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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have participated in several sports on competitive teams. Wrestling requires the most conditioning (based on my experience), then American football, followed by competitive distance running, then soccer (I was a center midfielder.)[/quote]

Wrestling careers are quite short.

Soccer careers can last over 20 years. 
That does not even include their youth, grammar  school and collegiate playing years.[/quote]

You are supporting my point that soccer is not as demanding a sport as wrestling or as American football. [b]Almost anyone can play soccer[/b]. Even those soccer players who engage in intense competition can last decades in the sport because it doesn't require the extreme conditioning and use of one's body as do wrestling, American football, or water polo among other sports.

Lots of unknowledgeable comments about American football on this thread.

Regardless, all athletes--regardless of the sport or the intensity of one's competition--deserve praise and admiration.

I wish that I was more excited about World Cup soccer, but--even as a former soccer player--I prefer to watch other sports more than I do soccer. Different strokes for different folks.[/quote]

Almost anyone can play football, just look at all of the front yard games that will be occurring on Thursday. If you're talking about professional at the highest level, compare the number of kids dreaming of playing in the premier league and eventually make it to the number of kids who dream of the NFL and make it. The premiere league odds are longer by orders of magnitude.  [/quote]

I'm a fan of both soccer and American football. One great thing about American football is that it is more accessible because the teams are larger. A kid can take up football as a teen and, with the right level of athleticism, skill, and hard work, be able to play in college or even beyond. Soccer squads are smaller, and the technical skill required to play at a high level can't be acquired in your teens (except for maybe goalies).[/quote]

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