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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah I don't understand why this is sad. It's okay that Americans don't love the exact same sports as everyone else in the world.

I am far from a US apologist and there are lots of things about other countries I think we could stand to emulate (parliamentary politics, universal healthcare, better corporate oversight, more awareness of and efforts to do something about climate change), but I could care less whether Americans are into World Cup soccer. I personally prefer American football and baseball to soccer. I can admire the athleticism of soccer players but the game itself isn't that engaging to me. I also don't love hockey, which I think has a similar type of play, with lots of constantly shifting possessions and action but relatively few shots on goal and even fewer actual scores. It just doesn't hold my interest unless it's a very high stakes game.[/quote]

Baseball is the most boring sport in the world. In fact, it was the least attended sport at the Summer Olympics in Athens and was removed from the Olympics.
In American football, half the athletes are overweight and it’s an ugly, aggressive, violent sport. Cheering on young people getting continuous concussions is frankly barbaric. It reminds me of the movie Gladiator.
I much prefer soccer, and thankfully so does the world at large.[/quote]

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