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05-29-2008, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by rwemyss  I watch it on cable all the time. Sometimes MLS, but usually Champions League or if my favorite EPL teams are playing.
As far as PPV, I don't pay to watch football either... so? | That is just retarded right there. To even attempt to compare soccer ratings to football ratings. I would say that more people would pay per view to watch a UT football than all the nation would to watch soccer. Look at this. Soccer geeks uniting! 
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05-29-2008, 04:16 PM
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| | son piratas, no soldados
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| He said "retarded".
That was pretty harsh. 
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05-29-2008, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by rwemyss So if I were in Europe I could use all the same assertions you make about soccer against football and it would work. Does that mean Football sucks? Of course not. | Not really. I mean when they took a couple NFL teams over there they sold the thing out. Bring a couple pro soccer (I actually laugh when I type pro soccer) teams over hear for a game and see how it sells. Oh wait! They have tried that and it doesnt work.
Also, the NFL is already in the biggest market. Soccer is the one sucking hind tit.
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05-29-2008, 04:22 PM
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| I played soccer for years. Played in college and a little afterwords. I got to see first hand the difference in the athletes when you compare the guys from the football team, to the basketball, baseball, soccer, and track teams.
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05-29-2008, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by VolBeef88 You sir are being nice. Soccer is terrible and I'm embarrassed that there is even a thread about it on a VOL site. | Quote:
Originally Posted by VolBeef88 Besides being a terrible game. The best athletes are actually playing real sports. You things the French don’t excel in. | Quote:
Originally Posted by VolBeef88 I didnt say they dont run or cant kick a ball or that they are not in shape. I stated a fact that the best athletes in the world play football, basketball and baseball. Sorry if that hurts your feeling soccer boys but thats life. | Quote:
Originally Posted by VolBeef88 Soccer fans are like WNBA fans. They fool themselves into thinking their game is more than it is. | interesting. not a mention of Americans at all. Quote:
Originally Posted by VolBeef88 Actually that statement came from a HUGE soccer fan that I do business with from England. He has stated to me many times that the reason Americans don’t like soccer is because the best athletes in the world play the "money" sports.
Besides if it is such a good game then why cant they do anything at all in the largest market in the world?
You may not have the courage to answer it but I will for you. It's because it is boring. I know you "enlightened" people who like it think the overwhelming majority of us are just to dumb to understand it. But the fact is most find it very, very boring. I even saw an interview with an AYSO guy who stated that the biggest "problem" they have is keeping their BEST athletes in the game once they reach high school.
Face it. Soccer sux. Just because a few people in the country like it doesnt change what it is. A crappy, boring game. The players are in good shape and can kick a ball. But it still sux and most Americans agree with me. | you have to be TennesseeFan07 logged in under a different name because i swear this is just like arguing with him. i already said that American soccer is garbage and others agreed with me. so really, all you're doing is making yourself look stupid by repeating what i said in post 3. nice work.
soccer is the biggest sport in the world outside of North America. nobody is arguing the fact that American professional soccer is a good (i.e. MLS, National Team), so i'm not sure why you keep blathering about it like that's what we're talking about. | |
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05-29-2008, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by VolBeef88 Not really. I mean when they took a couple NFL teams over there they sold the thing out. Bring a couple pro soccer (I actually laugh when I type pro soccer) teams over hear for a game and see how it sells. Oh wait! They have tried that and it doesnt work.
Also, the NFL is already in the biggest market. Soccer is the one sucking hind tit. | Yeah, NFL Europe is really bringing in the fans... | |
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05-29-2008, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by VolBeef88 Not really. I mean when they took a couple NFL teams over there they sold the thing out. Bring a couple pro soccer (I actually laugh when I type pro soccer) teams over hear for a game and see how it sells. Oh wait! They have tried that and it doesnt work.
Also, the NFL is already in the biggest market. Soccer is the one sucking hind tit. | again, nobody is arguing soccer is as popular in America as is it in Europe.
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05-29-2008, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by rwemyss Yeah, NFL Europe is really bringing in the fans... | don't forget about the European cash cow known as professional baseball. | |
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05-29-2008, 04:31 PM
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| i love when people realize how stupid they are making themselves sound, so they change the context of the conversation to fit their agenda, which is American soccer sucks.
even though everybody in this thread would agree, like i said already, with what i wrote in post 3. | |
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05-29-2008, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by doozer i love when people realize how stupid they are making themselves sound, so they change the context of the conversation to fit their agenda, which is American soccer sucks.
even though everybody in this thread would agree, like i said already, with what i wrote in post 3. |
Not really. I think all soccer sux. There are varying degrees of sucking I guess, but in the end. All soccer sux. 
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05-29-2008, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by VolBeef88 Not really. I think all soccer sux. There are varying degrees of sucking I guess, but in the end. All soccer sux. | then i was wrong about you and i'm sorry.
you're even dumber than i originally gave you credit for.
do not like does not equal sucks. | |
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05-29-2008, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by VolBeef88 Check and see how many international athletes play baseball and basketball. | Much less than the number that play soccer.
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05-29-2008, 08:12 PM
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| First sport I played and loved was soccer, still love it, wish I could play it.
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| I don't know if I would say soccer players are the best pure athletes, but they are certainly some of the most well conditioned athletes. | |
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