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  • Bob806B Bob806 wrote on last edited by
    #4

    Tons of corporate money on the PGA tour, it is what it is. 

    I've never really begrudged sports salaries. If people paid to watch us "normal" folks work, we'd make a lot more. It's Hollywood that drives me nuts with their net worth. 

  • Tons of corporate money on the PGA tour, it is what it is. 

    I've never really begrudged sports salaries. If people paid to watch us "normal" folks work, we'd make a lot more. It's Hollywood that drives me nuts with their net worth. 

    mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by
    #5

    @bob806 said:

    Tons of corporate money on the PGA tour, it is what it is. 

    I've never really begrudged sports salaries. If people paid to watch us "normal" folks work, we'd make a lot more. It's Hollywood that drives me nuts with their net worth. 

    Oh yeah $20M for a movie for the top actors......not sports but amazing.

  • Canton MikeC Canton Mike wrote on last edited by
    #6

    It's all about entertainment. People will pay for whatever keeps them entertained.

    Mike

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
    #7

    What do professional volleyball players and lacrosse players get paid

  • What do professional volleyball players and lacrosse players get paid

    mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by mjp28
    #8

    @the-gipper said:

    What do professional volleyball players and lacrosse players get paid

    Well I happen to have a copy of one of my favorite magazines handy, World of Volley, in the USA I dunno, in the world:

    Lacrosse. 😆

    Screenshot_2019-08-25_222608.jpg

  • mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by
    #9

    I had to check from Lacrosse Pal:

    The Major League Lacrosse (MLL) and the National Lacrosse League (NLL) are the two major lacrosse leagues in the United States, and while the MLL has nine teams, the NLL has 11.

    • For NLL, rookies are played a little over $9,000 with the highest paid franchise player in the league making around $34,000 which is less than four times what the rookie player makes.
    • As for the MLL, the rookie salary is $7,000, with other players making between $10,000 and $35,000 per season.

    For the professional female (women) lacrosse players, there is the United Women’s Lacrosse League (UWLX) which comprises four teams. Women lacrosse players do not get salaries, but the league offers travel stipends. UWLX was launched quite recently in 2016, so perhaps with time, and as the sport grows, women professional players will eventually start earning a salary.

  • Yeah, but including practice day, pro-am, & travel, that's damn near an entire WEEK!!! Poor underpaid golfers!  ?

    The one thing I will say is that golfers, bowlers, tennis players & other individual sports performers are paid based on performance. Endorsements actually make up most of their income, or it used to. I'm just not sure now, but would expect it's the same.

    Mike

    hoortaH hoorta wrote on last edited by
    #10

    @canton-mike said:

    Yeah, but including practice day, pro-am, & travel, that's damn near an entire WEEK!!! Poor underpaid golfers!  ?

    The one thing I will say is that golfers, bowlers, tennis players & other individual sports performers are paid based on performance. Endorsements actually make up most of their income, or it used to. I'm just not sure now, but would expect it's the same.

    Mike

    Exactly  Mike. I won't  revisit if golf is a sport or a skill. But the  minions  of duffers with delusions of  grandeur make sure  the top guys in the game get  paid royally. 

    And as far as tennis goes, you have to be an incredibly good player to make  any money in the  sport.

  • flyingfooldougF flyingfooldoug wrote on last edited by
    #11

    Wow, it certainly is insane.  Hmmmmmm, I wonder what football and baseball would be like with players that get paid for what they do and not for what they can possibly do. 

    A different game entirely or same old same old?

  • @the-gipper said:

    What do professional volleyball players and lacrosse players get paid

    Well I happen to have a copy of one of my favorite magazines handy, World of Volley, in the USA I dunno, in the world:

    Lacrosse. 😆

    Screenshot_2019-08-25_222608.jpg

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
    #12

    @mjp28 said:

    Well I happen to have a copy of one of my favorite magazines handy, World of Volley, in the USA I dunno, in the world:

    Lacrosse. 😆

    Screenshot_2019-08-25_222608.jpg

    There is no fucking way that a volleyball player gets paid  500,000...anything, dollars, euros.  Here anyway.  This must be some European League where they don't even have football or baseball.

