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2006-07-10 05:35:16 · 12 answers · asked by ? 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Hockey is. it is on the outdoor network
2006-07-10 05:37:25 · answer #1 · answered by everett k 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Formula 1 Racing is popular worldwide, but not in the U.S.
The obvious reasons are there's little advertising here and also the majority of the races are broadcast on the Speedvision cable channel, which not many people have access to. Perhaps another reason is competitive inequality. There is a large performance gap between each team's cars. Unlike Nascar, where the cars' performance specs are identical, F1 cars are developed according to the team's financial budget. In essence, this is more an engineering sport, rather than a driver's sport.
One of the 20 F1 teams have just signed on its first american, Scott Speed, since Mario Andretti. Hopefully this will help generate some interest in the sport. Considering last year's Indianapolis race was a farce, it's good to see that this year's race went smoothly (even with the multi-car wreck, which coincidentally, almost rivaled the same number of teams who protested the race in 05!).
My opinion about the sport?
I think F1 is an exciting sport because of the drivers and the various car manufacturers involved. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher dominated F1 for several consecutive years and was challenged on many occasions by key drivers such as Mclaren-Mercedes's Kimi Raikkonen, and then BMW Williams's Juan Pablo Montoya. Only last year was Schumacher dethroned by current reigning champ, Fernando Alonso. While this sport is predictable in some ways, there's always an element of surprise waiting to jump out at any time (like BMW's sudden turnaround mid-season in 04, I believe - the year of BMW's infamous and disastrous Hammer-head design). I'd say the best races are Monaco, where the teams race in the cramped-quarter streets of the city, and Indianapolis, where the cars scream past almost half a stretch of the oval circuit (for all you Nascar fans out there), a straight longer any F1 circuit.
2006-07-10 13:03:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soccer as far as a spectator sport. Basically, because it's slow, not enough action, low scoring and too much diving. Now in the '70s and '80s it was hugely popular in the U.S. (the NASL eh!) because it had stars, loads of cation, loads of goals and players who respected the game.
2006-07-10 12:39:56 · answer #3 · answered by fugutastic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soccer is least popular. The Final Game of World Cup was not even on standard television. It was on ESPN.
Most Americans do not even realize their city has a soccer club.
2006-07-10 12:38:52 · answer #4 · answered by eclectek06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soccer, because we don't like 0-0 ties after 2 hours of play
2006-07-10 12:44:53 · answer #5 · answered by Rick H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Curling
2006-07-10 12:38:35 · answer #6 · answered by wanderklutz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hockey is the least popular big sport because it isn't good on TV.
2006-07-10 13:12:41 · answer #7 · answered by Pete 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
soccer because we don't get to see the best athletes, we get the second tier guys. The best play in Europe because they pay better and people watch the games.
2006-07-10 12:44:45 · answer #8 · answered by pack42586 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soccor... because we have the REAL FOOTBALL! :P
Hockey.. because it doesn't get cold enough to freeze the lakes in most of America's cities so they don't grow up learning how to skate and lawn hockey never caught on..
2006-07-10 12:42:17 · answer #9 · answered by escaped_mental_case 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrestling allligators.
2006-07-10 12:42:55 · answer #10 · answered by zabac99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