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2006-06-02 07:19:58
RicardoBlanco
The English
+177|6808|Oxford
e.g american football, baseball, basketball (to a lesser extent).

They are played almost solely in the US and the rest of the world has very little interest. European sports on the other hand, e.g Football, Rugby, Cricket are played by million all over the world.

Is this proof that american sports are indeed SHIT or are we missing something?

*I'd like to amend the title of this topic to read 'Are american sports shit?'. The current one is a little too much of a statement and this was unfair. Unfortunately it won't let me.

Last edited by RicardoBlanco (2006-06-02 11:22:37)

2006-06-02 07:22:15
Zeon.
l33t sp33k Specialist
+159|6797|Behind j00OMFG HAX, Bristol UK
Fuck that, basketball owns horribly... Don't like any other sports though ...
2006-06-02 07:22:57
=OBS= EstebanRey
Member
+256|6790|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth
The sad thing is, many Americans don't know that soccer (football to the intelligent world) is the most popular sport by miles.  They seriously regard the Super Bowl to be the World's biggest sporting event....
2006-06-02 07:23:34
whittsend
PV1 Joe Snuffy
+78|6998|MA, USA
Why are you so anti-American?

Don't like them?  Don't watch them.

The fact is that baseball is played all over the world.  It is extremely popular throuout Latin America and Asia.  In fact the US was knocked out of the World Baseball Classic relatively early.  The finals were between Cuba and Japan, and won by the latter.

YOU don't have all the facts...as usual.

=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:

The sad thing is, many Americans don't know that soccer (football to the intelligent world) is the most popular sport by miles.  They seriously regard the Super Bowl to be the World's biggest sporting event....
Actually, we know very well how popular it is in the rest of the world...it just isn't quite as popular here *shrug*.  Who cares?  And that comment about the 'intelligent world' reveals your not-so-hidden bias.  Pretty sad.

As far as the Super Bowl goes, I'm not a football fan myself, but the simple fact is that a recent artivle in The Economist (a British Journal, no?) noted that American Football is the most profitable sport in the world.  SO, in a sense, the Super Bowl IS the worlds biggest sporting event.  Sorry to hit you with a cluebat, chief.

Last edited by whittsend (2006-06-02 07:27:13)

2006-06-02 07:24:02
howler_27
Member
+90|6927
They aren't shit, and they are played all over the world. World league football,as well as  baseball, and basketball.  Please feel free to do some research before you post something as biased as your statement.

And as for football(soccer), I prefer not to support a sport who's fans throw bags of blood and urine at the opposing team.  The last time that I checked, I didn't see the fans in the stands erupt into killings, riots, and fires that destroyed stadiums due to differences between two teams fans.   Hooligans suck, low scoring games suck, and basiclly futbol sucks in my book.

Last edited by howler_27 (2006-06-02 07:28:06)

2006-06-02 07:24:25
Rosse_modest
Member
+76|7016|Antwerp, Flanders
Rugby and Cricket (especially the latter) are also not exactly very popular all over the world...
2006-06-02 07:26:15
TheGreatTykos
Member
+3|6963|Berea, OH
We only like sports we're good at.  If we're not good, no one will watch and no one will make any money off of losers.  So, we have basketball on all the time, which we (at least until recently) were unbeatable whereas soccer, we suck, and not too many people are interested. 

And for the record, we (the United States) will not make it out of our group in the World Cup.  You heard it here first.
2006-06-02 07:26:27
Fuzzball_the_Shooter
The Photographer.
+81|6944|Central Valley,California
Your just asking to flamed. STFU and stop being jealous of America and are sports.
2006-06-02 07:28:05
Jinto-sk
Laid Back Yorkshireman
+183|6831|Scarborough Yorkshire England

Rosse_modest wrote:

