|
Replies: 48
| visibility 1
|
Orange Blooded [3921]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4631
Joined: 7/11/03
|
World Cup or US Open?, World Cup or US Open? what to watch?
Jun 12, 2014, 12:02 PM
|
|
said no American male ever....
|
|
|
|
 |
Heisman Winner [119698]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 54467
Joined: 6/24/09
|
Whatever floats yer boat
Jun 12, 2014, 12:18 PM
|
|
Open for me
Soccer is boring
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [108390]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64974
Joined: 2/25/06
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Defender [53]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 35
Joined: 11/30/98
|
More Americans will watch the WC than will watch the
Jun 12, 2014, 12:53 PM
|
|
US Open.
You should try taking a trip outside of Chapin some time.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [108390]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64974
Joined: 2/25/06
|
Illegal aliens backed out of that number or you including
Jun 12, 2014, 12:55 PM
|
|
North, South & Central Americans in the total?
It's important.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Defender [53]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 35
Joined: 11/30/98
|
All I know for sure is you will have to back out the 154,000
Jun 12, 2014, 1:01 PM
|
|
Americans that have bought tickets and are traveling to Brazil to watch in person.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [108390]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64974
Joined: 2/25/06
|
Good for them, going home to visit relatives.***
Jun 12, 2014, 1:02 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Virtuoso [670]
TigerPulse: 85%
Posts: 1087
Joined: 7/6/04
|
Three white boys in my office are heading down to Brazil.
Jun 12, 2014, 1:33 PM
|
|
No one from the office is going to the US Open, and I'm located in Charlotte.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [108390]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64974
Joined: 2/25/06
|
nice. is ghey marriage legal in brazil?
Jun 12, 2014, 1:36 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [96848]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 29211
Joined: 9/14/05
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Defender [53]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 35
Joined: 11/30/98
|
Equally amazing how offensive non-soccer fans get whenever
Jun 12, 2014, 1:09 PM
|
|
someone says they do care for soccer.
Haven't noticed that in any other sport either.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [108390]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64974
Joined: 2/25/06
|
It's ok, I'll get the door for you. Ladies first.***
Jun 12, 2014, 1:10 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [96848]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 29211
Joined: 9/14/05
|
OK I like baseball. If someone says they don't like it, then
Jun 12, 2014, 1:14 PM
[ in reply to Equally amazing how offensive non-soccer fans get whenever ] |
|
I might say, "You don't know what you're missing" or "You should give it a shot" and then go on about my business.
Soccer fans lash out like you just called their momma a name.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Defender [53]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 35
Joined: 11/30/98
|
The difference: people may say as you mentioned
Jun 12, 2014, 1:19 PM
|
|
"I don't really like it"
Instead of
"AAAAAHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHA BASEBALL? YOU MUST BE A POOR DOMINICAN NOBODY WATCHES THAT YOU CANNOT BE AN AMERICAN MALE"
See OP.
Big difference, you are correct.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [96848]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 29211
Joined: 9/14/05
|
I can see your point as it relates to THIS THREAD.
Jun 12, 2014, 1:21 PM
|
|
However, I've seen it over and over where a fairly tame statement is made against soccer and the person gets land blasted.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [108390]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64974
Joined: 2/25/06
|
I played soccer. I enjoyed playing soccer. I think soccer
Jun 12, 2014, 1:42 PM
|
|
is boring to watch.
Because I think the sport is boring to watch, having fun with oversensitive soccer fan becomes a better, more enjoyable & more watchable sport than the actual boring match.
luvdemtgrs, i'm sorry. no offense intended, all in good fun & that might be completely selfish or horrible on my part in your eyes. I understand if so.
I have seen soccer fan deliver numbers since I first watched Pele & Chinaglia with the Cosmos back in the mid/late 70s in Tampa against the Rowdies.
"You" wield those numbers as if to make yourself feel better about your particular choice. I don't know if that's why you do it, but it seems a lot of soccer fans find comfort in them? I honestly don't get that and never will, but it's blood in the water to me. My bad. 
Enjoy your day/week/month in this World Cup year.
Sincerely.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Defender [53]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 35
Joined: 11/30/98
|
no no, no offense taken. Numbers not on here for me
Jun 12, 2014, 1:52 PM
|
|
more for perspective for other folks that may not have any.
I could care less who and how many and if you or anyone else watches or cares.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [108390]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64974
Joined: 2/25/06
|
kewl, but that's partly my point. who needs a perspective
Jun 12, 2014, 2:11 PM
|
|
to know whether they like something or not? i don't and anyone that does seems to fall into the "group" i mentioned... call it going full Linus & needing a security blanket in the knowing, "this many others watch too".