  • I had to check from Lacrosse Pal:

    The Major League Lacrosse (MLL) and the National Lacrosse League (NLL) are the two major lacrosse leagues in the United States, and while the MLL has nine teams, the NLL has 11.

    • For NLL, rookies are played a little over $9,000 with the highest paid franchise player in the league making around $34,000 which is less than four times what the rookie player makes.
    • As for the MLL, the rookie salary is $7,000, with other players making between $10,000 and $35,000 per season.

    For the professional female (women) lacrosse players, there is the United Women’s Lacrosse League (UWLX) which comprises four teams. Women lacrosse players do not get salaries, but the league offers travel stipends. UWLX was launched quite recently in 2016, so perhaps with time, and as the sport grows, women professional players will eventually start earning a salary.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by The Gipper
    #13

    @mjp28 said:

    I had to check from Lacrosse Pal:

    The Major League Lacrosse (MLL) and the National Lacrosse League (NLL) are the two major lacrosse leagues in the United States, and while the MLL has nine teams, the NLL has 11.

    • For NLL, rookies are played a little over $9,000 with the highest paid franchise player in the league making around $34,000 which is less than four times what the rookie player makes.
    • As for the MLL, the rookie salary is $7,000, with other players making between $10,000 and $35,000 per season.

    For the professional female (women) lacrosse players, there is the United Women’s Lacrosse League (UWLX) which comprises four teams. Women lacrosse players do not get salaries, but the league offers travel stipends. UWLX was launched quite recently in 2016, so perhaps with time, and as the sport grows, women professional players will eventually start earning a salary.

    There you go.  If baseball, football, basketball were no more popular than LaCrosse is, then you all would not be complaining about their salaries.  All market based. If you don't go to games, or watch, or buy paraphenalia, then they would not be making shite.   

    When was the last time anyone here went to a professional lacrosse game....or even watched one on TV?    

    I do know, however, that it is becoming quite popular around here anyway as a high school sport.   Maybe in a few years it will take off a bit like soccer has some.

    FYI, when I was in school....soccer did NOT exist as an interscholastic sport.  It simply was not played. The only sports were:  football, baseball, basketball, cross country, wrestling, track, golf, tennis. 

    Now...you have soccer, volleyball, lacrosse...and who knows what else.

    Here is the lacrosse schedule for the school my wife works at, and where my kids went.  (Neither played). Note, it is played in the spring:

    oys Varsity Lacrosse  view more information »
      Date Game   Time
      3/9/2019 Cuyahoga Valley Christian Acad. Home 11:30 AM
     
      3/12/2019 Jackson High School Away 7:30 PM
     
      3/15/2019 Green High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      3/16/2019 St. John's Jesuit HS & Academy Away 2:00 PM
     
      3/20/2019 Lake High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      3/23/2019 St. Vincent-St. Mary H.S. Home 1:00 PM
     
      3/27/2019 Brunswick High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      3/29/2019 Avon High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      4/9/2019 Louisville High School Away 7:30 PM
     
      4/12/2019 Bay Village High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      4/13/2019 Dublin Scioto High School Home 2:00 PM
     
      4/16/2019 Stow-Munroe Falls HS Away 8:00 PM
     
      4/18/2019 Saint Ignatius High School Away 7:30 PM
     
      4/24/2019 GlenOak High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      4/27/2019 Perrysburg High School Home 1:00 PM
     
      5/1/2019 Wooster High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      5/3/2019 Brecksville-Brdview Hts Away 7:30 PM
     
      5/6/2019 Berea-Midpark HS Away 7:30 PM
     
      5/7/2019 Theodore Roosevelt H.S. Away 7:30 PM
     
      5/10/2019 Canton Central Catholic HS Home 6:30 PM
     
      5/14/2019 Wadsworth High School Away 7:00 PM
     
      5/17/2019 Wadsworth High School Away 12:00 AM
  • @mjp28 said:

    I had to check from Lacrosse Pal:

    The Major League Lacrosse (MLL) and the National Lacrosse League (NLL) are the two major lacrosse leagues in the United States, and while the MLL has nine teams, the NLL has 11.

    • For NLL, rookies are played a little over $9,000 with the highest paid franchise player in the league making around $34,000 which is less than four times what the rookie player makes.
    • As for the MLL, the rookie salary is $7,000, with other players making between $10,000 and $35,000 per season.

