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[asianinvasion]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/hea...t-bucks,32285/

[MichelleWie]

I always hear alot of Americans say they hate soccer because of all the flopping. I wonder how many of these same people tune in to watch NBA superstars act like they got shot by a sniper anytime someone touches them.

[asianinvasion]

Really rooting for the Pacers to win. Only because no one will watch a Spurs/Pacers finals. **** the NBA

[ragecage]

I always hear alot of Americans say they hate soccer because of all the flopping. I wonder how many of these same people tune in to watch NBA superstars act like they got shot by a sniper anytime someone touches them.

Most people that say they hate soccer is for the only reason that its boring as **** to watch.

[ragecage]

Really rooting for the Pacers to win. Only because no one will watch a Spurs/Pacers finals. **** the NBA

lolz

[Kobie]

I always hear alot of Americans say they hate soccer because of all the flopping. I wonder how many of these same people tune in to watch NBA superstars act like they got shot by a sniper anytime someone touches them.

I don't hate soccer b/c of the flopping. I hate soccer because it's boring as a dog's ass.

[MichelleWie]

I don't hate soccer b/c of the flopping. I hate soccer because it's boring as a dog's ass.

I don't see how a baseball fan can criticize another sport as boring. I enjoy both sports but baseball is prolly the slowest paced sport there is. In soccer the action never stops. Don't understand how baseball fans can call soccer boring!

[OregonDuck1989]

As a big fan of soccer I've just accepted that Americans won't like it because they aren't very good at it

[MichelleWie]

As a big fan of soccer I've just accepted that Americans won't like it because they aren't very good at it

There it is!

[ragecage]

I don't see how a baseball fan can criticize another sport as boring. I enjoy both sports but baseball is prolly the slowest paced sport there is. In soccer the action never stops. Don't understand how baseball fans can call soccer boring!

Baseball has better stats.

[CCamels73]

I don't see how a baseball fan can criticize another sport as boring. I enjoy both sports but baseball at the major league level is prolly the slowest paced sport there is. In soccer the action never stops. Don't understand how baseball fans can call soccer boring!

ftfy

[Kobie]

I don't see how a baseball fan can criticize another sport as boring. I enjoy both sports but baseball is prolly the slowest paced sport there is. In soccer the action never stops. Don't understand how baseball fans can call soccer boring!

Pace of play isn't what makes soccer boring.

[filihok]

Don't understand how baseball fans can call soccer boring!

Probably because they like baseball and don't like soccer.

Most baseball fans are aware of baseball's history. They know Ruth, Cobb, Aaron, Cy, etc. They know about Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper. They about the Yankees. They know about the Yankees and the Red Sox. They know the back story.

They don't know the back story to soccer.

I've lived a few years in Europe. I've watched a few soccer matches, on TV, in person, on TV at parties. I enjoy it. I can see why soccer has such a big following. It can be quite exciting when a team gets close to scoring. You recognize the opportunity and tension builds. Then there's the excitement of a score or the let down of a miss (not knowing any back story, I don't typically care who wins any given match). It is engaging.

But I don't care about soccer. I don't care who wins. I don't care who scores. I don't know anything about the teams or the players that I'm watching.

That's the difference for me between baseball and soccer. I doubt I'm totally unique in this regard.

[Alloutwar]

I think i would watch soccer over basketball, if that helps. but not big on either - one ends with a score of 101-99, and one ends with a score of 1-0. It seems there should be a middle ground somewhere. I need sports where scoring is infrequent, not once every 30 seconds and not once every 70 minutes.

Baseball, hockey, tennis...these sports i can watch. I guess playing them and knowing them well helps too.

[MichelleWie]

Probably because they like baseball and don't like soccer.

Most baseball fans are aware of baseball's history. They know Ruth, Cobb, Aaron, Cy, etc. They know about Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper. They about the Yankees. They know about the Yankees and the Red Sox. They know the back story.

They don't know the back story to soccer.

I've lived a few years in Europe. I've watched a few soccer matches, on TV, in person, on TV at parties. I enjoy it. I can see why soccer has such a big following. It can be quite exciting when a team gets close to scoring. You recognize the opportunity and tension builds. Then there's the excitement of a score or the let down of a miss (not knowing any back story, I don't typically care who wins any given match). It is engaging.

But I don't care about soccer. I don't care who wins. I don't care who scores. I don't know anything about the teams or the players that I'm watching.

That's the difference for me between baseball and soccer. I doubt I'm totally unique in this regard.

It's fine not to like soccer but what I see from many American is just irrational hatred! I just have never seen another sport with such vile hatred spewed towards it. I mean for a white American male to admit he likes soccer usually opens him up to ridicule and comments like " dude you like soccer, you must be a flaming homo." I just don't understand the American hatred of soccer. I wish the whole country could be like the Pacific Northwest! Those are some soccer loving fools!