How many people that you might be speaking to on this site don't know that soccer is the "world's sport"?
maybe it's just me, but if you like something, just like & to h3ll with anyone else. well, unless the popo is involved.
enjoy your wc, luvdem.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [28802]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 58393
Joined: 11/14/03
|
that's because liking soccer (for many) is a cultural identifier
Jun 12, 2014, 1:47 PM
[ in reply to OK I like baseball. If someone says they don't like it, then ] |
|
If you like it, it means you're a cosmopolitan and aren't narrowly focused on the US (you know, they think people who don't like socccer should "get out of Chapin more often"). These people even usually use the same words to talk about soccer that the English do ("matches," "the pitch," "side," "The US are playing well today" instead of "The US is playing well today") despite the fact that American English has plenty of good words to talk about the sport already. So the idea is that you're a rube if you don't like watching "soccer" "games" on a "soccer field" where your team "is" doing well. It all just seems very affected.
Pretty ironic, considering soccer is looked at as a lower class sport in England.
Message was edited by: camcgee®
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Defender [53]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 35
Joined: 11/30/98
|
Looked at as a lower class sport in England?
Jun 12, 2014, 2:01 PM
|
|
C'mon Cam. You can do better than this. Not real sure how the lower class are able to pump billions into the English economy.
Could be a cultural identifier to some. I guess in the same sense that when some use "ghay", "sissy", "commie", etc when describing it.
BTW, 99% of all commentary on TV uses the same words below so it would be expected that regular viewers adopt the same terminology.
Just like terms we all use that are synonymous with other sports like "diamond", "nickel", "dribble drive". These terms don't mean you are some kind of say baseball hipster, it's just that you adopt the same words that everyone else is using.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [28802]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 58393
Joined: 11/14/03
|
English soccer is definitely a working class/ lower class...
Jun 12, 2014, 2:14 PM
|
|
sport, which is why it's so ironic that, in the US, being a soccer fan is a sign of your cosmopolitanism. I'm not saying that's the way it is for everybody, but it's definitely that way for a lot of the soccer fans I know of. A lot of them act like US sports are beneath them because they're not sufficiently international or something.
http://bizwizpage.com/2014/01/football-still-working-class-sport/
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [108390]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64974
Joined: 2/25/06
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Defender [53]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 35
Joined: 11/30/98
|
Did you mean "runs"
Jun 12, 2014, 1:10 PM
|
|
nevermind, the number of runs/hour in a baseball game is MUCH more than goals per game in soccer.
lololllllller
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [108390]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64974
Joined: 2/25/06
|
No, but I understand there's a good chance you're from
Jun 12, 2014, 1:11 PM
|
|
a non-English first country and might not have understood.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Defender [53]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 35
Joined: 11/30/98
|
No no. I'm from SC. And I realize that the ONLY things
Jun 12, 2014, 1:16 PM
|
|
that matter are:
Baseball
College Football
God
Guns
Whoever is on the Republican ticket
And any deviation is totally unacceptable.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [108390]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64974
Joined: 2/25/06
|
Did you run back to the lunge for talking points?
Jun 12, 2014, 1:20 PM
|
|
or your purse?
It's a nice list if that's what you're into.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Defender [53]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 35
Joined: 11/30/98
|
I'm not real sure what you are talking about
Jun 12, 2014, 1:38 PM
|
|
but pretty sure the answer is no.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [108390]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64974
Joined: 2/25/06
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [28802]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 58393
Joined: 11/14/03
|
'least it can't end in a scoreless tie (or any tie)
Jun 12, 2014, 1:56 PM
[ in reply to Did you mean "runs" ] |
|
But I'd guess there are more runs scored/ hour in baseball than there are goals scored/ hour in soccer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Defender [53]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 35
Joined: 11/30/98
|
More? Probably
Jun 12, 2014, 2:02 PM
|
|
but insignificant.
There is no way you can justify baseball being more exciting than soccer beyond personal preference.
Probably less action/movement in baseball than any other team sport out there.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [29036]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 36097
Joined: 8/28/00
|
I don't quite understand folks getting upset
Jun 12, 2014, 1:15 PM
[ in reply to It's amazing how defensive soccer fans get whenever ] |
|
Over either liking something someone else doesn't like or vice versa.
With that said, the initial post wasn't just a "I don't like Soccer" post, it simply said no American male would choose Soccer over Golf. Which is patently untrue.