    For the professional female (women) lacrosse players, there is the United Women’s Lacrosse League (UWLX) which comprises four teams. Women lacrosse players do not get salaries, but the league offers travel stipends. UWLX was launched quite recently in 2016, so perhaps with time, and as the sport grows, women professional players will eventually start earning a salary.

    There you go.  If baseball, football, basketball were no more popular than LaCrosse is, then you all would not be complaining about their salaries.  All market based. If you don't go to games, or watch, or buy paraphenalia, then they would not be making shite.   

    When was the last time anyone here went to a professional lacrosse game....or even watched one on TV?    

    I do know, however, that it is becoming quite popular around here anyway as a high school sport.   Maybe in a few years it will take off a bit like soccer has some.

    FYI, when I was in school....soccer did NOT exist as an interscholastic sport.  It simply was not played. The only sports were:  football, baseball, basketball, cross country, wrestling, track, golf, tennis. 

    Now...you have soccer, volleyball, lacrosse...and who knows what else.

    Here is the lacrosse schedule for the school my wife works at, and where my kids went.  (Neither played). Note, it is played in the spring:

    oys Varsity Lacrosse  view more information »
      Date Game   Time
      3/9/2019 Cuyahoga Valley Christian Acad. Home 11:30 AM
     
      3/12/2019 Jackson High School Away 7:30 PM
     
      3/15/2019 Green High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      3/16/2019 St. John's Jesuit HS & Academy Away 2:00 PM
     
      3/20/2019 Lake High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      3/23/2019 St. Vincent-St. Mary H.S. Home 1:00 PM
     
      3/27/2019 Brunswick High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      3/29/2019 Avon High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      4/9/2019 Louisville High School Away 7:30 PM
     
      4/12/2019 Bay Village High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      4/13/2019 Dublin Scioto High School Home 2:00 PM
     
      4/16/2019 Stow-Munroe Falls HS Away 8:00 PM
     
      4/18/2019 Saint Ignatius High School Away 7:30 PM
     
      4/24/2019 GlenOak High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      4/27/2019 Perrysburg High School Home 1:00 PM
     
      5/1/2019 Wooster High School Home 7:30 PM
     
      5/3/2019 Brecksville-Brdview Hts Away 7:30 PM
     
      5/6/2019 Berea-Midpark HS Away 7:30 PM
     
      5/7/2019 Theodore Roosevelt H.S. Away 7:30 PM
     
      5/10/2019 Canton Central Catholic HS Home 6:30 PM
     
      5/14/2019 Wadsworth High School Away 7:00 PM
     
      5/17/2019 Wadsworth High School Away 12:00 AM
    hoortaH hoorta wrote on last edited by
    #14

    @the-gipper said:

    There you go.  If baseball, football, basketball were no more popular than LaCrosse is, then you all would not be complaining about their salaries.  All market based. If you don't go to games, or watch, or buy paraphenalia, then they would not be making shite.   

    When was the last time anyone here went to a professional lacrosse game....or even watched one on TV?    

    I do know, however, that it is becoming quite popular around here anyway as a high school sport.   Maybe in a few years it will take off a bit like soccer has some.

    FYI, when I was in school....soccer did NOT exist as an interscholastic sport.  It simply was not played. The only sports were:  football, baseball, basketball, cross country, wrestling, track, golf, tennis. 

    Now...you have soccer, volleyball, lacrosse...and who knows what else.

    Thanks for pointing it out Gip that salary = how popular the sport is. Just to piss you off, the three highest paid athletes in the world are all soccer players. Maybe one day the United States will catch up with the rest of the world.  😁 Yeah, way back, Pele (the Jim Brown of soccer) was just a curiosity here. 

    https://www.forbes.com/athletes/list/#tab:overall

  • @mjp28 said:

    Well I happen to have a copy of one of my favorite magazines handy, World of Volley, in the USA I dunno, in the world:

    Lacrosse. 😆

    Screenshot_2019-08-25_222608.jpg

    There is no fucking way that a volleyball player gets paid  500,000...anything, dollars, euros.  Here anyway.  This must be some European League where they don't even have football or baseball.

    mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by
    #15

    @the-gipper said:

    There is no fucking way that a volleyball player gets paid  500,000...anything, dollars, euros.  Here anyway.  This must be some European League where they don't even have football or baseball.

