2007-02-12 17:20:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
Now THAT´S a very good question... is a very cheap game to play, liked by poor people, and since the vast majority of people in the world is poor... you do the math
2007-02-12 17:25:01 · answer #1 · answered by doctorhector 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soccer has won the world over, but it hasn't won the west. Soccer will always be on the same list as curling, when it comes to popularity in North America. Hockey, Baseball, and Football (the tough man type), dominate and even the over paid gangsta uneducated NBA league, gets more popularity.
2007-02-13 01:55:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To say that soccer hasn't won the West because it's not so popular in North America is ridiculously ignorant. No mention of all the Central and South American countries that live for football. Grow up.
2007-02-13 06:10:40 · answer #3 · answered by pol_douglas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soccer is a team game its need edurance/speed/agility/specific muscular coordination in a mass participation on the ground.For the soccer viewers its a part fun/thrilling and seeing miracle on the ground with huge movement of team in a group from the all these aspect soccer is having own popularity.In this game with in short time a man can work physically well/Get result of game/less resource to play it if comparing it HOCKEY,CRICKET,and other team game which is use to play on the ground.It is also reason to make popular game of soccer.
2007-02-16 23:40:55 · answer #4 · answered by santosh kumar srivastava 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the main attractiveness of soccer is the fact that it is a relatively inexpensive sport, is fairly easy to participate in and is easy to learn and to acquire basic skills.
Soccer can be learned and played by different age levels. It is also open to both boys and girls. It's a good sport.
It does not do well in the American market, for a couple of reasons. First, it is a low scoring game, as are baseball and hockey, and that will tend to limit fan interest. Second, it doesn't have enough time-outs and breaks to allow television commercials, and that limits television interest.
In the American market Football, basketball, and baseball are dominant sports, mainly because of fan interest. Hockey probably makes it to fourth place.
2007-02-13 01:41:26 · answer #5 · answered by Warren D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whether you refer to it as football or soccer, it is the most popular sport in the world. From China to Brazil and everywhere in between, soccer is followed fanatically by billions of people
2007-02-13 01:28:23 · answer #6 · answered by A@ L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Football ( or association football-> soccer, or the real football) is perhaps the most popular team game in the world.
2007-02-13 01:24:39 · answer #7 · answered by pragyana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
soccer (or association football) is the most popular recognised sport in the world.
it is popular partly because it doesn't require much equipment (other than a ball, which can be improvised, as can goalposts) and because the rules and main aim of the game are easy to understand.
also, unlike games such as rugby, you can be any build and be able to play well. you can't rely just on your height and strength
2007-02-13 17:08:28 · answer #8 · answered by clamshell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Football - the tough man sport?
they wear padding all over their body.
i think rugby is more fierce...
soccer is very popular everywhere in the world..except U.S.
2007-02-13 03:47:56 · answer #9 · answered by Alicia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
football (english version) is probably the most famous sport in the world. you only have to look at the world cup to see that the whole world stops for that compition. NBA BAseball American football are only more famous in america everywhere else in the world football is rated higher
2007-02-13 04:27:28 · answer #10 · answered by dmonins 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