[mathdotcom]

What's so beautiful about it?

Nobody calls boxing, football, or rugby 'beautiful' and they are real sports.

I guess calling it beautiful is actually an insult, like it's a game played by fairies. But surely that's not true.

[sjm5122]

Soccer bashing, new and original, congrats.

[frogsrangers]

Apart from the World Cup, I'd rather go watch my town's water tower rust then watch a match of soccer.... zzzzzzzzzzz

[mathdotcom]

[mathdotcom]

Soccer bashing, new and original, congrats.

ever wonder why ?

[mathdotcom]

[mathdotcom]

Just google gay soccer players and you get 1000 more of these
wtf??

[Vinnie Paz]

Wtf is that picture real???? Euro soccer specifically full of
Homoism.

& math please define a "real" sport.

[imzdeals]

math why are you googling gay soccer players? that's the real question

[RubberKettle]

Why is American football called football? When only fairy fuk kickers use their feet?

[KX]

Apart from the World Cup, I'd rather go watch my town's water tower rust then watch a match of soccer.... zzzzzzzzzzz

Making a quote like that just shows your a retard..

[imzdeals]

lol it's sad that people think the world cup is soccer played at the highest level.....try watching the champions league....watching club teams play each other is much more entertaining/intriguing

[mathdotcom]

Why is American football called football? When only fairy fuk kickers use their feet?

thats the best defense you have?

whats next, our trophy looks better? The lights in our stadiums are brighter?

unreal

[thetrinity]

lol it's sad that people think the world cup is soccer played at the highest level.....try watching the champions league....watching club teams play each other is much more entertaining/intriguing

this. if you want the highest international level tournament its going right now.

[brettels]

[darkhat]

Soccer is a joke and boring. I don't care if the entire world besides America loves it. America can basically destroy 99 percent of the countries without any effort.

[KX]

Yes but he's ginger.. they feel no pain!

[cogiditopapa]

Soccer is a joke and boring. I don't care if the entire world besides America loves it. America can basically destroy 99 percent of the countries without any effort.

Ignorant to the 10th!
Please tell me that you have never traveled outside of West Virginia and I will understand this statement.

[showdown]

What's so beautiful about it?

Nobody calls boxing, football, or rugby 'beautiful' and they are real sports.

I guess calling it beautiful is actually an insult, like it's a game played by fairies. But surely that's not true.

Same reason you look at Pinocchio and think hes beautiful, shit sorry i mean when your taking a look in the mirror and think your beautiful. Never gonna be beautiful

[Vreston]

Great job Math, you've got people from the same forum bashing each other for no reason.

A lot of people might think that football (soccer) is boring. No big deal. Some games are and that's the truth. But that happens in all sports all the time. Most games aren't boring though. You've got the European cups like the Champions League, Europa League, etc that are played at a club level. Also some leagues are very high quality with top caliber teams and great players. Take Spain for example. Barcelona is a team that generations will talk about. Real Madrid, the German Bundesliga and England's premier league with players that never give up until the final whistle. Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal. South American teams that are always exciting to watch. I could go on and on.
There's also the tournaments at a national team level. The World Cup, the Euro (which started yesterday), Copa America, Copa Libertadores, Copa Africa, etc.

Another thing that is completely wrong is the "gay" thing you're suggesting. It's all a matter of different cultures. In the USA people keep their distance or at most hug each other, bump chests, give high 5's etc. In other countries it's acceptable to keep smaller distances between each other. It's normal for men and women to kiss each other on both cheeks, no big deal. In some other countries they kiss each other 3 times on the cheek. Perfectly straight people do this and there is absolutely no gay connotation involved. In sports especially where you've got so much intensity built up and you score a goal the celebrating can get very intense. So it's wrong to get this kind of idea going.

There are other sports that people from other countries find extremely boring. Take baseball for example. 8 out of 10 people will say that it's boring. Most of the time it is boring to watch though. I tell them that it's really fun to play, but sometimes it can be boring to watch and that they should try to understand the game and not judge it quickly. I love the game and I used to play.

Soccer has something that a lot of sports don't. Anybody can dream of being a pro one day or playing at a high level. Anybody can play and excel. You don't have to be really tall like you do in basketball. You don't have to be tall and very muscular like in American football or rugby. You see what I mean?

A lot of the people here are not just bettors. They've played sports in their lives and should understand.

[Sunde91]

Soccer has the best fans/atmosphere in the world. 2 halves of about 47 minutes of non-stop play. The game itself is enjoyable. All makes soccer entertaining

No other sport can say that. NFL fans = joke outside GB and few others. NFL you can have 3 three minute commercials between 2 plays worth about 15 seconds of actual action.

Still no doubt some of the real pussy athletes of the world play soccer and the flops and groveling really take away from it

[govolz]

I respect it as a sport but the dudes that play, whether it be part of the history of the game or they just are actually the most sissiest dudes ever. I mean u do that shit at recess when u were 8... U got beat up everyday... I think they are all sissies and you can turn on any game and the point will be proven

[ChalkyDog]

Soccer players are the best athletes on the planet. No question.

Why the beautiful game? No idea. Maybe because it's great to bet on.

[jjgold]

Facts are facts

Soccer most watched sport in world
soccer most bet sport in world
There are not even second places the gap is so big

[wtt0315]

its because the crowd sings in harmony

[gregm]

Facts are facts

Soccer most watched sport in world
soccer most bet sport in world
There are not even second places the gap is so big

I would love to see the volume at sbobet and betfair for euro 2012 compared to stanley cup and nba wagering. It would be interesting to see the size of some of the larger wagers placed on euro 2012 and the kind of people who make these wagers. Totally different world. Its probably like comparing horse racing in north america to horse racing in a place like happy valley in hong kong in terms of numbers.

[JK]

Football (soccer) is like religion in Europe, Americans don't understand this.

[chilidog]

Define a "real" sport.

[pronk]

What's so beautiful about it?

Because of this my simple friend

[RubberKettle]

Soccer > All

/thread

[mathdotcom]

There's no reason why soccer has to be played in such a faggy way.

Players are biggest pussies I've ever seen.

Tough to watch a sport where the players are such wimps.

The whole part about Most Watched Sport is irrelevant. If China alone started to watch Bandy it would be more popular than NHL/MLB/NFL/NBA combined.

PS. Bandy is a great sport

[mathdotcom]

Because of this my simple friend

And the other 99 times the guy tries this it sails 70ft over the net