nice good arguments. i guess we will just have to see but for now football dominates.i wonder how popular basketball will be in the future but the equipement factor will forever hold it back.1. I would say many of the the same external factors apply. But soccer has two huge factors that are overlooked.
a. Soccer has a loooong history (2000 years), this gave it much time to globalize and to weave itself into different countries' cultures. I wonder how the tables would turn if basketball had a 2000 year history. Basketball is only in its infancy compared to soccer (130 years). And it's much harder for it to take over now, since soccer already has engraved itself in many countries' cultures (despite this, basketball is actua
b. Accessibility - Literally don't need any equipment besides a ball, and even then you don't need an actual soccer ball. Just two rocks and some sort of ball (honestly how i played a lot of times when i was a kid).
2. More importantly, we have to recognize that even the same factors will apply to different degrees.
For example, culture and upbringing play a large part in what sports kids will play and watch. But this factor is much more significant for soccer because in europe and other areas where football is part of the culture, the population is just so much higher. The factor is applied on a greater number of people. I think you and I both know that those same kids that grew up playing and watching football in europe, would be playing and watching basketball if they were raised in America. It's not like there is something inherent in Europeans that has them prefer soccer.
A lot of terrible ideologies were very popular back in the day, but that doesn't make them the best. Popularity is not a good metric.... at least not alone. It is good to get a select few of sports that you want to compare but at some point, better criteria have to be developed.
This is long and I don't really wanna argue tbh. trust this argument will not end because it's too hard to define what makes a sport great. plus i gotta sleep at some point my G
i would like to add a very big factor that only benefits basketball aswell tho and thats usa huge influence on the whole world but as i said before basketball is indeed growing we will see what happens in the future1. I would say many of the the same external factors apply. But soccer has two huge factors that are overlooked.
a. Soccer has a loooong history (2000 years), this gave it much time to globalize and to weave itself into different countries' cultures. I wonder how the tables would turn if basketball had a 2000 year history. Basketball is only in its infancy compared to soccer (130 years). And it's much harder for it to take over now, since soccer already has engraved itself in many countries' cultures (despite this, basketball is actua
b. Accessibility - Literally don't need any equipment besides a ball, and even then you don't need an actual soccer ball. Just two rocks and some sort of ball (honestly how i played a lot of times when i was a kid).
2. More importantly, we have to recognize that even the same factors will apply to different degrees.
For example, culture and upbringing play a large part in what sports kids will play and watch. But this factor is much more significant for soccer because in europe and other areas where football is part of the culture, the population is just so much higher. The factor is applied on a greater number of people. I think you and I both know that those same kids that grew up playing and watching football in europe, would be playing and watching basketball if they were raised in America. It's not like there is something inherent in Europeans that has them prefer soccer.
A lot of terrible ideologies were very popular back in the day, but that doesn't make them the best. Popularity is not a good metric.... at least not alone. It is good to get a select few of sports that you want to compare but at some point, better criteria have to be developed.
This is long and I don't really wanna argue tbh. trust this argument will not end because it's too hard to define what makes a sport great. plus i gotta sleep at some point my G
most of my friends in italy discovered basketball through rap and shit like that which is directly connected to us culture.here in france is different people play basketball not really because of that
very true as well. Again that's why I said I don't like popularity as metric or at least not alone. I bet if we were to write a paper on this, we would find even more significant external factors.
as a side note if you had to classify a sport as better than another what would your parameters be?like what would you use?
tough tbh. Generally I try to think of criteria that are as free as possible of external factors (or as close as we can get to that). Parameters that have to do solely with how good the game is inherently. Even the parameters that I choose are hard to define and measure as well. But here are some.
true that
No you wouldn’t
Smv=/= psl
Go suck some bbc
How am i supposed to suck my own dick only u would know
Recruit mode? He's killed himself to be where he is now.
what, i cant even pass the ball normaly. Its far harder than basketball or american football who are physical af
youre a nigger? go back to africa then
I already am
meanwhile this dude that isnt nowhere near legendary-passer tier like pirlo, beckham and others is much more accurate with his feet that those faggots will ever be with their hands
you just said it yourself its about taste it just happens that more faggots enjoy watching football more than any other sport right now(might or might not change we dont know)
Uhm what? Just by the nature of it being the most played sport in the world with the most money involved it makes it the highest skill ceiling sport out there.
the fuck? whats morgan's problem?jfl
