That doesn't seem the likely explanation, since football (US: soccer) is the most popular sport in the rest of the world. Does the rest of the world particularly love sports that they find boring? Eh, I don't think so.Why doesn't soccer have any traction in the United States as a spectator sport? Frankly, it's because we think it's BORING. The games can last for 3 friggin' hours without anyone scoring anything! Granted, baseball can be pretty low scoring sometimes too. But still, when a baseball team scores 8 runs in one game, it's a pretty regular occurence, whereas a soccer game with 8 goals is one for the record books!
I have to agree with these two. I hate ties. I can handle a loss, but ties are just frustrating in my book. As for the clock, I'd much prefer a count down clock, with time out for injuries, etc. But yeah, I don't see it happening.1. A clear winner at the end of the game. I would hate spend money and go watch a sport for a couple of hours and come home without a win. It would seem like a waste of money. We had shootouts and free kicks when I played little league.
2. Get rid of the stoppage time. If someone is hurt, stop the clock. Give the other team so many seconds to throw the ball back into play from the sideline, etc.
LOL Yeah, glorified sports day events are where it's at. I'm going to nip down to my local High School to watch the sack race.
To be honest.. just because it's not very popular in the US the world needs to change the rules to make it more appealing to americans?
It may be a new concept for some but the world doesn't solely revolve around the US. American football is near unheard of in some parts of the world whereas football is played all around.
How about you change some American football rules to make it more exciting for us Europeans?
I suggest (if you have the time and will to learn) that you watch football much more often, then you'll realize that this "pointless" passing back and forth is often a tactic to draw the opposing team out of position so that a good pass can create an opportunity. It is at times a tactic to play down the clock, but more often it's the former.
) on my earlier point. I disagree that more goals would make football more exciting. Part of the game is that even if your team has been better for 80 minutes, but couldn't get more than a one goal lead, this means that you always worry about that one devastating attacking play/fluke goal that'll change the result completely. The relatively low scoring nature of football is an essential part of the game (maybe not in its infancy, but it is today).
I don't have a problem with the game being called soccer in the USA. It's named after 'Association Football' which is the name of the sport. FIFA after all stands for 'Fédération Internationale de Football Association'. I think it's stupid to insist that one variant has a monopoly on the name football.
That's not even totally untrue. I've certainly seen many, many awfully boring games and singing/chanting/booing/etc is a good diversion during such games.
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It's also part of the folklore.
http://video.google.fr/videoplay?docid=-3861745402106076394#
(I swear, I SWEAR I didn't chose this video purposely
