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    Quote Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
    Where on earth did you get this from? It's clearly association football.

    Anyhow, the idea that any sport which is only played in one country could be the best is pretty ridiculous, as it precludes any form of national competition. Association football gets my vote. There is no other sport as graceful and pretty when played well. I believe some Russian chap said 'Football is the ballet of the masses', and I think that sums it up perfectly.
    Sorry mate but that is incorrect. I can't remember where I read it, but Basketball somehow is watched more than Soccer. Soccer is the more popular, but Basketball is watched more.
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    Well I agree with the opening post that American rugby has its moments. I just don't like the four minutes of commercials in between those nine seconds of them.

    Association football is where it's at. Rugby union is fine too. I don't really care for individual sports.
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    Quote Originally Posted by diablodelmar
    I can't remember where I read it, but Basketball somehow is watched more than Soccer. Soccer is the more popular, but Basketball is watched more.
    Are we basing this on Chinese viewing figures, then? I would guess the balance
    is gradually shifting towards football even if that were the case.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SSNeoperestroika
    Are we basing this on Chinese viewing figures, then? I would guess the balance
    is gradually shifting towards football even if that were the case.
    Apart from football, I'd imagine cricket would be right up there in viewing figures, being by far the most popular sport in India.

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    So then why is it that almost every other country hates or doesn't like football? I am not stereotyping, i think sports like rugby are great too, but why is football not as widespread as soccer (futbol)?
    Many who live in sunny, hot countries - Brazil, Spain, Italy - prefer to get out and play, especially children. It's far easier for small kids at 9 or 10 to get a spherical ball and kick it about in their back garden or against a wall with other little friends using your shirt as goalposts. These children keep playing and grow up loving the sport. The better ones join youth teams and make their way into the top football/soccer clubs in their country. Other just keep playing in a local sports centre or grassy area with friends to keep fit. The soccer clubs are always looking for youth talent (ages 14+, sometimes younger) to be the next big thing for their team.

    Consider American football if you live in a hot country. A little kid has to get out and run around. Is he going to mark out ten yards? Get 4 friends to referee the game? How far can he throw anyway? Could his little friend even catch the ball? Lets not go into the tackling side. Although you can get Tag football I guess. Basically Soccer is far simpler. That's partly the reason why Rugby is not as big as soccer. I love watching and playing Rugby once in a while though. Always a buzz.

    But, my question is, is football the greatest sport? The role models, heroes, idols, stars, and experiences that have come from this great sport influence our daily lives all across the country. We talk about them, read about them, take pictures, get autographs, worship them.
    It's EXACTLY the same thing I could say for soccer over here. Word for Word like you'll never believe :) .

    Football is a little to stoppy starty aswell IMO. MyFootball/Soccer is free flowing and Beautiful. Hence the Beautiful game. When it does stop, it can produce the kind of awesome plays you talk about in American Football, and I leave you with this beautiful example...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLwV...elated&search=

    (Skip to about 30 Secs and watch)

    P.S. Kinda Ironic, that looks like A.Football scores on the bottom of the screen... This game must have been showing in America, all the way from my own city
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    I dont know anyone in my entire school except for one exchange student that even watched a glimpse of the World Cup, while i didnt know one single kid, including the exchange student, who didnt watch the Superbowl. IMO, the whole more violent thing is a bunch of crap, rugby has way more violence in a match than football (gridiron, with the "pigskin").
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrM7HyptOKk

    Now, do you see beauty and elegance such as that in American Football?

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    Marius, you should be commended on your choice of clip. Although
    I do prefer it with the more enthusiastic, local commentary. [Or the
    Japanese.] That was a sweet moment, yes. The degree to which I
    went mental was... only surpassed by the dying minutes penalty save.

    Such dramatic twists only further serve to make the sport great.
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    It looks like it's up to me to defend American football.

    First of all, we don't give two hoots about beauty or elegance. We tune in to see power, awesomeness, and guts. Many of us look at American football as war. And our favorite team must win, or die. There's also something special about 250-pound men with at least 15 pounds of equipment on them running at ridiculous speeds.

    We celebrate toughness and determination in athletes, and American football is home to people that demonstrate that. These people play hurt in almost every game of the season. Compare that to Euro football where people purposely take a dive just so they can fool the referee and take the defense out of the equation.

    Here in America, we call that "acting."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrM7HyptOKk

    Now, do you see beauty and elegance such as that in American Football?

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    Ahh. I belong to an amateur league which goes Football: Every part of the year but Mid January to April, where we have a recess for Rugby.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dacdac
    I dont know anyone in my entire school except for one exchange student that even watched a glimpse of the World Cup, while i didnt know one single kid, including the exchange student, who didnt watch the Superbowl. IMO, the whole more violent thing is a bunch of crap, rugby has way more violence in a match than football (gridiron, with the "pigskin").
    You're in America. I can't even freaking find a proper (non-US) Football channel that's not in Spanish on my cable. It's a disgrace to God and country and all that. I don't know Spanish damn you!

    Obviously if even the World Cup -- the only sports championship that carries the level of international competition to stand toe-to-toe with the Olympics -- is this hard to catch I rather doubt it'll boom enough to challenge the Superbowl anytime soon.

    And yes, the wise man on page 1 is right: your culture usually has a great influence on what makes your favorite sport of all time. Everywhere outside of the US, growing up as a fanatical Football fan is a rather good probability. In the US, only the Trekkies can grow up to hate Superbowl or the NBA.

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    I don't get why people don't like american football:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=563u7B7BNLI

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
    I don't get why people don't like american football:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=563u7B7BNLI
    This is why

    A longer version
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
    I don't get why people don't like american football:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=563u7B7BNLI
    It's because we Europeans are not familiar with it.

    Besides, what about Diego Maradona:

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    Quote Originally Posted by diablodelmar
    Sorry mate but that is incorrect. I can't remember where I read it, but Basketball somehow is watched more than Soccer. Soccer is the more popular, but Basketball is watched more.
    Billions of people watch the World Cup. Basketball doesn't even come close to that.

    Until you produce some figures, I'm going to assume you are mistaken.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
    Billions of people watch the World Cup. Basketball doesn't even come close to that.

    Until you produce some figures, I'm going to assume you are mistaken.
    Ahhh darn it I can't find where I read that. Assume I'm wrong - definitly. I'm having doubt myself. I'm assuming I'm wrong.
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