why is soccer the #1 sport in the world?

[resistanze]

You said yourself foreigners contribute to those numbers.

No, I was referring to the World Cup, which is one of the biggest tourist events in the world. Even with the World Cup in 1994, the fact that it had the biggest attendance in history would suggest even Americans came out to watch.

The World Football Challenge was nothing like the WC. It was a mostly American-attended event.

[RedsLakers24]

1) It's not a sport if this fat piece of is able to play it




2) It's not the hardest sport to play. You can up 7 out of 10 times and make the all star team.

Great evidence of the fact soccer is more of a sport is career span. MLB players can play well into their 40's, soccer players peak in their 20's and don't make it much past age 30.

Have you ever try to hit a basball going 95 mph fast? not only that, its all reaction, you only have little time to guess if its a ball or a strike, or if its a Breakin ball or a fastball. For pitchers they have to work on location, how to move a ball, and stuff. The reason soccer players peak in their 20's is because they use only their legs, and as you get older you get slower, and baseball is about skill not speed, and the reason you could up 7 times of 10 is because the sport is so hard no one has little success in it. And CC Sabathia is only a pitcher, he doesnt do anything else

[Blake]

No, I was referring to the World Cup, which is one of the biggest tourist events in the world. Even with the World Cup in 1994, the fact that it had the biggest attendance in history would suggest even Americans came out to watch.

The World Football Challenge was nothing like the WC. It was a mostly American-attended event.

Well sure, Americans went to watch. Especially since Americans had a team playing.

What was yor point again? I lost track.

[peter_slb]

Have you ever try to hit a basball going 95 mph fast? not only that, its all reaction, you only have little time to guess if its a ball or a strike, or if its a Breakin ball or a fastball. For pitchers they have to work on location, how to move a ball, and stuff. The reason soccer players peak in their 20's is because they use only their legs, and as you get older you get slower, and baseball is about skill not speed, and the reason you could up 7 times of 10 is because the sport is so hard no one has little success in it. And CC Sabathia is only a pitcher, he doesnt do anything else

Michael Jordan, at the age of 30, after playing basketball all his life, played one season of baseball, even scoring home runs, do you think he would be able to play soccer? He sure would have legs to do it.

There's no sport that requires as much ability as soccer, you could put yourself in a closed box of 10 feet diameter with Messi and you wouldn't even be able to touch the ball.

[resistanze]

Have you ever try to hit a basball going 95 mph fast? not only that, its all reaction, you only have little time to guess if its a ball or a strike, or if its a Breakin ball or a fastball. For pitchers they have to work on location, how to move a ball, and stuff. The reason soccer players peak in their 20's is because they use only their legs, and as you get older you get slower, and baseball is about skill not speed, and the reason you could up 7 times of 10 is because the sport is so hard no one has little success in it. And CC Sabathia is only a pitcher, he doesnt do anything else

You're describing a skill, not athletic ability. You can still be a fat piece of and do all the things you said above.

[jack sommerset]

It's the greatest sport on earth! I just contracted a job with FC Burn and can't be any happier!!!!!! Long live soccer and GO BURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[resistanze]

Well sure, Americans went to watch. Especially since Americans had a team playing.

What was yor point again? I lost track.

I know.

[resistanze]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Am%C3%A9rica

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

LMAO fail

[RedsLakers24]

Michael Jordan, at the age of 30, after playing basketball all his life, played one season of baseball, even scoring home runs, do you think he would be able to play soccer? He sure would have legs to do it.

There's no sport that requires as much ability as soccer, you could put yourself in a closed box of 10 feet diameter with Messi and you wouldn't even be able to touch the ball.

Jordan didnt do playing baseball, haha, he didnt even have an at bat in the pros, what makes u think he was successful playing baseball?, Jordan was playing baseball with 16-18 yr old kids, haha come on, it was in low ball A, not even Triple A, which is the closest thing to the Majors, and When he was in double AA he hit 202. only 3hr, and struck out 114 times, while making 11 E's, haha

[RedsLakers24]

You're describing a skill, not athletic ability. You can still be a fat piece of and do all the things you said above.

I never said the most athletic guys played baseball, did I?, i just said it was the hardest sport to play

[RedsLakers24]

Baseball is, by far, the hardest sport to master. Rarely do the same players stay good throughout their career, rarely do the same teams get to the world series year after year, and rarely do players keep their stats up. Their are very, very, very few that can do so, and those players have either taken steroids or are the best baseball players in the world.

The pitching aspect requires pitchers to throw 3-5 different pitches about 100+ times a game to guys they have never seen before in their life. The odds of them getting all of the players out one game is very rare; they will give up a run or two. To do that for an entire season.....impossible. An average pitcher will have 7-13 bad games a year. Not to mention they have to do this for years and years.

From the batting aspect, you have to try to hit a round object (a ball) with another round object (the bat) in which the round object is coming at you between 85-100 mph. Did I mention that the ball can curve, drop out of nowhere, run into you, and so on? The number of different pitches are amazingly effective. You haven't even seen most of these pitchers, and you have 3 chances (strikes) to hit the ball while figuring out the pitcher while trying to hit a round object with a round object while trying to see where the ball is going and how fast it is going. Great players only hit 30% of these balls. Not many players do that. Do this for an entire season for many, many years.

[timvpimp]

Baseball is, by far, the hardest sport to master. Rarely do the same players stay good throughout their career, rarely do the same teams get to the world series year after year, and rarely do players keep their stats up. Their are very, very, very few that can do so, and those players have either taken steroids or are the best baseball players in the world.

The pitching aspect requires pitchers to throw 3-5 different pitches about 100+ times a game to guys they have never seen before in their life. The odds of them getting all of the players out one game is very rare; they will give up a run or two. To do that for an entire season.....impossible. An average pitcher will have 7-13 bad games a year. Not to mention they have to do this for years and years.