    In a quick look a Turkish female player make 1.2M € and at today's exchange rate of 1.11 would be about $1,332,000.

    So there you go basic Econ 101 and that supply and demand thing at work.

    Now if you're a 6' 5" LHP in the USA and can accurately throw a 95 mph fastball you'd probably make about $25,000,000/year.

    If your name is Arnold or Sylvester and can make things blow up you can make about $20,000,000 for about 3 months work making movies.

    Economics and the suckers that make it work.    😕

  • @the-gipper said:

    There you go.  If baseball, football, basketball were no more popular than LaCrosse is, then you all would not be complaining about their salaries.  All market based. If you don't go to games, or watch, or buy paraphenalia, then they would not be making shite.   

    When was the last time anyone here went to a professional lacrosse game....or even watched one on TV?    

    I do know, however, that it is becoming quite popular around here anyway as a high school sport.   Maybe in a few years it will take off a bit like soccer has some.

    FYI, when I was in school....soccer did NOT exist as an interscholastic sport.  It simply was not played. The only sports were:  football, baseball, basketball, cross country, wrestling, track, golf, tennis. 

    Now...you have soccer, volleyball, lacrosse...and who knows what else.

    Thanks for pointing it out Gip that salary = how popular the sport is. Just to piss you off, the three highest paid athletes in the world are all soccer players. Maybe one day the United States will catch up with the rest of the world.  😁 Yeah, way back, Pele (the Jim Brown of soccer) was just a curiosity here. 

    https://www.forbes.com/athletes/list/#tab:overall

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by The Gipper
    #16

    @hoorta said:

    Thanks for pointing it out Gip that salary = how popular the sport is. Just to piss you off, the three highest paid athletes in the world are all soccer players. Maybe one day the United States will catch up with the rest of the world.  😁 Yeah, way back, Pele (the Jim Brown of soccer) was just a curiosity here. 

    https://www.forbes.com/athletes/list/#tab:overall

    Gay Prostitution makes a lot of money too   Soccer players are still a curiosity here

  • @the-gipper said:

    There is no fucking way that a volleyball player gets paid  500,000...anything, dollars, euros.  Here anyway.  This must be some European League where they don't even have football or baseball.

    In a quick look a Turkish female player make 1.2M € and at today's exchange rate of 1.11 would be about $1,332,000.

    So there you go basic Econ 101 and that supply and demand thing at work.

    Now if you're a 6' 5" LHP in the USA and can accurately throw a 95 mph fastball you'd probably make about $25,000,000/year.

    If your name is Arnold or Sylvester and can make things blow up you can make about $20,000,000 for about 3 months work making movies.

    Economics and the suckers that make it work.    😕

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
    #17

    @mjp28 said:

    In a quick look a Turkish female player make 1.2M € and at today's exchange rate of 1.11 would be about $1,332,000.

    So there you go basic Econ 101 and that supply and demand thing at work.

    Now if you're a 6' 5" LHP in the USA and can accurately throw a 95 mph fastball you'd probably make about $25,000,000/year.

    If your name is Arnold or Sylvester and can make things blow up you can make about $20,000,000 for about 3 months work making movies.

    Economics and the suckers that make it work.    😕

    Arnold and Sylvester provide something of value. 

  • @hoorta said:

    Thanks for pointing it out Gip that salary = how popular the sport is. Just to piss you off, the three highest paid athletes in the world are all soccer players. Maybe one day the United States will catch up with the rest of the world.  😁 Yeah, way back, Pele (the Jim Brown of soccer) was just a curiosity here. 

    https://www.forbes.com/athletes/list/#tab:overall

    Gay Prostitution makes a lot of money too   Soccer players are still a curiosity here

    hoortaH hoorta wrote on last edited by
    #18

    @the-gipper said:

    1) Gay Prostitution makes a lot of money too   2) Soccer players are still a curiosity here

    1) Collectively? Probably. Individually there isn't a prostitute in the world hauling down over $100 million. 

