06-14-2010, 04:04 PM
Vllad Wrote:Lets face it a 1-1 tie is not only boring it is idiotic. "Hello, You play to win the game!"
Ties are simply stupid even in the NFL, which only exist in order to prevent injuries. I will tell you why Americans don't like soccer. Not enough violence, the great comeback is in impossible and underdogs never win. When it comes to the almighty American public and its money soccer would have to radically change before it wins over the public.
It is simply to boring to watch.
NASCAR is the most popular "sport" in the US, and nothing is more boring than watching people drive around in a circle 300 times in hopes that maybe some wreck will happen. Seriously, as someone who used to tow the line and talk shit about soccer before watching it - I can say I tried to let my redneck NASCAR friends get me into it with an open mind, but upon watching I realized, it was indeed, just driving in a circle.
Baseball is boring to most people in the world and had I not grown up with it, I would probably agree with them.
Being boring does not prevent a sport from being popular in the US, marketing does.
Since moving to Europe and watching real soccer as opposed to the shit we play in America which would qualify in a mediocre countries second league, I can see why it is popular. It certainly isn't my favorite sport by a long shot, but living here has made me open my mind to it and it certainly isn't as bad as the shit it gets.
I do get annoyed by ties, though...