NASCAR and professional poker are more of a sport than soccer....
I think NBA basketball is much more exciting than NFL football...but it's hard to imagine watching NBA without the Spurs as a good team. When Duncan retires, I might not watch as much...he's the main reason I love basketball.
But, at the same time, I think my appreciation for basketball will carry on without him, and I'll still prefer watching NBA over NFL. Basketball is a simpler game, yet more dynamic at the same time.
Soccer's a sport too.
http://gizmodo.com/5992583/how-far-d...fferent-sports
Football players have an expansive 100-yard field, and spend hours moving up and down it. So it would seem like they do a lot of running. That's true enough—while the ball is in play. But according to the Wall Street Journal, players are only actually moving for 11 minutes on average during an NFL game. Only 11 minutes of action! The rest is mostly standing around, with the occasional momentum-killing penalty review thrown in for good measure.
Kinda breaks the heart, doesn't it? Again, turning to a chart over at SportVU, it seems that even the players that run the most (cornerbacks and wide receivers, generally) only run about 1.25 miles per game. That said, some of them are reaching speeds of 21.5 miles per hour, which is scary fast for dudes that size.This shouldn't surprise anyone who's played the game, but soccer players (also know as "football players" if you come from a little place called "Everywhere That Isn't the United States") run their balls off. Games last 90 minutes, they have a large field (between 100 yards and 130 yards long and 50 to 100 yards wide), the ball is constantly in motion and may travel great distances in a matter of seconds, requiring the players to give chase. Obviously, there is some variation depending on the position they play—midfielders run the most; the goalie not so much—but it's not uncommon for a player to average seven miles per game. Seven! SportVU has tracked players running as much as 9.5 miles in a game.
So, if someday you find yourself betting on an inter-sport half-marathon, the smart money is on the soccer player. Those guys have some serious endurance chops. In contrast, I guess we know why baseball is the American pastime. Whatever, pass the Pringles.
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im not surprised fat america looks up to these types of spots as they themselves would rather move 5% of the time
NFL, MLB, NASCAR, golf, poker. NBA is their only saving grace and they would rather watch a gay dude kissing his white boy on draft day than a playoffs game.^
im not surprised fat america looks up to these types of spots as they themselves would rather move 5% of the time
LOL soccer too.
Doesnt change the fact that American Football is nothing more than a pussified weak more boring version of Rugby
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