    2) Only in your aged mind Gipper. Some old fuddy duddies like you missed (and are missing) the boat...  NBCSN is broadcasting plenty of the Premier League. Of course, you probably don't know what that is, and ESPN is starting to put MLS on. With the XFL starting up, I have a suggestion that would 100% guarantee the post Luck Colts (and any other NFL team) wouldn't tank. Do it the soccer way- the bottom two teams in the standings get shipped off to the XFL. 😁 😁 😁  

    I've said it before- the anti soccer goofs have their collective heads up their asses to not realize what's inevitable here in the States. The big soccer wave is coming in- whether you like it or not- just get used to the idea. Probably more kids playing soccer now than football, and when they get old enough I wouldn't doubt watching soccer on TV is going to be their preferred sport. Soccer is the unquestioned #1 sport in the world, and that's not even debatable. The world wide viewership for the men's World Cup Final dwarfs TV ratings for the Super Bowl.  

    BTW- the ever increasing salaries in Major League baseball aren't sustainable. Ratings go down, TV revenue goes down right along with it. 

  • @the-gipper said:

    1) Gay Prostitution makes a lot of money too   2) Soccer players are still a curiosity here

    1) Collectively? Probably. Individually there isn't a prostitute in the world hauling down over $100 million. 

    2) Only in your aged mind Gipper. Some old fuddy duddies like you missed (and are missing) the boat...  NBCSN is broadcasting plenty of the Premier League. Of course, you probably don't know what that is, and ESPN is starting to put MLS on. With the XFL starting up, I have a suggestion that would 100% guarantee the post Luck Colts (and any other NFL team) wouldn't tank. Do it the soccer way- the bottom two teams in the standings get shipped off to the XFL. 😁 😁 😁  

    I've said it before- the anti soccer goofs have their collective heads up their asses to not realize what's inevitable here in the States. The big soccer wave is coming in- whether you like it or not- just get used to the idea. Probably more kids playing soccer now than football, and when they get old enough I wouldn't doubt watching soccer on TV is going to be their preferred sport. Soccer is the unquestioned #1 sport in the world, and that's not even debatable. The world wide viewership for the men's World Cup Final dwarfs TV ratings for the Super Bowl.  

    BTW- the ever increasing salaries in Major League baseball aren't sustainable. Ratings go down, TV revenue goes down right along with it. 

    T TexasAg1969 wrote on last edited by
    #19

    @hoorta said:

    1) Collectively? Probably. Individually there isn't a prostitute in the world hauling down over $100 million.

    I saw one inside the entrance to the Venetian in Vegas that ought to be. I was drooling with my wife standing right next to me. ?

  • @hoorta said:

    1) Collectively? Probably. Individually there isn't a prostitute in the world hauling down over $100 million.

    I saw one inside the entrance to the Venetian in Vegas that ought to be. I was drooling with my wife standing right next to me. ?

    mjp28M mjp28 wrote on last edited by
    #20

    @texasag1969 said:

    I saw one inside the entrance to the Venetian in Vegas that ought to be. I was drooling with my wife standing right next to me. ?

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  • @the-gipper said:

    1) Gay Prostitution makes a lot of money too   2) Soccer players are still a curiosity here

    1) Collectively? Probably. Individually there isn't a prostitute in the world hauling down over $100 million. 

    2) Only in your aged mind Gipper. Some old fuddy duddies like you missed (and are missing) the boat...  NBCSN is broadcasting plenty of the Premier League. Of course, you probably don't know what that is, and ESPN is starting to put MLS on. With the XFL starting up, I have a suggestion that would 100% guarantee the post Luck Colts (and any other NFL team) wouldn't tank. Do it the soccer way- the bottom two teams in the standings get shipped off to the XFL. 😁 😁 😁  

    I've said it before- the anti soccer goofs have their collective heads up their asses to not realize what's inevitable here in the States. The big soccer wave is coming in- whether you like it or not- just get used to the idea. Probably more kids playing soccer now than football, and when they get old enough I wouldn't doubt watching soccer on TV is going to be their preferred sport. Soccer is the unquestioned #1 sport in the world, and that's not even debatable. The world wide viewership for the men's World Cup Final dwarfs TV ratings for the Super Bowl.  

    BTW- the ever increasing salaries in Major League baseball aren't sustainable. Ratings go down, TV revenue goes down right along with it. 

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
    #21

    @hoorta said:

    1) Collectively? Probably. Individually there isn't a prostitute in the world hauling down over $100 million. 

