call football (soccer), but it is very popular in a lot of countries. And because it's popular world wide, the international tournaments are a very big deal.
You may never understand the rivalry between two NT (like Brazil and Argentina in soccer) because it isn't part of your culture.
LOL at Football being the greatest sport known to man
most played does not equal greatest.
the reason futbol/soccer is so popular in most of the world is because of how easy and cheap it is for kids in poor countries to set up a game. all it takes is 4 objects to represent the goals and a round ball of some sort, and bam! the kids are playing soccer in the streets, growing up with soccer, and becoming fans of soccer.
the other, superior sports like Football, Basketball, and maybe Baseball, require much more specific equipment that make them cost-prohibitive for much of the world.
also tradition keeps soccer popular, you play and become a fan of what your father and grandfather played and were fans of.
American Football is so much more complex, each game so different from another, each coach's strategy so different, each team ... there is almost an infinite number of ways you could approach winning the game of Football when starting from scratch... but I'm getting a little off topic here
American Football = Chess
Futbol/Soccer = Checkers
Isn´t that enough reason to call it the best sport?
A sport where rich and poor have equal chances?
Imagine Barcelona 92 and the Bulls say : NO!!! Mike is too important for us...
the US would have still ass ed the compe ion
I agree that the players have to evaluate carefully the risks before deciding to play for the NT. But it doesn't mean that a national league is more important than international tournaments just because, in this particular sport, a given NT is dominant.
USA team may win it all, but I don't care if my country can't win the gold, I want them to beat Argentina for the silver!
(no, I'm not seriously comparing the two NT, just trying to make a point)
LOL FIFA world cup final TV viewers is 300% more than the Super Bowl...
that's one way to judge a sport.Isn´t that enough reason to call it the best sport?
A sport where rich and poor have equal chances?
I prefer to judge a sport by how much strategy and diversity of strategy it encompass, and how much training and focus and muscle memory is required of it's athletes.
I don't like Baseball, but I respect it greatly because Baseball skills are almost all trained for and earned, rather then God-given, or at least much more-so than other major sports.
Soccer has very little strategy and diversity of strategy, every team pretty much tries to do the same thing to win, and the skill set of any player is hardly distinguishable from another at the same position, there just isn't much there, it's the same thing every time, like checkers!
Basketball too though, you have a guy like Dwight Howard, who has almost no basketball skills, yet can dominate the sport, that reflects poorly on Basketball IMO. If I didn't love to play basketball so much, and if not for the way the 90's Spurs, DROB, AJ, Elliott, distinguished themselves from the league with their class and counter-NBA-culture, continued by TD, I would never watch or follow basketball. tough break for you guys right?
If you don't like football is cool, but please don't try to analyse it when you haven't even watch an entire game in your life. You ddon't know what you're talking about here, and it shows.Soccer has very little strategy and diversity of strategy, every team pretty much tries to do the same thing to win, and the skill set of any player is hardly distinguishable from another at the same position, there just isn't much there, it's the same thing every time, like checkers!
where did I say that Football was more popular?LOL FIFA world cup final TV viewers is 300% more than the Super Bowl...
also 300% once every 4 years, so... what would the math on that be? 75%?
and that's with Football, a mere business of a mere one country, going against the national pride of all the soccer playing countries. FIFA should get 3000% the ratings!
you are one ignorant mofo. sad, reallySoccer has very little strategy and diversity of strategy, every team pretty much tries to do the same thing to win, and the skill set of any player is hardly distinguishable from another at the same position, there just isn't much there, it's the same thing every time, like checkers!
we can always trade parker for an American pg, (only Chris Paul) who doesn't have to worry about playing for his country because there are plenty of other guys to take his place.
lol...love ya Tony but hey man...if you wanna play for France I understand but remember this is business and with Timmy's window closing we going all in these last few years. I'd take Paul if it's a problem but I know this is just my ranting...
dumb.
#1 CP3 did play for his country and will probably play again.
#2 Trade of Parker for CP3 only would happen in your imagination.
Paul is playing for team USA. Maybe not this year but in 2008 and certainly in 2010 for World Championship.
where did I say that Football was more popular?
also 300% once every 4 years, so... what would the math on that be? 75%?
and that's with Football, a mere business of a mere one country, going against the national pride of all the soccer playing countries. FIFA should get 3000% the ratings!
1. 2006 World Cup Final (300 million viewers)
2. Euro 2004 Soccer Final (153 million viewers)
3. 2004 Olympic Games: opening ceremony (127 million viewers)
4. 2004 Olympic Games: closing ceremony (96 million viewers)
5. 2004 Super Bowl (95 million viewers)
6. 2004 Olympic Games: men's 100m metres (87 million viewers)
7. 2003 Champions League (67 million viewers)
8. 2004 Olympic Games: men's 200m freestyle swimming (66 million viewers)
9. 2004 Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix (59 million viewers)
10. 2004 Basketball: NBA finals (25 million viewers)
I'm open to learning, give me the name of some players who play their position drastically different and I will make an effort to watch them and learn.
meanwhile you can
compare marion barber or micheal turner to a darren sproles or a marshal faulk
compare Wes Welker to Heinz Ward to Fitzjgrald to Boldin,
compare Demarcus Ware to Shawne Merriman
Romo to Pennington to Manning
and on and on...
I've watched a lot of Soccer, my Dad and Grandfather were avid soccer fans, and most of my extended family likes soccer.
you said that already
It's not about where the player was born, but what team do you root for. There're a lot of people who are Spurs fans just because they're born in San Antonio. Who cares if the players came from Virgin Islands, Argentina or France?
But the french player might be a french fan.
A player who was born in LA, what team do you think he would like to play for? In the end, he might play for the Celtics, but I'm sure he would choose Lakers if he had the chance.
If the french player can play for his NT, why wouldn't he take the chance?
Would football be "less great" if more people in the rest of world like it?
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