Americans don't care about a sport unless they are best at it

[jd_uk]

what sports is your country the best at>

I don't know about best at 'currently' but we're not bad at any of three i mentioned and they're some of the most popular sports in the world. Have been the best in rugby recently.

America is good at golf which is a global sport but i doubt it would popular without players like Tiger Woods.

 

[xrsist]

Only fags & soldiers need body armour orbly!!1 & the only way you can get away with wearing 60lb of shite is the stoppages every 2min.

2mins???
you mean every 3 seconds right?

 

[stosstruppe]

men wearing dresses.

I happen to look rather fetching in my 3in high heals, fishnet tights & mini skirt.

 

[stosstruppe]

2mins???
you mean every 3 seconds right?

Wouldn't know, I don't follow it mate when there are other better options like rugby union, rugby league, Gaelic & Aussie rules football

 

[jd_uk]

All sports can't be as action-packed as cricket.

Americans don't understand test cricket because it lasts a long time. It's the mental battle as well as the physical...not many people realise it's actually the 2nd most followed sport in the world behind soccer. 20/20 cricket is more exciting and action packed for people with shorter attention spans and is set to become very, very popular.

 

[jd_uk]

I care about Bolt crushing the 100m.........so I can win my K and get my crown........

Bolt is just incredible...he jogged the last 15m and broke the world record.

 

[Megalomaniac]

You have the statement wrong, it should be


"If Americans care about a sport then they become best at it."


You see this is how that works. We have the viewing audience with the most money and will buy the titles via the best players if we care. Most of the time "care" is determined through marketing.

Here are the 2007 muscle ranking for sports money

tiger
lefty
beckham
Raikkonen
James
mayweather
ronaldinho
messi
bryant
federer
alonso
oneal


Out of those earners 425 of the 580 million dollars brought in was american.

My point is we care because that is what is marketed to us, not what we really care about. With that said the marketing doesn't work if we aren't the best. If you are going to spend a lot of money to cheer for a good team or player then it/they better be good for the money.

 

[hurricane]

china lead the olympics in gold medals .. we aint the best at alot of sports

 

[SpyWizard]

I happen to look rather fetching in my 3in high heals, fishnet tights & mini skirt.

exactly..

 

[chris302001]

Bolt is just incredible...he jogged the last 15m and broke the world record.

I saw that, it was pretty sweet