From the batting aspect, you have to try to hit a round object (a ball) with another round object (the bat) in which the round object is coming at you between 85-100 mph. Did I mention that the ball can curve, drop out of nowhere, run into you, and so on? The number of different pitches are amazingly effective. You haven't even seen most of these pitchers, and you have 3 chances (strikes) to hit the ball while figuring out the pitcher while trying to hit a round object with a round object while trying to see where the ball is going and how fast it is going. Great players only hit 30% of these balls. Not many players do that. Do this for an entire season for many, many years.

hey mate, could you please bother to change your sig to some new pic other than the updated version of your same old self? You look ugly as TBF.

[timvpimp]

a dog comprising a dog's torso, a head of a donkey and a tail like one of the rabbit, which apparently is one offspring of incest I tell you.

[resistanze]

Baseball is, by far, the hardest sport to master. Rarely do the same players stay good throughout their career, rarely do the same teams get to the world series year after year, and rarely do players keep their stats up. Their are very, very, very few that can do so, and those players have either taken steroids or are the best baseball players in the world.

The pitching aspect requires pitchers to throw 3-5 different pitches about 100+ times a game to guys they have never seen before in their life. The odds of them getting all of the players out one game is very rare; they will give up a run or two. To do that for an entire season.....impossible. An average pitcher will have 7-13 bad games a year. Not to mention they have to do this for years and years.

From the batting aspect, you have to try to hit a round object (a ball) with another round object (the bat) in which the round object is coming at you between 85-100 mph. Did I mention that the ball can curve, drop out of nowhere, run into you, and so on? The number of different pitches are amazingly effective. You haven't even seen most of these pitchers, and you have 3 chances (strikes) to hit the ball while figuring out the pitcher while trying to hit a round object with a round object while trying to see where the ball is going and how fast it is going. Great players only hit 30% of these balls. Not many players do that. Do this for an entire season for many, many years.

It's all subjective. The truth of the matter is, a person growing up playing baseball will acquire those skills to play, just as a person who grows up playing basketball, soccer, football, and so on.

I've played all these sports my entire life, but it's safe to say you and me will never be able to shoot like Steve Nash. Or curl a soccer ball around a human barrier of 5 people from 30 yards away into the top corner of the net like Ronaldhino. Or hit a golf ball from 180 yards out accurately with backspin like Tiger. Or return a 130 MPH serve into a narrow field of play like Rafa Nadal (this is probably technically 'harder' than hitting a baseball).

Like you said, you're discussing a skill. So it shouldn't come as any surprise that baseball players play for years and years. Golf players compete until they're 70. What they both have in common is that they're not the most athletic 'sports' in the world so they don't have to retire early like tennis, soccer, basketball, etc.

[Blake]

world cup?

I know.

obviously your point is poorly made if it is this easily forgettable.

[Blake]

ftr, hitting a 90+ mph baseball is the hardest thing to do in all of sports, imo.

[resistanze]

world cup?



obviously your point is poorly made if it is this easily forgettable.

World Cup? You were responding to the my post about The World Football Challenge. There was no American teams playing. I was showing the attendance numbers from last summer. 81K went to the Rose Bowl to see Inter Milan face Chelsea.

But really, you think soccer sucks because you do. You don't need to justify yourself and no one needs to convince you otherwise. That's the point.

[peter_slb]

ftr, hitting a 90+ mph baseball is the hardest thing to do in all of sports, imo.

How many players can do that? Honestly, I don't know anything about baseball, I basically know what's a home run, I don't even know how long does a game take. Because stuff like this, only 1 per decade.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5XpXU8TBoo

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Have you ever try to hit a basball going 95 mph fast? not only that, its all reaction, you only have little time to guess if its a ball or a strike, or if its a Breakin ball or a fastball. For pitchers they have to work on location, how to move a ball, and stuff. The reason soccer players peak in their 20's is because they use only their legs, and as you get older you get slower, and baseball is about skill not speed, and the reason you could up 7 times of 10 is because the sport is so hard no one has little success in it. And CC Sabathia is only a pitcher, he doesnt do anything else

"only use their legs"

In sports, you generally have to use your legs. You are re ed if you think there's no skill involved in soccer. Maybe it's just me, but when I watch sports, I want it to be people who are physically superior to me and in better shape, not some fat piece of who's in way worse shape than I am.

[RedsLakers24]

"only use their legs"

In sports, you generally have to use your legs. You are re ed if you think there's no skill involved in soccer. Maybe it's just me, but when I watch sports, I want it to be people who are physically superior to me and in better shape, not some fat piece of who's in way worse shape than I am.

I guess the only sports you dont watch are baseball and American Football, and also it came out wrong, but i didnt mean to say they only use their legs, i meant to say they rely on their legs and speed more then baseball players, i never meant to say they dont have to use skill, i just meant to say that baseball is a sport that relys on skill more then anything else, and im talking about the big sports like Basketball, Soccer, Football, an Hockey, not sports like Ping Pong and etc.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Baseball isn't a sport. If someone as fat as CC Sabathia can play baseball without his weight hurting him in some way, it's not a sport.

[RedsLakers24]

Baseball isn't a sport. If someone as fat as CC Sabathia can play baseball without his weight hurting him in some way, it's not a sport.

Do u consider American Football a sport? and theres only like 3 fat people in the Majors so i dont see what the problem is, like i said the onlyl thing Sabathia does is pitch

[kuato]

Sorry but "American football" is the pussy version of rugby. Real football is the king, period.

[DAF86]

Sorry but "American football" is the pussy version of rugby. Real football is the king, period.

WTF? Rugby and American football have nothing in common other than an oval ball.