Hi,
As for soccer being the biggest sport in Europe, I remember reading that the attendance at Le Mans was greater than that at all the European soccer games combined. Then again, the 'stadium' is somewhat bigger. Just another indication that motor sports get no respect in the mainstream media.
For me, I'd much rather watch a dull auto race (which I understand, having been there) than an 'exciting' soccer match whose rules I barely know. And that probably applies to many of us in the USA. As the number of people who've actually played the game increases, perhaps the audiences will also.
--Pete
Quote:When I was a teenager, not every high school had a soccer team, and few to none had women's soccer teams. That has changed, in the cases of both genders.When I was a teenager, no American knew what soccer was or how it was spelled ;) (EDIT: Fixed dyslexic smiley)
As for soccer being the biggest sport in Europe, I remember reading that the attendance at Le Mans was greater than that at all the European soccer games combined. Then again, the 'stadium' is somewhat bigger. Just another indication that motor sports get no respect in the mainstream media.
For me, I'd much rather watch a dull auto race (which I understand, having been there) than an 'exciting' soccer match whose rules I barely know. And that probably applies to many of us in the USA. As the number of people who've actually played the game increases, perhaps the audiences will also.
--Pete
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