I was just thinking, why is it that there are so many people attacking soccer in this country? I have seen so much hate towards this sport on yahoo forums, in papers, in public. I have had people telling me that soccer is for sissies, or for dykes. If I wanted to be a real man I had to play football. Go tell that dude that he is the actual sissy for wearing all that protective gear.
Why is there nothing like that in Europe? I mean, I remember growing up in Europe 10 years ago. We were curious to find out what that craze was about the American Football. We thought it was cool to play baseball with our American teacher. I remember getting up at 4 a.m. to watch Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls beat the Utah Jazz. Everyone was watching NBA Action and The Sunday Game on channel 2.
But there has never been any doubt for 99% of us which the No. 1 sport in the World was - Tsar (King)Futbol as we called it.
And now I am just thinking, is it that soccer has made such a great impact in the U.S. that some people feel threatened by its growing popularity? It is natural for people to be conservative and dislike changes. It is much easier to preserve the status. People also dislike things they don't understand. they are not familiar with. "My dad sure didn't kick a ball around, so why should I?" And finally, people tend to dislike things there are people better then them at, or they are just not good at. I remember, when I was in school, I got an F in Chemistry. Now, I've always been a good student with As and Bs in all subjects, but for some reason (maybe I had a bad teacher) I sucked at Chemistry, and so I skipped the class a lot and never studied (that never helped me like Chemistry either).
Soccer is here to stay whether people like it or not, it's not going anywhere. Let the dogs bark, they don't know any better. You and I know it will get better with the years. And one day, when your children and their children make a good run for the World Cup or even win it, Tsar Futbol will rule the whole wide World!
