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Soccer is the worst sport on earth and I say that as an Australian not an American. Truly one of the most boring, soft and dull sports I can imagine
I think football (soccer) is a lot of fun to play, but watching the pro leagues where they do all this prima donna diving and posturing and whatnot really is a bore. And it's a shame, that's not how we played football when I was a kid.
 
Cricket is not soft, nor dull and not boring

I think this discussion is a bit silly as we come from different cultures and there's no way to reach a consensus other than just trash talk the sports we don't like.

But how one can rate cricket above football and point to it being less dull, boring (synonyms make lists long) and soft is fairly mind-blowing.

Not that I've ever watched a second of it.
 
I think this discussion is a bit silly as we come from different cultures and there's no way to reach a consensus other than just trash talk the sports we don't like.

But how one can rate cricket above football and point to it being less dull, boring (synonyms make lists long) and soft is fairly mind-blowing.

Not that I've ever watched a second of it.
The cricket was a joke. But I truly cannot even watch 30 seconds of soccer, it ruins my brain with how pathetic it is a sport.
 
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I beg to differ. Fans of Bora, at least, may well be NFL watchers. But, indeed, some backward places may still be stuck on just Soccer.

"The U.K. and Germany each have 3.3 million “avid fans” of the NFL in a category that's been growing quickly for both, but Germany has slightly more “casual” fans — 17 million."

And these numbers are from 2022.

Something profoundly funny about discussing pro sports..cycling has tons of potential for growth of all kinds and the revenue that goes along with other major sports,
cycling is absolutely blowing it!!
I am certainly biased being an enthusiast for many years, Vuelta great, great, example, plenty of backstory, personal perspective, doesn't matter who..Roglic, Mas, O'Connor, Dunbar!! Too many interesting ( marketable!!) Stories but pro cycling instead has teams like Visma, Movistar, ect making their own media and monetizing it on YouTube and other minor media.
NFL taking their products and selling them successfully in Europe, where there are no NFL teams!! Selling NFL in Mexico and Central, South America.. No teams, few if any games ever played on their soil..but still they successfully ($$$$$) market their products.
NBA, and others all looking at China as the future. Viewer ship for Premier League grows in China every year, year after year. Pro bike racing and it's fans need not pretend that pro bike racing is big or lucrative it's not, and that is completely by choice, no play offs, no defined championship, almost no interest from TV to produce and promote television content and timely coverage..
You can find the NFL boring, that's fine, completely valid, but who cares, asked as a serious question.. When answered.. Tens of millions world wide care about NFL and all products associated with it..
Pro bike racing should beg NFL for some advice about how to get more people watching in person, on TV, pay per view, buying merchandise, how to pay players, how to increase franchise values, how to sell hundreds of millions in merchandise world wide.. How do they sell hats and jerseys in countries that don't have any NFL anything? Cycling should figure it out!!! Bike racing is a great sport, the people running it are absolutely brain dead!!!UCI call NFL for help!!!

Have people really seen what is on TV? Dancing shows, literally shows about people cooking or doing construction.. Shows on people eating, drinking, losing weight, arguing!! All w greater viewers than cycling!! If more people know HoneyBooBoo or Duck Dynasty characters than Wout or Pogacar you don't know how to market your product!!!!