People Who Like American Football Are Boring

djchameleon · 10-26-2013, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Goofle11

Name me another sport where one "point" is as important to the determination of the game?

Hockey

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

hey now we have Drake as our bball spokesperson. So like... we care and stuff

Drake is a big spokesperson for FIFA. He loves his "football"

Trollheart · 10-26-2013, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by butthead aka 216

World series is legit since all the best players play here. Its the best league in the world and not close

Total bollox. USA is not the world, and the only reason the "best players in the world" play there is that it's played nowhere else. Your argument is a paper tiger pal. By that spurious logic we could call the hurling championships a world series, but we dont: it's the All-Ireland final, cos that's the only place it's played.

Burning Down · 10-26-2013, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

hey now we have Drake as our bball spokesperson. So like... we care and stuff

LOL! That is totally just a publicity thing because the Raptors are desperate and they think it will make them a good team.

**Goofle** · 10-26-2013, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Hockey

Arguably the closest, but the average amount of goals/points or whatever scored in a game would still be more.

Then again, people might prefer games with more points/goals, even if the level of excitement per point isn't as huge due to the amount.

Burning Down · 10-26-2013, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Goofle11

The is no sport that can come close to football in terms of entertainment and excitement.

Name me another sport where one "point" is as important to the determination of the game?

Hockey, lacrosse, tennis, baseball, softball...

I'm sorry, but football, although fun to play and good to watch, is not the only sport in existence. That's the impression that I get from this thread.

Trollheart · 10-26-2013, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord Larehip

I think you're trying to bait someone into an argument but I'll bite. You think baseball and basketball are not played outside the US?? Ever heard of Mexican baseball or the Dominican Republic or Venezuela?? Ever noticed the enormous number of American baseball players who have Spanish surnames and who speak with Spanish accents???

And apparently, you've never heard of European basketball which has produced NBA stars like Petrovich, Divacs, Gasol, not to mention Tony Parker who was born in Bruges, Belgium and is a French citizen in case you didn't notice his French accent.

Getting back to baseball, let's not forget MLB players with names like Suzuki, Shinjo, Sasaki, Nomo, Matsui, and Yu Darvish (half-Japanese and half-Iranian).

Next, you'll be saying nobody cares about hockey outside the US.

They're good points. And no, I'm not trying to bait anyone: I don't do that. My point is against the argument that DJ put forward, that because AMERICANS don't like football (our football) then it by default has to be bad. That's totally arrogant. I freely admit I know little of basketball or baseball, and as you say it may indeed be played outside of the US but it is not a world sport. Just about every country (US included) plays football, even if it only comes to the fore at times like the World Cup. American football by comparison is a niche, insular sport, cared about only by Americans and probably a small percentage of people outside the US, mostly those who watch every sport --- darts, F1, tennis, badminton, rugby, soccer, GAA, boxing etc. Few people outside the US care specifically about AF: it's just another to add to the lists of the sports they watch.

Unknown Soldier · 10-26-2013, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I will let wikipedia help you out with this.

North American has some history related to it but it just never gained in popularity and the leagues that started up ending up folding and having to merge and now they are only 8 teams in the US. They don't draw big crowds in the US because most people aren't interested in it and find it slow/boring.

There's really no need to hand me a wiki entry as I know all this anyway, for example some of Argentina's best know teams have English names.

The question I asked was to challenge the 'cultural ties' that you stated earlier. For example the USA and especially Canada have far greater cultural ties to the UK than Argentina ever could. So based on the logic that you've applied with the wiki example, football should be far more popular in North America than it actually is, that would also be further enforced by the huge amount of immigration into the USA from countries where football is the biggest sport, because immigrants by and large dictate the future development of a society.

It's not that I disagree about the cultural link to the popularity of sports in a country, but in this aspect I think that USA and Canada are an anomaly in regards of this.

**Goofle** · 10-26-2013, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Hockey, lacrosse, tennis, baseball, softball...

I'm sorry, but football, although fun to play and good to watch, is not the only sport in existence. That's the impression that I get from this thread.

Sorry, but when do you see fans of those sorts screaming for minutes, hugging the person next to them and going absolutely bat-shit mental after every single point?

I am aware other sports exist, and enjoy many of them, but Football is simply the best sport I have ever watched.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 10-26-2013, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Hockey, lacrosse, tennis, baseball, softball...

Hockey

People only care about that because of the fighting.

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I'm sorry, but football, although fun to play and good to watch, is not the only sport in existence. That's the impression that I get from this thread.

I like boxing & snooker also.

Ninetales · 10-26-2013, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

LOL! That is totally just a publicity thing because the Raptors are desperate and they think it will make them a good team.

In a shocking twist Drake makes starting lineup for the home opener!