    2) Only in your aged mind Gipper. Some old fuddy duddies like you missed (and are missing) the boat...  NBCSN is broadcasting plenty of the Premier League. Of course, you probably don't know what that is, and ESPN is starting to put MLS on. With the XFL starting up, I have a suggestion that would 100% guarantee the post Luck Colts (and any other NFL team) wouldn't tank. Do it the soccer way- the bottom two teams in the standings get shipped off to the XFL. 😁 😁 😁  

    Can anyone besides you even name an American soccer player?  I can think of one:   Michael Landon or something. NBCSN is pushing soccer because it cannot get ahold of any decent sports programming, and it has to fill air time.  (Like Sundays at eight AM)

    I've said it before- the anti soccer goofs have their collective heads up their asses to not realize what's inevitable here in the States. The big soccer wave is coming in- whether you like it or not- just get used to the idea. Probably more kids playing soccer now than football, and when they get old enough I wouldn't doubt watching soccer on TV is going to be their preferred sport. Soccer is the unquestioned #1 sport in the world, and that's not even debatable. The world wide viewership for the men's World Cup Final dwarfs TV ratings for the Super Bowl.  

    Doesn't make it any less gay and boring just because eurofags like it. 

    And  would bet that in any particular country...they do not get rating for the WC that  the SB gets here. (except, maybe in those countries that are in it)

    BTW- the ever increasing salaries in Major League baseball aren't sustainable. Ratings go down, TV revenue goes down right along with it. 

    Except baseball  revenues are not going down. https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2019/01/07/mlb-sees-record-revenues-of-10-3-billion-for-2018/#ea4969b5beab

  • @hoorta said:

    1) Collectively? Probably. Individually there isn't a prostitute in the world hauling down over $100 million. 

    2) Only in your aged mind Gipper. Some old fuddy duddies like you missed (and are missing) the boat...  NBCSN is broadcasting plenty of the Premier League. Of course, you probably don't know what that is, and ESPN is starting to put MLS on. With the XFL starting up, I have a suggestion that would 100% guarantee the post Luck Colts (and any other NFL team) wouldn't tank. Do it the soccer way- the bottom two teams in the standings get shipped off to the XFL. 😁 😁 😁  

    Can anyone besides you even name an American soccer player?  I can think of one:   Michael Landon or something. NBCSN is pushing soccer because it cannot get ahold of any decent sports programming, and it has to fill air time.  (Like Sundays at eight AM)

    I've said it before- the anti soccer goofs have their collective heads up their asses to not realize what's inevitable here in the States. The big soccer wave is coming in- whether you like it or not- just get used to the idea. Probably more kids playing soccer now than football, and when they get old enough I wouldn't doubt watching soccer on TV is going to be their preferred sport. Soccer is the unquestioned #1 sport in the world, and that's not even debatable. The world wide viewership for the men's World Cup Final dwarfs TV ratings for the Super Bowl.  

    Doesn't make it any less gay and boring just because eurofags like it. 

    And  would bet that in any particular country...they do not get rating for the WC that  the SB gets here. (except, maybe in those countries that are in it)

    BTW- the ever increasing salaries in Major League baseball aren't sustainable. Ratings go down, TV revenue goes down right along with it. 

    Except baseball  revenues are not going down. https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2019/01/07/mlb-sees-record-revenues-of-10-3-billion-for-2018/#ea4969b5beab

    hoortaH hoorta wrote on last edited by hoorta
    #22

    @the-gipper said:

    Your anti  soccer bias is just plain ignorant.  There's truckloads of soccer fans down the road in Columbus who would  tell you the starting lineup of the Crew without  looking  it up. Interest in the Premier  league is growing  exponentially. 

    You consider  soccer boring because frankly  you don't want to  understand  it. Calling  people who like the sport  soccer fags pretty  much nails your bias baseball  fag. That's why American football is of little importance in  say, China.

    I tend to take a wider view of sport than your narrow parochial  vision. LOL if it's not American, it doesn't matter. 

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    Go to most any community park this time of year and see the parking lot filled with cars. Wonder why? That’s all the local kids there playing soccer. Call it what you like but it’s very popular anymore. I bet more American children play soccer now than little league baseball and youth football leagues combined.