Rugby and Cricket (especially the latter) are also not exactly very popular all over the world...
Agree And disagree
These sports are popular around the world but I think You will find that it is mainly the countries, that were part of the british empire, or a neighbor of that country
2006-06-02 07:30:00
Beorn_23_7
Heathenish Foray
+22|6878|Upstate NY
I'm an american and i love football/soccer and rugby. I've played all the sports you speak of.  Right now I only play football/soccer but i have played rugby and intend to do so again. You ask why american sports are popular are popular here. Think of where these sports were developed and you'll have your answer.
2006-06-02 07:31:51
pfc_toecutter
meatshield
+38|6858|Houston, TX
It's just what were brought up with.  I played soccer all through my school years in the U.S.  It's still not that well accepted, but in our high school in Pennsylvania soccer was more important than football.  Football is king-ding-a-ling here in Texas.  Meanwhile, most here can't understand the fascination with cricket; you try to knock off sticks balanced on top of other sticks?
2006-06-02 07:33:16
Erkut.hv
Member
+124|6975|California

=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:

The sad thing is, many Americans don't know that soccer (football to the intelligent world) is the most popular sport by miles.  They seriously regard the Super Bowl to be the World's biggest sporting event....
We know it's the biggest sport, we just don't give a shit. Don't confuse the issue.

For a more concise explanation, please listen to comedian Joe Rogan's explanation.
2006-06-02 07:37:26
-F8-Scotch
Member
+43|6809
You're missing a major distinction between proffessional sports and collegiate games. I'm not sure if schools overseas have the same fanatical devotion to thier intercollegiate sports but I'd rather watch a college Football game over Pro anyday. How about the rest of the non-pro sports that you didn't mention? Rowing, wresting, soccer, volleyball, golf, swimming, track & field. Lumping Pro-Sports into a single category and then blasting the lot is pretty lame.

Personally I'd rather ignore sports, ie-Futbol/soccer/or whatever you call it, where skinheads can go trolling for recruits in the stadiums. I've heard some pretty terrible stories about soccer fans beyond the basic hooligan nonesense. While we might have some less than savory fans I think most of them got over thier racist issues a long time ago.
2006-06-02 07:37:48
kr@cker
Bringin' Sexy Back!
+581|6789|Southeastern USA
beat me to it Jinto-sk, and Blanco, quit starting ridiculous flame threads, you wanna do that, maybe it's because so many American sports require equipment and money, rather than a ball and some trashcans for a goal line, when was the last time you saw someone working on 500+ horsepower recreational vehicle for the fun of it, could you even afford the 429 cu. in. block I just helped my friend Mick (he's actually a 68 yr old Australian dude) just shove in between the shock towers of his 1965 Shelby AC Cobra replica that he built in his garage?

Ok everyone before you flame me please realize I'm being a little facetious here. This is a ridiculous topic and the only non-opinion based reason for this phenomona is in Jinto-sk's post.
2006-06-02 07:38:25
Kaosdad
Whisky Tango Foxtrot?
+201|6919|Broadlands, VA
Hrm - the last I checked, baseball & basketball were Olympic sports - ever seen the Chinese basketball team?  Or the Puerto Rican Baseball team?

Of course - you left out the sport that rooolz all: Lacrosse!
2006-06-02 07:40:12
Jinto-sk
Laid Back Yorkshireman
+183|6831|Scarborough Yorkshire England
I think American sports are good, but take a look at Baseball And American Football they are both based on short bursts of power and speed. A fast pitch followed by a swing of the bat, then a sprint, and then wait a few minutes till the next chap is ready to bat. Americn Football is similar, hike, lots of people run into each other, ball goes dead, again a few more minutes till it all happens again. These sports are based on short bursts of power and speed, they are not a continually flowing game like most of the European sports. But that doesn't make them bad sports.
I am how ever intrigued as to why the baseball final is called the WORLD series when it is only the Americans that play it.
Before You flame me I do watch these sports and know most the rules.
Basketball is the best of the US sports by far fast and exciting I love playing it
thats my 2 cents
CYA

Last edited by Jinto-sk (2006-06-02 07:43:31)

2006-06-02 07:41:17
RDMC
Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!
+736|6805|Area 51

RicardoBlanco wrote:

e.g american football, baseball, basketball (to a lesser extent).

They are played almost solely in the US and the rest of the world has very little interest. European sports on the other hand, e.g Football, Rugby, Cricket are played by million all over the world.

