I have seen this story before. The Women's World Cup Soccer final will get massive ratings this coming Sunday. The Pro Soccer people will be out in force saying "SEE, Soccer IS getting poplular! 5 Billion people cannot be wrong".
What they miss is that the finals of Women's Gymnastics and Figure Skating in the Olympics is also massively popular. During slow sports times especially, it is entertaining to follow Soccer, Skating, or even Curling.......that doesn't mean it is going to be hugely popular.
Soccer is a great sport to play. It makes sense to me that is has immense popularity. However, as a spectator sport, it simply isn't as exciting as basketball or football. I FIRMLY believe that if you exposed an unbiased person for the 1st time to the three sports, he would rank Soccer on the bottom, if he was free to choose what sport to follow.
I read all the time about how Hockey and Soccer don't market themselves well enough. People just don't get it.......Football and Basketball are simply BETTER sports to watch. Twitter will explode on Saturday when Hope Solo gets each crucial save, and when the game goes to penalty kicks 0-0........... but I won't be watching it, and once the World Cup ends, the ratings for Soccer will crater once again.....
On the handicapping front, I am ALLIN with my 3* MLB Total of the Month, it goes THIS Morning! Let's win a bunch during brunch today!
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