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Originally Posted by Trollheart
They're good points. And no, I'm not trying to bait anyone: I don't do that. My point is against the argument that DJ put forward, that because AMERICANS don't like football (our football) then it by default has to be bad. That's totally arrogant. I freely admit I know little of basketball or baseball, and as you say it may indeed be played outside of the US but it is not a world sport. Just about every country (US included) plays football, even if it only comes to the fore at times like the World Cup. American football by comparison is a niche, insular sport, cared about only by Americans and probably a small percentage of people outside the US, mostly those who watch every sport --- darts, F1, tennis, badminton, rugby, soccer, GAA, boxing etc. Few people outside the US care specifically about AF: it's just another to add to the lists of the sports they watch.
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I'm not talking about football. You said baseball and basketball weren't watched or played by people outside America and that's not true. I forgot to mention Chinese basketball--that's where Yao Ming came from. And South Koreans are nuts about baseball. There have been a few of them in the MLB. Hee Sop Choi comes to mind. Oh, and Shin Soo Choo also.