Soccer: The Other Other Sport
April 13, 2008 by Jyle Dupuis
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Haven’t you always wondered why the most popular sport in the world isn’t being embraced in one of the largest marketable country in the world, the United States.
Many outsiders see the US as a huge untapped market. Some believed that David Beckham would help usher in soccer’s popularity into North America, but that doesn’t seem to be panning out according as planned. So here we are in 2008 and soccer still is being overlooked and Beckham seen as just another recognizable face in Hollywood. Braden at Bleacher Report seems to have an idea as to why this is.
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. The World Cup is the largest sporting event each year it is held. The 2006 finals averaged 260 million viewers. For comparison, the Super Bowl that year only averaged 90.7 million.
Despite its outrageous popularity across the globe, soccer has failed to grab a foothold here in the United States. This has to be attributed to what our society values in its athletes.
Read the complete article Why Americans Have Not Embraced Soccer
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