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Quote Originally Posted by sjm5122 View Post
Why? They don't broadcast MLS, on any major network for the most part, and I would put that mostly garbage product on par with baseball. Yet I see baseball on major networks almost every night. Just because it's "america's pasttime"? Is that why baseball is so popular even today? cause as far as entertainment value I see nothing until playoffs.
Baseball has become a regional sport. Local ratings are high and local TV contracts are lucrative. Meanwhile, national TV ratings are very poor. This is due to the fact that most baseball fans follow their home team very closely. If you have a baseball team that you support, the drama of the season is the backdrop for your summer. If you look at it from the outside in, it just seems like an infinite number of games that all look the same.
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nothing WORSE than watching soccer and having teams not play a true game due to aggregate BS....make the game shit IMO.....nothing worse than watching 90 minutes and ending 0-0...
Quote Originally Posted by Seaweed View Post
Soccer is the greatest sport in the world.

Baseball is boring and only remotely exciting in playoffs, when the series is tied, and the game is tied in the 9th inning, and you have money on the game.
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Draws in soccer aren't the greatest, but it's certainly a more fair practice than say the NFL overtime from years past or hockey shootouts (although those are exciting).

One thing soccer does better than any other sport/league is the promotion/relegation format. This makes 95% of the regular season matchups important for EVERY team. Certainly can't be said about MLB or NBA where teams often tank or just sell off all their decent players in hopes of a better opportunity in the following seasons.
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The Aggregate scoring is dumb as penetrate....I mean come on......AWAY GOALS lol who cares if you lose a game 3-0 or 2-1....oh they do...its very very important...so a team down 1-0 vs a good team...is better stacking D away-instead of trying to win that game---then take their chance at home....so you get to watch a team load the box using weak counter attempts and booting the ball...how exciting...
Quote Originally Posted by sjm5122 View Post
Draws in soccer aren't the greatest, but it's certainly a more fair practice than say the NFL overtime from years past or hockey shootouts (although those are exciting).

One thing soccer does better than any other sport/league is the promotion/relegation format. This makes 95% of the regular season matchups important for EVERY team. Certainly can't be said about MLB or NBA where teams often tank or just sell off all their decent players in hopes of a better opportunity in the following seasons.
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Quote Originally Posted by PaperTrail07 View Post
nothing WORSE than watching soccer and having teams not play a true game due to aggregate BS....make the game shit IMO.....nothing worse than watching 90 minutes and ending 0-0...
The goalies in soccer are really good. In most of the 0-0 games you see spectacular saves by the goalies which are more fun to watch than goals. Anyone can score a soccer goal but only a few select great goalies can keep a clean sheet.