Half Time USA 2 Brazil 0... Are you Kidding me?

[Phenomanul]

Thunder Dan makes some of the most idiotic posts I've ever seen on this board in this thread. Football can end in a 0-0 tie too, Mr. McNab. I've seen some horrific soccer injuries but in any event I don't understand where the concept of how bad injuries can be has anything to do with the value of a sport.

Your points are utter . A kid can strike out four times in a game so that somehow makes baseball better? Are you saying that you can do no wrong in soccer? The simple fact is that your ignorance on what happens in soccer and where the mistakes are makes you believe that striking out is somehow worse than misplaying a ball that leads to a goal.

I don't for the life of me understand where you come up with the idea that you can't suck at soccer. Its simply so moronic I'm amazed you've come to that conclusion. As kids, all sports are tailored to make it so you don't "fail".

Basically you're entire argument boils down to kids can't get really hurt playing soccer (which is bull ) and they make it so kids can't fail (which is also bull ) so soccer is a loser sport. I'm pretty sure that the best soccer players in the world would kick your ass in any sport you wanted to challenge them to.

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[Phenomanul]

Extra Stout is right. Those are the reasons the top athletes will never play soccer, which in turn is the reason nobody in America gives a about soccer

It has more to do with the fact that big time sponsors can't push their commercials on us during soccer matches... If the money isn't there, neither is the interest from our countries top athletes (emerging or otherwise)... hence they refine their skills for other sports where they can be compelled by the allure of a big payday... it's a snowball effect.

Basketball, football, tennis, boxing, and baseball all pause repeatedly during the course of the game/match; a fact which allows the broadcasters multiple windows of opportunity for them to make their money...

Soccer doesn't grant but a 15 minute half-time period - which isn't nearly enough... U.S. media giants should take more of the blame on why the sport never took off in popularity in this country... more so than the latest 'societal trend' to use the sport as a means of 'hiding' childrens' athletic defficiencies... or to boost their self-esteems...

I've never played in a league where that agenda was blatantly obvious... But I understand ES's argument... In the leagues I've played in, if you didn't know how to play, you wouldn't even see the pitch... you would ride the bench... or get stuck playing goalie... Either way, people who play, KNOW when someone sucks... and those people aren't offered any handicap. They simply don't get to play...