Originally Posted by
KC10 FATboy
Chente, you don't surprise me -- at all. I know of a book that you should read, you might enlighten yourself. Sal Paolantonio's "How Football Explains America".
Amazon.com: How Football Explains America (9781600780462): Sal Paolantonio: Books
After reading it, you might better appreciate why some of us enjoy football instead of soccer.
A previous poster jogged something in my memory. I was on a military trip flying through England during World Cup season. We went to Cambridge, hit a couple of pubs, and watched the soccer game. Near the end of the game, the police swarmed into all of the pubs with video cameras and batons in hand. Many of the locals ran from the pubs. Near the end of the game, the locals turned extremely rowdy and violent. We decided to leave and went back to the base. The following day, there were riots, several Americans were beaten up, and some cars were set on fire. Good times.
Why do I not "surprise" you? Thats a pretty general statement.
And I watch football. I love it. That again is not the point I am trying to make. The issue I have is this mentality by football fans that anything less than 300 pound dudes crushing each other with pads on is more manly than anything else out there....and that anything else out there sucks...especially soccer. Even though they know nothing about the sport. I dont care that we Americans dont care about Soccer, but this mentality that we have it right and the rest of the world is wrong is beyond twisted.