My sister lives in as small a town as you’ll find in Texas, and their football

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Dec 4, 2021
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StantonMac Monkey see monkey do

program is doing just fine, even though the team is awful most years.

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StantonMac

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You know why soccer is the most popular sport in the world?

StantonMac

12/4/21 1:00am

This isn’t true at all. Soccer is incredibly popular in Europe. They spend

Lieutenant America

12/4/21 1:04am

There are many many many more high school football programs compared

StantonMac

12/4/21 1:13am

Yes, but HS are giving up football for soccer. They

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 1:18am

My sister lives in as small a town as you’ll find in Texas, and their football

StantonMac

12/4/21 1:20am

Yep. Some of those small towns make tons of money on FB.

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 7:27am

I've never seen more than a few hundred fans at a high school soccer game.

LCcoug

12/4/21 10:12am

Ones w/o football.

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 10:15am

To say that European countries don’t like American Football because they can’t

Lieutenant America

12/4/21 1:19am

In many European countries, that may be true, but not in all the 3rd world

StantonMac

12/4/21 1:27am

There are 746 million people in Europe. And you just agreed with me. Sports are

Lieutenant America

12/4/21 1:39am

Nah, you just agreed with me.

StantonMac

12/4/21 12:37pm

None of that has anything to do with a country’s wealth or infrastructure. You

Lieutenant America

12/4/21 3:55pm

RE: None of that has anything to do with a country’s wealth or

StantonMac

12/4/21 4:05pm

RE: None of that has anything to do with a country’s wealth or

Lieutenant America

12/4/21 4:21pm

No it’s not. It’s only part of the picture, but it’s not wrong.

StantonMac

12/4/21 5:09pm

746 Million people in Europe. Lots of wealthy nations in Asia where soccer is

Lieutenant America

12/4/21 6:38pm

Yep. It’s because you need one thing: a cheap ball. Or maybe a tin can or wadded up plastic sacks.

dryflyelk

12/4/21 1:23am

Except for the offsides rule which is hard to track if playing.

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 1:26am

And no TV timeouts

Colorado

12/4/21 5:02am

I like you, your Dad has amazing light in his eyes, I love fly fishing with a

coot20

12/4/21 7:54am

We’ll, I know it isn’t because it’s the most exciting…

Pretorian

12/4/21 4:35am

This isn't the worst post I've seen here but it's among the dumbest.

vagabonder

12/4/21 5:17am

I love that there are people who believe this.

YSMACK

12/4/21 6:23am

It's because most foreigners don't know how to throw and catch a ball.

dYrtbYkerYder

12/4/21 6:35am

Oh please. It's because Americans are willfully ignorant about soccer.

Sir Hammer

12/4/21 8:23am

I spent more money on my daughter’s soccer club then I did on my sons football.I

87cougs

12/4/21 7:22am

That's why I had my son wrestle. All you need is a tunic and lots of moolah.

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 7:33am

My Experience: Had kids play Club soccer in Germany, Travel Softball in SoCal,

tjngirlz

12/4/21 12:18pm

Soccer is painfully boring to watch. I tried watching the BYU girls last night….

CObluezone

12/4/21 7:37am

Well, It takes intelligence...it is an extremely technical game

coot20

12/4/21 8:07am

Agreed. I think Americans are used to each play being spelled out for them like

Sir Hammer

12/4/21 8:23am

Yep, football is incredibly simple.

bluescholar

12/4/21 8:29am

Good grief people - I thought it was pretty clear I was being sarcastic.

bluescholar

12/4/21 9:09am

Football is obviously extremely complex. But in ten second intervals

krindorr

12/4/21 10:09am

Yeah, you enjoy soccer and he doesn't because you're more intelligent than him.

bluescholar

12/4/21 8:28am

Uh, no....he hasn't taken the time to understand the game. It's ok

coot20

12/4/21 8:56am

You are right. I’m so dumb that I have an advanced degree from BYU.

CObluezone

12/4/21 11:03am

Yes, exactly. I feel the same way. I love for my kids to have played it

AF_Puma

12/4/21 8:22am

If you turn on a random football game for 4 minutes, you may watch a few plays.

fbguru

12/4/21 9:18am

Its because there is hardly any payoff. You watch a game for 90 minutes

tjngirlz

12/4/21 12:29pm

I'm guessing you are unfamiliar with the amount of money invested into soccer.

Sir Hammer

12/4/21 8:20am

doesn't make it a great game

Count Cougar

12/4/21 8:42am

If you actually think central and South Americans areas, and Asia would switch to American football you’re wrong.

Turnpike Lane

12/4/21 8:46am

You're right. There are many reasons soccer is the main sport in many

StantonMac

12/4/21 9:10am

But your premise about economics is wrong. There is more money in soccer than

Sir Hammer

12/4/21 10:04am

It has nothing to do with it being superior in every way? Moron.

fbguru

12/4/21 9:04am

Soccer is for kids who can’t play baseball

DiamondMo

12/4/21 9:39am

I love football. But I'm afraid brain injuries and helicopter overprotective

Orem58thBall

12/4/21 11:09am

Soccer has brain trauma also from too many headers. Truth.

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 11:27am

Common misconception about soccer

hms_ben

12/4/21 11:17am

Good comments. All true.

jlhazlewood

12/4/21 11:28am

Because all you need to play is a reasonably flat patch of ground and a ball.

Zastava

12/4/21 12:28pm

"Soccer is for kids, Football is for wussies. Rugby's for men."

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