And the good thing is both are televised and can be watched by whomever wishes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [26968]
TigerPulse: 96%
Posts: 44823
Joined: 7/6/10
|
Actually, what the post said that no American male
Jun 12, 2014, 1:17 PM
|
|
Would have a tough time choosing between the World Cup and the US Open. That's probably true. If you're a freedom-loving capitalist, the choice is easy for the US Open. If you're a communist, the choice is easy for the World Cup.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [29036]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 36097
Joined: 8/28/00
|
While I know you are joking
Jun 12, 2014, 1:32 PM
|
|
I still maintain what he said is untrue. There are surely folks who are equally drawn by both sports.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [108390]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64974
Joined: 2/25/06
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3921]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4631
Joined: 7/11/03
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [4098]
TigerPulse: 94%
Posts: 10336
Joined: 7/1/97
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Defender [53]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 35
Joined: 11/30/98
|
using 2010 numbers
Jun 12, 2014, 1:06 PM
|
|
112 million US households watched the World Cup. The numbers will be higher this year.
For comparison, 6 million folks watched the final round of the US open in 2012.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [28802]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 58393
Joined: 11/14/03
|
Soccer sux
Jun 12, 2014, 1:43 PM
[ in reply to More Americans will watch the WC than will watch the ] |
|
Don't think most Americans are all that interested in watching soccer games between countries we don't care about. Maybe some of your city dwelling people who are overly concerned with looking cosmopolitan are, but your average dude isn't going to watch Brazil vs. Croatia.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [29036]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 36097
Joined: 8/28/00
|
To each their own
Jun 12, 2014, 1:50 PM
|
|
Though I find it funny you'd feel the need to question the motivations of folks who will be eagerly watching the world cup.
I will. Because I like Soccer, and this is Soccer being played at the highest level.
Though, I don't much care if other folks watch it or not.
Again, to each their own.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [28802]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 58393
Joined: 11/14/03
|
I'll watch the US play, but only because of national pride
Jun 12, 2014, 1:54 PM
|
|
It's kind of like watching some of the olympic sports where nobody even knows the rules just to see our enemies crushed, to see them driven before us, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [29036]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 36097
Joined: 8/28/00
|
Cool, enjoy
Jun 12, 2014, 1:58 PM
|
|
I'll be watching every game I can simply because I enjoy the sport.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rock Defender [53]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 35
Joined: 11/30/98
|
Not sure how you would measure it
Jun 12, 2014, 2:04 PM
[ in reply to Soccer sux ] |
|
but I bet it brazil/croatia will be the highest rated single tv event/show of the week in the US.
Obviously ratings will be higher next week when the US plays.
But to say the "average dude" won't watch it is flat out wrong.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [28802]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 58393
Joined: 11/14/03
|
I'm just not sure it's that mainstream yet
Jun 12, 2014, 2:19 PM
|
|
Frankly, I don't actually think soccer sucks, I'm just trying to get a rise out of you. What I'm more annoyed with is the linguistic affectations and the fan behavior borrowed from other countries (http://online.wsj.com/articles/why-i-hate-american-soccer-fans-1402012291), combined with ESPN's attempts to make soccer a "thing" in the US. If people like it enough- which probably will have something to do with how good at it we get- it'll become popular. Until then, it'd be nice if people would quit trying to so hard to make soccer happen.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [26968]
TigerPulse: 96%
Posts: 44823
Joined: 7/6/10
|
That is not remotely true.
Jun 12, 2014, 1:07 PM
|
|
There are a growing number of socialists and communists in this country, and they will definitely be watching the World Cup.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [108390]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 64974
Joined: 2/25/06
|
I hope Putin takes the Ukraine while the 3rd world watches.***
Jun 12, 2014, 1:13 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3257]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 7167
Joined: 7/27/99
|
Golf and any other sport over soccer..........JMHO!***
Jun 12, 2014, 1:20 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [19352]
TigerPulse: 92%
Posts: 22266
Joined: 4/25/04
|
Re: World Cup or US Open?, World Cup or US Open? what to watch?
Jun 12, 2014, 1:28 PM
|
|
Easy choice for me World Cup....
I will look at the US Open on Sunday.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [24986]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 32307
Joined: 2/15/09
|
US Open is in late August early september***
Jun 13, 2014, 5:35 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Freshman [3]
TigerPulse: 49%
Posts: 13
Joined: 7/30/09
|
Re: World Cup or US Open?, World Cup or US Open? what to watch?
Jun 13, 2014, 6:55 PM
|
|
I will watch soccer when we become a third world country. We are headed that way
|
|
|
|
|
|
Replies: 48
| visibility 1
|
|
|
50