Is this proof that american sports are indeed SHIT or are we missing something?
Well I'm Dutch, which makes me an European, and I actually played baseball and I like playing basketball and I think soccer(football) is the most dumbass sport in the world, but hell thats just me.
2006-06-02 07:41:19
Fuzzball_the_Shooter
The Photographer.
+81|6944|Central Valley,California

kr@cker wrote:

beat me to it Jinto-sk, and Blanco, quit starting ridiculous flame threads, you wanna do that, maybe it's because so many American sports require equipment and money, rather than a ball and some trashcans for a goal line, when was the last time you saw someone working on 500+ horsepower recreational vehicle for the fun of it, could you even afford the 429 cu. in. block I just helped my friend Mick (he's actually a 68 yr old Australian dude) just shove in between the shock towers of his 1965 Shelby AC Cobra replica that he built in his garage?

Ok everyone before you flame me please realize I'm being a little facetious here. This is a ridiculous topic and the only non-opinion based reason for this phenomona is in Jinto-sk's post.
I like your attitude.....
2006-06-02 07:47:08
RicardoBlanco
The English
+177|6808|Oxford
Someone gave me -1 saying 'have I ever been to the US and played these sports..no..so stfu'

How gracious..And yes, I lived in the US for a year when I was younger, Scarsdale in NewYork, and I even went to camp (camp Wuppatuk or something) where I played all these sports. You weren't even allowed to play american football without 'padding up' and I'd always been used to playing Rugby at school in England so this was a bit wierd. I then tried baseball which is essentially English Rounders (which girls now play in school incidentally, same for basket...netball) but with loads of pointless and overly complicated rules added. Anyway, popularity speaks for itself when it comes to sport...'nuff said.

Oh and Kracker don't get me started on american cars...

Last edited by RicardoBlanco (2006-06-02 07:47:25)

2006-06-02 07:49:43
BVC
Member
+325|6935
Whitewater kayaking > all other sports.
2006-06-02 07:51:37
whittsend
PV1 Joe Snuffy
+78|6998|MA, USA
Baseball's World Series, when it started, included every country in the world that played baseball....the US (and more recently Canada).

That was a long time ago, and things are a little different now.  It is truly a worldwide sport now, which is why they came up with the idea of the World Baseball Classic, which is the REAL world baseball playoff, in the sense of a 'World Cup.'  As a baseball fan, I'm very pleased about that, and clearly many other countries were as well...especially the Latin American ones, where this event was HUGE (I really thought the Dominican Republic would take it, but Cuba really shocked everyone with how good they were).  Anyway, as noted before, Japan won in the end.
2006-06-02 07:59:06
Des.Kmal
Member
+917|6858|Atlanta, Georgia, USA

whittsend wrote:

Why are you so anti-American?

Don't like them?  Don't watch them.

The fact is that baseball is played all over the world.  It is extremely popular throuout Latin America and Asia.  In fact the US was knocked out of the World Baseball Classic relatively early.  The finals were between Cuba and Japan, and won by the latter.

YOU don't have all the facts...as usual.

=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:

The sad thing is, many Americans don't know that soccer (football to the intelligent world) is the most popular sport by miles.  They seriously regard the Super Bowl to be the World's biggest sporting event....
Actually, we know very well how popular it is in the rest of the world...it just isn't quite as popular here *shrug*.  Who cares?  And that comment about the 'intelligent world' reveals your not-so-hidden bias.  Pretty sad.

As far as the Super Bowl goes, I'm not a football fan myself, but the simple fact is that a recent artivle in The Economist (a British Journal, no?) noted that American Football is the most profitable sport in the world.  SO, in a sense, the Super Bowl IS the worlds biggest sporting event.  Sorry to hit you with a cluebat, chief.
I'm sorry, I just had to quote this guy, he has owned every single one of you guys who dont like american sports, so you might as well lock this thread because it is over.

The Super Bowl(as he said) IS the largest sporting event in the owrld because of the fact that is rakes in teh most amount of money.  MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!

Ownedby the guy I quoted... not me, I merely repeated his statements in a fashion that makes me seem smarter. )
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2006-06-02 07:59:11
whittsend
PV1 Joe Snuffy
+78|6998|MA, USA

RicardoBlanco wrote:

Someone gave me -1 saying 'have I ever been to the US and played these sports..no..so stfu'
That is unfortunate...people shouldn't give - karma because they disagree with the opinions of others.  Having said that...what the hell did you expect?  You come in here spouting blatant anti-american opinions, and then you are surprised when someone gets pissed off?  Get real.

