Why do people in the USA prefer American football over soccer? Why do they find soccer relatively boring?
Violence.Make no mistake, as terrible as this picture appears, the savage intent behind the actions that caused this tackle aren't even really given their due. A collision like this happens in soccer every once in a while on accident. In football, it's what everybody is waiting for. The fans, the owners, the camera crews, the people who put together the highlight reels for the analysis shows afterward, and most of all - the players. If this happened in soccer or basketball, it would likely be a major violation of the rules. In football, this is a sanctioned tackle.This event, where one impressively stout gentleman is clearly getting hit hard enough by another to have actually knocked his helmet off, forced him to lose muscle control of the ball he was carrying, and get a slack, concussed look on his face, is all by design. The tackler in this picture dreamt about making a hit like this. He was thinking about it the whole time he was lining up for a play, right up until it happened. And then, he was a god. For a little while, until the next play, when he's going to try and do it again.The average American football player is about five inches taller than your average soccer player and weighs about sixty more pounds. And they're paid to get up to speed instantly and launch themselves with explosive force at each other. This is what football is about, and although it has its moments of athletic grace, it’s basically conceded the subtle beauty of skillful and elegant play to sports like soccer and basketball. Football is a brutal sport played enthusiastically by brutal men who brutalize each other. It’s gloriously, unapologetically savage, and we cant get enough of it.