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Teejing
Germany1360 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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Glaucus
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Football could overtake all those american sports in the US. It has the potential. But the rules get in the way. Same with Asia. Football almost caught on big time there. But in the end it didn't. | ||
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
"exciting sports" have a 50% chance of scoring. That provides the greatest variance, which allows for more upsets and large comebacks and droughts. If you have possession in soccer or hockey, you're probably not going to score in that instance. It's like slots or roulette, if you do it enough you will score. In football, there's a feeling of momentum, and in particular tension builds on both sides of a drive. Plays significantly increase or decrease your chance of scoring on that possession. Imagine if soccer had a super-Pele player who scored on 50% of his possessions. Imagine how intimidating it would be when you're on defense. Imagine on offense how much pressure you'd have to score. | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On February 08 2010 04:15 Neivler wrote: I CANT WATCH THE COMMERCIALS. Dont make me cry  There were a couple of good ads this year, and you can find most of them online. This was the Google ad that pretty much everyone loved. | ||
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micronesia
United States24743 Posts
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
On February 08 2010 13:01 igotmyown wrote: Soccer has no tension. It could overtake all american sports ... if everyone liked soccer more than all other american sports. "exciting sports" have a 50% chance of scoring. That provides the greatest variance, which allows for more upsets and large comebacks and droughts. If you have possession in soccer or hockey, you're probably not going to score in that instance. It's like slots or roulette, if you do it enough you will score. In football, there's a feeling of momentum, and in particular tension builds on both sides of a drive. Plays significantly increase or decrease your chance of scoring on that possession. Imagine if soccer had a super-Pele player who scored on 50% of his possessions. Imagine how intimidating it would be when you're on defense. Imagine on offense how much pressure you'd have to score. soccer sucks for commercials too that's why advertisers hate it and TV deals don't bring in as much revenue. the whole momentum thing you talked along with easy commercial breaks makes American Football almost a "made for TV" sport. | ||
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Neivler
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
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RaGe
Belgium9949 Posts
On February 08 2010 13:01 igotmyown wrote: Soccer has no tension. It could overtake all american sports ... if everyone liked soccer more than all other american sports. "exciting sports" have a 50% chance of scoring. That provides the greatest variance, which allows for more upsets and large comebacks and droughts. If you have possession in soccer or hockey, you're probably not going to score in that instance. It's like slots or roulette, if you do it enough you will score. In football, there's a feeling of momentum, and in particular tension builds on both sides of a drive. Plays significantly increase or decrease your chance of scoring on that possession. Imagine if soccer had a super-Pele player who scored on 50% of his possessions. Imagine how intimidating it would be when you're on defense. Imagine on offense how much pressure you'd have to score. I 100% agree Soccer blows as a spectator sport | ||
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
On February 08 2010 23:35 RaGe wrote: I 100% agree Soccer blows as a spectator sport And that is why it's the most popular and most watched sport in the world.  | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On February 08 2010 13:01 igotmyown wrote: There's definitely momentum in hockey and soccer, but it's built around puck/ball control, not just scoring.Soccer has no tension. It could overtake all american sports ... if everyone liked soccer more than all other american sports. "exciting sports" have a 50% chance of scoring. That provides the greatest variance, which allows for more upsets and large comebacks and droughts. If you have possession in soccer or hockey, you're probably not going to score in that instance. It's like slots or roulette, if you do it enough you will score. In football, there's a feeling of momentum, and in particular tension builds on both sides of a drive. Plays significantly increase or decrease your chance of scoring on that possession. Imagine if soccer had a super-Pele player who scored on 50% of his possessions. Imagine how intimidating it would be when you're on defense. Imagine on offense how much pressure you'd have to score. | ||
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