RicardoBlanco wrote:

I then tried baseball which is essentially English Rounders (which girls now play in school incidentally, same for basket...netball) but with loads of pointless and overly complicated rules added.
Yeah, no.  That is a statement borne of ignorance.  Again.

RicardoBlanco wrote:

Anyway, popularity speaks for itself when it comes to sport...'nuff said.
Fair enough.  Baseball, as repeatedly mentioned is one of the most popular sports in the world.  I would guess that it is second behind Soccer, but that's just a guess.

RicardoBlanco wrote:

Oh and Kracker don't get me started on american cars...
I love the UK, but for a Brit to criticize American cars is HIGHLY amusing.  Do you know how many British owned car companies there are?  None.  Every one of them was poorly managed and operated, and turned into merge bait for foreign companies.
2006-06-02 07:59:40
Kung Jew
That one mod
+331|6985|Houston, TX

whittsend wrote:

Why are you so anti-American?

Don't like them?  Don't watch them.

The fact is that baseball is played all over the world.  It is extremely popular throuout Latin America and Asia.  In fact the US was knocked out of the World Baseball Classic relatively early.  The finals were between Cuba and Japan, and won by the latter.

YOU don't have all the facts...as usual.

=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:

The sad thing is, many Americans don't know that soccer (football to the intelligent world) is the most popular sport by miles.  They seriously regard the Super Bowl to be the World's biggest sporting event....
Actually, we know very well how popular it is in the rest of the world...it just isn't quite as popular here *shrug*.  Who cares?  And that comment about the 'intelligent world' reveals your not-so-hidden bias.  Pretty sad.

As far as the Super Bowl goes, I'm not a football fan myself, but the simple fact is that a recent artivle in The Economist (a British Journal, no?) noted that American Football is the most profitable sport in the world.  SO, in a sense, the Super Bowl IS the worlds biggest sporting event.  Sorry to hit you with a cluebat, chief.
Alittle more aggresive than I'd have put it, but definitely spot on concerning the reply.  RBlanco seems to speak from a biased opinion.  It's abit narrowminded, seeing as some of the sports mentioned are played internationally. 

As for EstebanRay: biased comment, the "intelligent world" comment is an aggressive and insulting usage of words towards alot of people here on the forums.  What a poor choice of words to present in debate and serious talk.

KJ
2006-06-02 08:01:29
Darth_Fleder
Mod from the Church of the Painful Truth
+533|7046|Orlando, FL - Age 43

whittsend wrote:

Why are you so anti-American?

Don't like them?  Don't watch them.

The fact is that baseball is played all over the world.  It is extremely popular throuout Latin America and Asia.  In fact the US was knocked out of the World Baseball Classic relatively early.  The finals were between Cuba and Japan, and won by the latter.

YOU don't have all the facts...as usual.

=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:

The sad thing is, many Americans don't know that soccer (football to the intelligent world) is the most popular sport by miles.  They seriously regard the Super Bowl to be the World's biggest sporting event....
Actually, we know very well how popular it is in the rest of the world...it just isn't quite as popular here *shrug*.  Who cares?  And that comment about the 'intelligent world' reveals your not-so-hidden bias.  Pretty sad.

As far as the Super Bowl goes, I'm not a football fan myself, but the simple fact is that a recent artivle in The Economist (a British Journal, no?) noted that American Football is the most profitable sport in the world.  SO, in a sense, the Super Bowl IS the worlds biggest sporting event.  Sorry to hit you with a cluebat, chief.
What he said (Adding another *WhAcK* with the cluebat).

kr@cker wrote:

Blanco, quit starting ridiculous flame threads
And what he said (another *WhAcK* with the cluebat).

RicardoBlanco wrote:

Is this proof that american sports are indeed SHIT or are we missing something?
YOU are definitely missing something !

*WhAcK* *WhAcK* *WhAcK* -continues beating RicardoBlanco about the head and shoulders with the cluebat!

*WhAcK* *WhAcK* *WhAcKitty* *WHACK*

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