Is Soccer Displacing Football in the US

soccerobserver said:
Unothat thanks for the stats...my main point was that the NFL is shrinking the product in the bag and to me becoming almost unwatchble...in contrast, College football, the NBA and baseball do not serve up broadcasts that are as watered down with commercials as the NFL...I am a football fan but a frustrated consumer of the NFL and how they are humping the fans...according to the NY Post, NFL TV ratings are in and they show an 8% decline for the season...http://nypost.com/2017/01/23/nfl-tv-viewership-fumbles-for-the-first-time-in-4-years/

Second, by your stats I think soccer is #5 and, most importantly, soccer has the fastest growth rate of the Big 5...also worth noting is that football participation is declining...football has negative growth rate among our youth...
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Yes, I was thinking of MMA is being more popular vs Soccer now and didn't state that clearly or correctly in my first post.

Yes I agree with you for the most part, NFL with all the commercials is slowing down the game.

I took my son to his first pro game this season and he was amazed that each play took so long, takes some of the fun away with the fast action plays he is used to when he plays.

Americans seem to have a preference for loud action sports with some scoring and violence mixed in. Hockey has more scoring vs Soccer for example, faster and has some violence so tends to be a more exciting spectacular sport with more people intrested in watching. Not as many people play ice hockey due to the $, time and skills, facilities available but street hockey is gaining popularity,
 
younothat said:
Yes, I was thinking of MMA is being more popular vs Soccer now and didn't state that clearly or correctly in my first post.

Yes I agree with you for the most part, NFL with all the commercials is slowing down the game.

I took my son to his first pro game this season and he was amazed that each play took so long, takes some of the fun away with the fast action plays he is used to when he plays.

Americans seem to have a preference for loud action sports with some scoring and violence mixed in. Hockey has more scoring vs Soccer for example, faster and has some violence so tends to be a more exciting spectacular sport with more people intrested in watching. Not as many people play ice hockey due to the $, time and skills, facilities available but street hockey is gaining popularity,
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UNT I agree hockey is a thrilling game to watch...especially live and up close...how guys can fight, skate, and keep control of the puck all while going backwards at 30mph...it's awe inspiring...
 
Lambchop said:
Imagine this, if each goal was worth 7 points instead of 1, scores would be, 14-7, 7-0, 21-7 or 21-14! There you go higher scores and let's say there are 5 goals to 3, which some times happens, it would be 35 to 21, there is your high scoring game! It is all about how you look at the score
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Dude's not wrong. We could give 6 points for a goal, and then one point for a PK taken right after a goal. On all PKs, we could give the option of setting the ball up on the 18, to make it a 2-point attempt.
 
younothat said:
According to NCCA research, this is reality,

Soccer is not close to football, 6th sport behind the others for boys


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Agreed; soccer is not yet close. But look at the %change statistics. Soccer is up by 6.9% in one year; American football is down by 1.2%. If this trend continues, then soccer passes up American football in about 10 years.
 
soccerobserver said:
UNT I agree hockey is a thrilling game to watch...especially live and up close...how guys can fight, skate, and keep control of the puck all while going backwards at 30mph...it's awe inspiring...
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Playing a pickup game on the river ice in college, I accidentally knocked the two front teeth out of a teammate and friend. He just smiled at me whenever we met after that.
 
younothat said:
Yes, I was thinking of MMA is being more popular vs Soccer now and didn't state that clearly or correctly in my first post.

Yes I agree with you for the most part, NFL with all the commercials is slowing down the game.

I took my son to his first pro game this season and he was amazed that each play took so long, takes some of the fun away with the fast action plays he is used to when he plays.

Americans seem to have a preference for loud action sports with some scoring and violence mixed in. Hockey has more scoring vs Soccer for example, faster and has some violence so tends to be a more exciting spectacular sport with more people intrested in watching. Not as many people play ice hockey due to the $, time and skills, facilities available but street hockey is gaining popularity,
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When I went to my first live NFL game, I was puzzled by the frequent periods of quiet inactivity until I realized it was TV commercial time. It seemed really long without a TV in front of me. And the crowd got it too - they quieted down and didn't pick up the noise again until it was obvious the cameras were back live.
 
Daniel Miller said:
Agreed; soccer is not yet close. But look at the %change statistics. Soccer is up by 6.9% in one year; American football is down by 1.2%. If this trend continues, then soccer passes up American football in about 10 years.
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Especially since football is losing the guts that made it great.
 
How many people here watched today's UEFA Champions league games? Here lies soccer's problem competing with the NFL. Big matches televised middle of the workday.......
 
HBE said:
How many people here watched today's UEFA Champions league games? Here lies soccer's problem competing with the NFL. Big matches televised middle of the workday.......
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I did, and it is a great excuse to go out to lunch or take a soccer loving Customer to talk a little shop or alot of soccer. The Olde Ship in Santa Ana was busy at lunch today for the matches, even though there weren't any Premier League teams on the pitch. It will be packed tomorrow for Arse.
 
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How many people here watched today's UEFA Champions league games? Here lies soccer's problem competing with the NFL. Big matches televised middle of the workday.......
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There is no denying that soccer in America is nowhere close to the NFL in ratings, but the Champions League is not trying to cater to the U.S. audience like the NFL does. Totally unfair to compare the CL to NFL in the U.S.

Now if you were comparing CL to the NFL on a worldwide basis, I suspect the NFL comes up woefully short on comparative ratings.

I am not going to try and argue that you should ditch the NFL and embrace world soccer. But for me, I would watch any CL match over any NFL game (Superbowl included) any day of the week. Different strokes for different folks........
 
bababooey said:
I am not going to try and argue that you should ditch the NFL and embrace world soccer. But for me, I would watch any CL match over any NFL game (Superbowl included) any day of the week. Different strokes for different folks........
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While I totally agree, I do think that the Superbowl is much more conducive to eating, drinking and partying with friends. With CL, it is hard to look away from the screen.
 
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