The Soccer Thread

#126
#126
Look guys I have been hearing from soccer geeks for years now talking about the same tired old excuse of why soccer is not popular here. US fans dont get it or understand blah blah blah. How the youth movement is going to bring soccer to the forefront of US sports. How the rest of the world likes it etc... But the fact is if you have a product you want to get it into the US. That's where the money is. But the problem is that we in this country actually like action and good entertainment. Face it, soccer sux.
 
#127
#127
Fine Vol said:
Beef I now hate soccer so if you could just list sports you like I can start my new sporting life.
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Admitting that it sux is the first step. Now the next thing you need to do is untape your glasses and lose the pocket protector.

You know what the real sports are, you don’t need me to list them.
 
#129
#129
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Beef, for someone who claims to HATE soccer, you sure do have a lot of posts in this thread.
 
#132
#132
VolBeef88 said:
Watch the news. Look at the Pay Per View $. Very few people watch soccer when they put it on cable much less fork out $ to watch it.
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that doesn't prove anything. if you can't back up your assertion, why persist in the lie?
 
#133
#133
MG1968 said:
that doesn't prove anything. if you can't back up your assertion, why persist in the lie?
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What? They were all but GIVING tickets away the last time the World Cup was in the US. I was in San Antonio (huge hispanic population and a city where they were playing some of the games) for business and there were empty seats all over the joint. I saw the news reports that were stating how disapointing the ticket sales were.

You, I and everyone else on this site knows soccer is nowhere near as popular as a "niche" sport like MMA. I used MMA as an example of how the market is NOT saturated if it is what the consumer wants. You are the one living a lie. America hates soccer. A few soccer geeks like it but that number is low.
 
#134
#134
VolBeef88 said:
Watch the news. Look at the Pay Per View $. Very few people watch soccer when they put it on cable much less fork out $ to watch it.
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I watch it on cable all the time. Sometimes MLS, but usually Champions League or if my favorite EPL teams are playing.

As far as PPV, I don't pay to watch football either... so?
 
#135
#135
So if I were in Europe I could use all the same assertions you make about soccer against football and it would work. Does that mean Football sucks? Of course not.
 
#136
#136
rwemyss said:
I watch it on cable all the time. Sometimes MLS, but usually Champions League or if my favorite EPL teams are playing.

As far as PPV, I don't pay to watch football either... so?
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That is just retarded right there. To even attempt to compare soccer ratings to football ratings.

I would say that more people would pay per view to watch a UT football than all the nation would to watch soccer.

Look at this. Soccer geeks uniting! :salute:
 
#138
#138
rwemyss said:
So if I were in Europe I could use all the same assertions you make about soccer against football and it would work. Does that mean Football sucks? Of course not.
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Not really. I mean when they took a couple NFL teams over there they sold the thing out. Bring a couple pro soccer (I actually laugh when I type pro soccer) teams over hear for a game and see how it sells. Oh wait! They have tried that and it doesnt work.

Also, the NFL is already in the biggest market. Soccer is the one sucking hind tit.
 
#139
#139
I played soccer for years. Played in college and a little afterwords. I got to see first hand the difference in the athletes when you compare the guys from the football team, to the basketball, baseball, soccer, and track teams.
If you REALLY dont know what you are talking about, then you are just talking out of your :shaking2:
 
#140
#140
VolBeef88 said:
You sir are being nice. Soccer is terrible and I'm embarrassed that there is even a thread about it on a VOL site.
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VolBeef88 said:
Besides being a terrible game. The best athletes are actually playing real sports. You things the French don’t excel in.
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VolBeef88 said:
I didnt say they dont run or cant kick a ball or that they are not in shape. I stated a fact that the best athletes in the world play football, basketball and baseball. Sorry if that hurts your feeling soccer boys but thats life.
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VolBeef88 said:
Soccer fans are like WNBA fans. They fool themselves into thinking their game is more than it is.
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interesting. not a mention of Americans at all.

VolBeef88 said:
Actually that statement came from a HUGE soccer fan that I do business with from England. He has stated to me many times that the reason Americans don’t like soccer is because the best athletes in the world play the "money" sports.

Besides if it is such a good game then why cant they do anything at all in the largest market in the world?
You may not have the courage to answer it but I will for you. It's because it is boring. I know you "enlightened" people who like it think the overwhelming majority of us are just to dumb to understand it. But the fact is most find it very, very boring. I even saw an interview with an AYSO guy who stated that the biggest "problem" they have is keeping their BEST athletes in the game once they reach high school.
Face it. Soccer sux. Just because a few people in the country like it doesnt change what it is. A crappy, boring game. The players are in good shape and can kick a ball. But it still sux and most Americans agree with me.
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you have to be TennesseeFan07 logged in under a different name because i swear this is just like arguing with him. i already said that American soccer is garbage and others agreed with me. so really, all you're doing is making yourself look stupid by repeating what i said in post 3. nice work.

soccer is the biggest sport in the world outside of North America. nobody is arguing the fact that American professional soccer is a good (i.e. MLS, National Team), so i'm not sure why you keep blathering about it like that's what we're talking about.
 
#141
#141
VolBeef88 said:
Not really. I mean when they took a couple NFL teams over there they sold the thing out. Bring a couple pro soccer (I actually laugh when I type pro soccer) teams over hear for a game and see how it sells. Oh wait! They have tried that and it doesnt work.

Also, the NFL is already in the biggest market. Soccer is the one sucking hind tit.
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Yeah, NFL Europe is really bringing in the fans...
 
#142
#142
VolBeef88 said:
Not really. I mean when they took a couple NFL teams over there they sold the thing out. Bring a couple pro soccer (I actually laugh when I type pro soccer) teams over hear for a game and see how it sells. Oh wait! They have tried that and it doesnt work.

Also, the NFL is already in the biggest market. Soccer is the one sucking hind tit.
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again, nobody is arguing soccer is as popular in America as is it in Europe.

selling one game out in London proves absolutely nothing.
 
#144
#144
i love when people realize how stupid they are making themselves sound, so they change the context of the conversation to fit their agenda, which is American soccer sucks.

even though everybody in this thread would agree, like i said already, with what i wrote in post 3.
 
#145
#145
I've had my fun for the day and wasted a little time laughing at soccer. But you guys do sound like WNBA fans. Enjoy your "sport" :crazy:
 
#146
#146
doozer said:
i love when people realize how stupid they are making themselves sound, so they change the context of the conversation to fit their agenda, which is American soccer sucks.

even though everybody in this thread would agree, like i said already, with what i wrote in post 3.
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Not really. I think all soccer sux. There are varying degrees of sucking I guess, but in the end. All soccer sux. :post-4-1090547912:
 
#147
#147
VolBeef88 said:
Not really. I think all soccer sux. There are varying degrees of sucking I guess, but in the end. All soccer sux. :post-4-1090547912:
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then i was wrong about you and i'm sorry.

you're even dumber than i originally gave you credit for.

do not like does not equal sucks.
 
#149
#149
First sport I played and loved was soccer, still love it, wish I could play it.
 
#150
#150
I don't know if I would say soccer players are the best pure athletes, but they are certainly some of the most well conditioned athletes.
 
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