@gftchris said: Just give it up Gip, it's not clever, nobody's laughing. How many gridiron football fans do you suppose there are in the world? I mean, all of America and Canada, right? Plus maybe a couple of million outside of there? Except it won't be all of north america. Apparently, viewing figures for the superbowl 2012 - highest on record - were around 170 million. How many do you suppose play/watch association football? Well, the last world cup final attracted 3.2 billion people. So please, stop trying to belittle a sport that is the most popular in the world, and getting on for 20 times more popular that NFL. Not sure about slow motion hockey, but if it works for you Football/Soccer is a lot more tactical than hockey, which seems to basically consist of everybody trying to slam the puck towards the goal as hard and as often as possible but to be fair I haven't watched much, outside of the odd winter olympics final or stanley cup highlights, so I could be misguided on that. Um, the tactics in hockey are extremely similar to those in soccer, they just happen a lot faster- offsides, etc. Scoring is about as difficult. And trust me a hockey puck moves way faster than any human being can kick a soccer ball. Zombo said: Homos that want to continue talking about soccer go here: http://thebrownsboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11409 Possible topics include: Why soccer should just be a sport for girls in this day of age. Why soccer players look so stupid when they flop all the time. Why soccer is so flipping boring. Why everyone who follows the link is attracted to other men. Zombo Hey, humbug- just because you hate the worlds most popular sport doesn't mean the rest of the world is wrong for loving it. I get the last word in. My pro Sports hierarchy 1) NFL football 2) NBA Basketball 3) Tennis 4) NHL Hockey 5) Soccer 6) MLB You want to take a nap? Just tune in. 7) Skiing Summer Olympics BTW, despite it's TV rankings, golf isn't a freaking sport, it's a skill, (one look at John Daly- now there's a damn athlete for ya) like bowling.