What would it take for you to start watching soccer?

[The_Sheff]

Eli has been in the league for 10 years and has only played his brother 2-3 times, NFL is still the league with the best setup.
I mean just cause Lebron and Kobe has played vs each other 30 times, doesn't make NBA a better league setup. And in this comparison, soccer is more like college ball than pro ball. If you live in Spain, England or Italy you think about half the league are good teams (you know about all the players in these top 10 teams) and the other half bad teams that will have to fight to stay on the big stage. You can't do a season like The Nets did without any consequences, you can't be shyt for years like The Clipper without getting left in the bushes.

If "Durant" and "LeBron" are the best players in soccer, they will most likely go to the best teams and will both play in the champions league.
I don't think you can mention 5 top players in soccer in their 30s who haven't played each other as many times as the Mannings have played each other.

This type of league wouldn't work, cause there's like 200 Mark Curry's in football. About 7 LeBrons, about 10 Dwight Howard's from 100 different countries. 4-5 leagues are needed for all these players to compete and the best of these guys will be in the champions league. A lot of people strictly watch the champions league and the big games in the local leagues.

NFL - 16 game season
Soccer - about 40 game season

Your Manning comparison doesnt hold up there. Plus the league isnt set up for only 16 games because its the best way to go about it......its because if you tried to have 40 games everyone would be injured.

If you have 100 NBA teams you gonna think there are more superstars than there actually are because the competition is watered down. nikkas would be calling JR Rider an all time legend.

Consolidate them Euro teams down to about 30-40 then put all them other squads in division 2 or something. Somewhere for the Trajan Langdon's of soccer to play for the local team. Thats when i would watch.

 

[jerniebert]

If it was interesting or entertaining I would actually watch but that's not happening so nothing will ever get me to watch or care.

 

[Harry B]

NFL - 16 game season
Soccer - about 40 game season

Your Manning comparison doesnt hold up there. Plus the league isnt set up for only 16 games because its the best way to go about it......its because if you tried to have 40 games everyone would be injured.

If you have 100 NBA teams you gonna think there are more superstars than there actually are because the competition is watered down. nikkas would be calling JR Rider an all time legend.

Consolidate them Euro teams down to about 30-40 then put all them other squads in division 2 or something. Somewhere for the Trajan Langdon's of soccer to play for the local team. Thats when i would watch.

All the best players in NBA are basically African American, i.e. all come from a 30-40 million people with the similar ways of thinking etc.
In soccer, it's a bit more diverse. Some of the best players from a country a 200 million country (Brazil) where soccer is a bigger sport than basketball is to the states are on the bench in some teams in Europe. So no, JR Rider type of players are not all time legends. You have to consider the fact that you got about 100 nations where soccer is the biggest sport and only the top players from most of these countries will make it to the top 3 leagues, specially the top 10 teams of these leagues.

And soccer is about 38 + 8/14 + 10 games per year, so about 60 games in 3 different tournaments with your club.

It doesn't matter the reasons to why NFL has so few games, point is that Mannings have only played 3 times. And they play in the same league. Still a better setup than the NBA.

My point is that all these systems are suited for the sports they serve, based on the dynamics of the sports and sports market; what players can take, how many people play the sports, how many countries these sports are followed in, how many stars these countries produce and on and on. The Champions League is the league you are looking for. That's the only league in the world where you have like 16 teams, where 90% of the players are stars. Even in the NFL, cats don't know half the players in the best team. So different dynamics obviously needs different setups.

 

[philmonroe]

if they stopped trying to be so europeon.

If you've ever been to or watched an MLS game or especially a sounders game, its like people PRETENDING to be fans of real euro football clubs. it feels phony and doesn't appeal to a core american audience.

Yeah I really don't get it but didn't start watching seriously until Philly got a mls team and liked it when I went to the game.

this.

i dont watch MLS cuz its corny. all the singing and chanting is a rip off of euro shyt. then they name teams "Real Salt Lake" wtf..
i watch the uefa tourney and other world cup type of shyt but MLS and the mexican soccer shyt is all trash.

Yeah really do wish American fans would come up with new songs cause I'm thinking its unique when I went to the Union game then next day hear the same shyt at the next team game. Its not generic shyt either like defense chants but the same damn Irish pub sounding songs. From that aspect I definitely wish we had more American stuff and the name too but I guess they are trying to be as authentic as they can be.

 

[Ruck]

If u ain't gon use your hands, at least put them in your pocket or behind your back to make that wack ass sport more amusing

 

[315]

did you even read my fukking post ? if so youre either retarded or trolling

you use your legs to run in basketball. in fact you use your legs to run in any sport there is more or less.

you dont use your legs or head or chest to hit a basketball. in fact, last time Ive noticed, kickball is a foul in basketball

Lol, I don't think he thought that comment all the way through

 

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