Why Do Many State . Soccer Is A Game Played By Whimps

Why do Americans seem to tolerate diving in soccer much less than the rest of the world? I've heard hundreds of Americans saying that they don't like the sport because of diving, while the rest of the world doesn't think it's such a big deal.

While I know that the culture of the US is complicated and diverse, one of their societal presuppositions is that fair play and integrity, when applied over time, will bring you well-deserved success.The powerful influence of British stiff-upper-lip culture, protestant work-ethic, and fierce self-reliance is still woven into the American character.The “Hollywood” element of a game of soccer flies right in the face of all that. It grinds against the ideals held up by the USA.The American popular myth is basically the Ben Franklin story — a person arriving in poverty, taking life’s blows with stoic silence, working through adversity to come out victorious and successful. Even if a person ends up a failure, the striving and struggle itself is venerated in American culture. The idea of “complaining” or focusing attention on how “unfair” life can be is ridiculed and denigrated in American culture.In American baseball, if a pitcher nails a hitter in the shoulder with a fastball, the all-American reaction is for the hitter to walk in a small circle, stretch out the arm, wince a bit, and jog to first base, ideally hit it out of the park on the next up. Americans love that sort of iron. Also, it's the manager's job to yell at the umpire, not the player. A player who rolls around on the ground feigning injury, or shouts in the face of the referee would be deemed a laughing stock, and maybe even officially rebuked.For a typical American, “winning” a game or activity by acting hurt means you didn’t win anything at all. You cheated. The true potential of your talents remains mysterious and squandered. Your victory is built on lies, and that corruption provided you with the trimmings of success and glory, but without the substance. You’re a false hero, a King without valor. Your dishonesty is robbing yourself, and the rest of us, of whatever talents you could bring to the world. It’s the kind of undeserving charlatan character that the nascent Republic rebelled against.

Why do some Americans think soccer is stupid?

You should also know that:Some Americans think Baseball is stupid…Some Americans think US Football is stupid…Some Americans think Basketball is stupid..Some Americans think Hockey, Golf, Boxing, Kayaking, Fishing, Tennis, Skydiving, etc…are stupid.I’m sure you could find some Scots who think Golf is stupid and some Canadians who think Hockey is stupid, also.All of the above would have their own reason out of the hundreds of possibilities why they felt that way.If your point is that a majority of Americans think “Soccer” is stupid, you’d be incorrect. There are a lot of “Soccer”fans in the US and many amateur leagues. Most high schools have Soccer teams.I can tell you that during the World Cup, if there is a restaurant/bar showing the key match on the big screen TV, that place will be packed.I live in Dallas, TX….major US Football country…. and when Leicester City won the 15–16 Premier League, it was huge news here. The local sports radio station spent much of that days broadcast time on the story. (We love “underdogs win championship” stories!).Will “soccer” ever break into the top 3 in the States? Maybe not anytime soon, but more and more fans join the ranks each day.

If you took a rugby team and pitted them against an American football team and they played 10 games of rugby and 10 games of football, which team would fare better and why?

The American footballers have very different sizes. Offensive and defensive linemen weigh upwards of 300+ pounds, line backers tight ends and full backs weigh 240–260 lbs, Defensive backs, Quarterbacks, Half backs, and Wide Receivers weigh between 185–240. The average World Cup Rugby player weighs 240–250 lbs. Some players get up to 300 but they are few and far between. The World Cup Rugby roster has 31 players. The positions on an NFL team are well defined and specialized. There are supposedly 8 positions in rugbyWing.Centre.Fly-half.Scrum-half.Number Eight.Flanker.Hooker.PropIn which these players play both offense and defense.The NFL roster has 53 players. Because there are 11 players on the field per team. They don’t play offense and defense (with the exception of a few select players that can play both).Offense traditionalQuarterbackHalfbackFullbackWide ReceiverTight endRight tackleRight guardCenterLeft guardLeft tackleWide receiverDefense Base 4–3Corner backOutside linebackerDefensive endDefensive tackleMiddle linebackerDefensive tackleDefensive endOutside linebackerCorner backFree safetyStrong safetyIf you just took the NFL team as is and put them on the Rugby field after teaching them how to play, I think they would have a fair showing. They might not win a game, but they would show some promise.If you took the Rugby team as is or even increased the roster to 53 men and taught them to play, they would get completely destroyed.They need a Quarter back. They don’t just grow on trees.American football is a harder game to learn. The playbooks look like dictionaries.I didn’t even mention special teams.The lack of size on the offensive and defensive lines would be a huge problem.

Why do Americans think that basketball and football are better than soccer?

Basketball is a flowing, vertical game combining extreme hand-eye coordinated, stamina and explosive athleticism. The sheer size of the athletes makes them seem superhuman — if you’ve never sat courtside at a game, there’s no comparable experience in sports.There are 200 points scored every game, high-flying dunks and a jazz-like improvisation of how to get all of this done. Some players are short, some are tall, some quick and some powerful but they all must find a way to make the music work together to outscore their opponents. Behold:By comparison, Americans think that soccer is a slow, monotonous game with very little action. There are only a few athletic highlights (dynamic saves, creative kicks or plays) and the games are lower scoring, with less speed and physicality than hockey.On the other hand, American football is filled with plays like this:These are inter-spliced with a bevy of collisions and athletic explosions. Americans like violence.Of course, both these sports provide something Americans love (as you’ll see in the highlight above) which is the drama of the final moment. In soccer, it’s hard to have real tension in the finality, as there isn’t even an official clock. The countdown in basketball heightens the tension as the game is about to end, and this is something Americans can’t get enough…buzzer beaters and clutch shots that swing the final seconds of a game.