Football (that's soccer for ya Americans..) world cup

[Trek420]

"Nice. Illustrated smart arsing. How could you have missed that Trek?"

oh my my my, very nice reminder, thanks! I was just trying to get you to post the pic

jobob "Someone somewhere commented that soccer/football hasn't really caught on in the US because games are not televised as much as for the other big US sports (US football, baseball, basketball). And why might that be? Probably because there are not all the lengthy timeouts in soccer, where commercials can be stuck in ($$ ka-ching $$) !"

I thought it was because while American football players are athletes (despite my comment above about the breaks and stuff) the average person sitting, watching the game over pizza, chips and beer identifies more with the size and shape of say the late Reggie White. Couldn't do what he did but we're talking big, strong guy with a gut.

While we see soccer players full out sprinting running non stop without breaks or switching players...can't fathom it.