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Well, if you wanted football fans to jab ya, Patrick, you succeeded this time!
There was a great Simpson's episode that included a soccer game. The entire stadium watched robotically as the teams kicked the ball back and forth, like slow-motion ping-pong. Dead silence. Funny, yes, but also a perfect illustration of American ignorance of the game.
As others have and no doubt will point out, a sport with hundreds of millions of fans must have something going for it. There's incredible finesse to the game, and, perhaps best of all, no damned commercial interruptions on TV. And THAT, folks, is the reason it hasn't caught on in the States. No sponsors = no marketing.
As for baseball, please. Dull, dull, dull. Basketball? Fine, if you like watching glandular cases flinging sweat on each other for an hour or so as the score predictably heads toward 300-290. American football is an absurdity wrapped in body-armor. Try Aussie-rules football for the real deal.
Cheers.
