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Originally posted by Arvon:
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Originally posted by johnny:
Well, the football WC broke all records regarding numbers of people viewing on TV, regarding broadcastings on a global scale, and regarding fans attending at the tournament itself. No other sportingevent gets so much attention worldwide, not even the Olympics. These are facts btw, not my personal opinion.
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Rant #2 This is about as exciting as watching paint dry. They have to get some scoring! What's exciting about watching a bunch of people run up and down a grass field for two hours and have a score of 1-0. Increase the scoring, get rid of the goal keeper. [/QUOTE]Millions, if not billions, of people would disagree with you
. I think this is a common complaint from people who don't watch football. However, I think if you are suitably invested in who wins, you find that the fact that there aren't many goals isn't actually all that crucial for how exciting it is. Seeing someone kick a ball into the net is only a small part of the game, and seeing a team successfully defend their goal from strenuous attack can be just as thrilling (except if they're Italy [img]graemlins/idontagreeatall.gif[/img]
). Plus the anticipation of a goal can be the most gripping part. Of course there are boring games, but I think some of the most boring are the high scoring ones where one team anihilates another 15-0 or something.
How often someone scores points isn't necessarily what makes a sporting match interesting anyway. Look at basketball - teams get a basket every minute or so and I personally find basketball one of the most boring sports to watch. Or tennis - you're guaranteed someone will score every point - it's how they do it that's exciting, not that the scoreboard changes.