Why is soccer (boring unwatchable sport) the most watched spectator sport in the world?

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We can all agree that soccer is boring to watch and has very little action (ie. scoring), one would accept that it would be a very unsuccessful sport and that superior more exciting sports like the NFL, MLB and NBA to dominate the global spectator sport market and get the biggest ratings. Yet the opposite occurs. As mind-baffling as it seems, soccer is watched by more people and actually excites more people than any other sport. Why haven't our better sports replaced soccer in other countries like our movies, TV and music have?
 
We can all agree that soccer is boring to watch and has very little action (ie. scoring), one would accept that it would be a very unsuccessful sport and that superior more exciting sports like the NFL, MLB and NBA to dominate the global spectator sport market and get the biggest ratings. Yet the opposite occurs. As mind-baffling as it seems, soccer is watched by more people and actually excites more people than any other sport. Why haven't our better sports replaced soccer in other countries like our movies, TV and music have?
 
Originally Posted by Rondembo

We can all agree that soccer is boring to watch and has very little action (ie. scoring), one would accept that it would be a very unsuccessful sport and that superior more exciting sports like the NFL, MLB and NBA to dominant the global spectator sport market and get the biggest ratings. Yet the opposite occurs. As mind-baffling as it seems, soccer is watched by more people and actually excites more people than any other sport. Why haven't our better sports replaced soccer in other countries like our movies, TV and music have?
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 About the same level  of excitement imo
 
Originally Posted by Rondembo

We can all agree that soccer is boring to watch and has very little action (ie. scoring), one would accept that it would be a very unsuccessful sport and that superior more exciting sports like the NFL, MLB and NBA to dominant the global spectator sport market and get the biggest ratings. Yet the opposite occurs. As mind-baffling as it seems, soccer is watched by more people and actually excites more people than any other sport. Why haven't our better sports replaced soccer in other countries like our movies, TV and music have?
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 About the same level  of excitement imo
 
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Here we go. Great troll thread, btw.
 
Please watch a Barcelona, Spain, Brazil or any top-tier team play before you call soccer boring.

And to answer your question, it's because people in most countries can't afford gear for football, baseball, etc. All you need for soccer is the ball and 4 objects to use as goals.

When you grow up playing a sport, of course you'll enjoy watching it.

Soccer fans >>>>>
(except for the racist ones)
 
Please watch a Barcelona, Spain, Brazil or any top-tier team play before you call soccer boring.

And to answer your question, it's because people in most countries can't afford gear for football, baseball, etc. All you need for soccer is the ball and 4 objects to use as goals.

When you grow up playing a sport, of course you'll enjoy watching it.

Soccer fans >>>>>
(except for the racist ones)
 
Honestly soccer is pretty boring. How do you justify watching a game that ends with no scores.
 
Honestly soccer is pretty boring. How do you justify watching a game that ends with no scores.
 
Baseball can be very low scoring, as well as having FAR more points of no activity. While hockey has high activity, it too can be low scoring.

Simply because there are no goals doesn't make a game boring, there is plenty within the game to keep attention and interest. Part of the excitement of watching a match is experiencing several near misses, almost goals, the build of a play, then finally breaking through... it's a great feeling as a fan. It's simply a different kind of excitement, but for example with basketball, EVERY play isn't exciting. Teams will miss over half their shots, turnovers, bad possessions, etc. doesn't necessarily make basketball boring. But if you speak to some soccer fans, they'll tell you the constant scoring of basketball is boring to them, watching someone dribble down the court, take a jump shot, it goes in.. then repeat that the next 10-15 possessions, you can see how some might find that boring.

Another thing to consider when people say how boring the sport is, at least in soccer there are no timeouts and game breaks. People will complain how everyone flops and "fakes" injuries, but the game doesn't really stop. You get 45+ minutes of gameplay each half without a commercial break every three minutes of game time, without dozens of timeouts, without a break after each half inning, etc.
 
Baseball can be very low scoring, as well as having FAR more points of no activity. While hockey has high activity, it too can be low scoring.

Simply because there are no goals doesn't make a game boring, there is plenty within the game to keep attention and interest. Part of the excitement of watching a match is experiencing several near misses, almost goals, the build of a play, then finally breaking through... it's a great feeling as a fan. It's simply a different kind of excitement, but for example with basketball, EVERY play isn't exciting. Teams will miss over half their shots, turnovers, bad possessions, etc. doesn't necessarily make basketball boring. But if you speak to some soccer fans, they'll tell you the constant scoring of basketball is boring to them, watching someone dribble down the court, take a jump shot, it goes in.. then repeat that the next 10-15 possessions, you can see how some might find that boring.

Another thing to consider when people say how boring the sport is, at least in soccer there are no timeouts and game breaks. People will complain how everyone flops and "fakes" injuries, but the game doesn't really stop. You get 45+ minutes of gameplay each half without a commercial break every three minutes of game time, without dozens of timeouts, without a break after each half inning, etc.
 
Half the field size, half the players. Then it would be a watchable game. I have no interest in watching a bunch of skinny men run the entire length of a soccer field after a ball just for it to get kicked way the +$%! the other way.
 
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