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Do you intend to watch the World Cup?

Do you intend to watch the World Cup?


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Speaking for myself I have tried to watch a game but I always fall asleep.

You might try something like The English Premier League if the World Cup bores you.

It's easy to see why they call it "the beautiful game" when two top teams go at it.
 
Good news! The Japanese, or at least Yui Horie, have managed to make the World Cup interesting.

 
Again, I like soccer well enough. You and Higgins are behaving as though saying anything remotely negative about the sport is akin to wishing everyone who has ever kicked a soccer ball die of AIDs. No one is saying anything especially negative about the sport. With that said, the sport is not popular. Ratings may be growing but that's mostly because they started from nothing. MLS is nowhere near on par with the Big Four. It's not even close.

Go to Seattle, Sounders are outdrawing the Mariners. Sounders are averaging 45,000 per game, they outdraw nearly all of the Baseball teams. You can't ignore success.
 
Pretty much on the mark to me.

Very stupid article. We had baseball fans beat a guy into a coma at a Dodgers game, we have had riots after NCAA tournaments, etc.

Another idiot xenophobic writer for a hack magazine.
 
Well yeah, the atmosphere is incredible if nothing else. Shocked by the noise of the crowd from the American contingent last night. If its not popular there, the few fans they have are loud!
 
Yeah.

I can't even begin to see what Kobie's argument against that specific article is, outside of partisan views on The National Review in general.

Oh, please. It's just another xenophobic, malinformed, "we don't like soccer because we're real Americans so **** you" rant.
 
Oh, please. It's just another xenophobic, malinformed, "we don't like soccer because we're real Americans so **** you" rant.

He knows it but obviously he is clearly trolling. He has been on this thread and another "soccer" poll thread he created, its all very odd.
 
No, I do not intend on watching the World Cup. I'm not a fan of sports regardless, and when I do watch sports, it is usually in the background. But my reason for avoiding the World Cup intentionally is that the Brazilian government has spent an obscene amount of money on the event while not addressing the large poverty problem in the country.
 
Oh, please. It's just another xenophobic, malinformed, "we don't like soccer because we're real Americans so **** you" rant.

Citing murders and riots is "we don't like soccer because we're real Americans so **** you"?

:roll:
 
Go to Seattle, Sounders are outdrawing the Mariners. Sounders are averaging 45,000 per game, they outdraw nearly all of the Baseball teams. You can't ignore success.

I'm not. I'm just dismissing a dumb argument.

You're ignoring that many of these MLS teams play in football stadiums which are substantially larger then baseball, basketball, and hockey stadiums. You're also ignoring how substantially more expensive MLB, NBA, and NHL tickets are then MLS. You're also ignoring how substantially higher television ratings are for MLB, NBA, and the NHL compared with MLS.

Soccer is a fine sport but MLS is no where near as popular as MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL. Saying so is just ignorant.
 
I'm not. I'm just dismissing a dumb argument.

You're ignoring that many of these MLS teams play in football stadiums which are substantially larger then baseball, basketball, and hockey stadiums. You're also ignoring how substantially more expensive MLB, NBA, and NHL tickets are then MLS. You're also ignoring how substantially higher television ratings are for MLB, NBA, and the NHL compared with MLS.

Soccer is a fine sport but MLS is no where near as popular as MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL. Saying so is just ignorant.

You are ignoring how many baseball stadiums are half full, and how many NBA arenas are half full and how many NHL rinks are half full. Most of the MLS stadiums are built just for soccer and aren't that large, but they are full. In Seattle's case they are lucky to be playing in an NFL stadium, but they still bring 45,000 average. Last season, the Mariners had average home attendance of 21,747, their stadium capacity is 47,447. More seats there than the Sounders average attendance. Houston Astros, average home attendance was 20,303 stadium holds 40,963, Houston Dynamo had 19,923 in a stadium with a capacity of 22,039. Portland Timbers had average attendance of 20,674, they play in a stadium that holds up to 22,000 when they expand it.

Soccer stadiums are almost always smaller than their counterparts, and have more attendees.
 
You are ignoring how many baseball stadiums are half full, and how many NBA arenas are half full and how many NHL rinks are half full. Most of the MLS stadiums are built just for soccer and aren't that large, but they are full. In Seattle's case they are lucky to be playing in an NFL stadium, but they still bring 45,000 average. Last season, the Mariners had average home attendance of 21,747, their stadium capacity is 47,447. More seats there than the Sounders average attendance. Houston Astros, average home attendance was 20,303 stadium holds 40,963, Houston Dynamo had 19,923 in a stadium with a capacity of 22,039. Portland Timbers had average attendance of 20,674, they play in a stadium that holds up to 22,000 when they expand it.

Soccer stadiums are almost always smaller than their counterparts, and have more attendees.

No I'm not.

2014 MLB Attendance - Major League Baseball - ESPN
2013-2014 NHL Attendance - National Hockey League - ESPN
2013-2014 NBA Attendance - National Basketball Association - ESPN
2013 NFL Football Attendance - National Football League - ESPN

The only sport that doesn't have insanely great attendance is baseball and that's mostly because it's just such a long season that it makes going to EVERY game too expensive for the average fan, especially when games are constantly on television. You're specifically cherry picking two historically awful MLB teams in the Mariners and Astros.

No matter how you slice it, it's just ignorance to say MLS is more popular than MLB, NBA, and NHL. Soccer is a fine sport but it's just not close. I have to know how horribly wrong you are on the subject, so I just don't see the point in all of these posts. I'm a huge hockey fan but recognize that the sport clearly lags behind the other three in terms of popularity in the United States. So what? It's still a great sport.
 
Yeah.

I can't even begin to see what Kobie's argument against that specific article is, outside of partisan views on The National Review in general.


With all respect to Kobie and I have rarely agreed on anything. He is about as far left as you can get.
 
He is about as far left as you can get.

Coming from you that literally means nothing.

Anyone who disagrees with you on any subject magically becomes left wing, including people far more principled in conservatism than yourself.
 
Coming from you that literally means nothing.

Anyone who disagrees with you on any subject magically becomes left wing, including people far more principled in conservatism than yourself.

I just calls em as I sees em.
 
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