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<blockquote data-quote="Jaguares" data-source="post: 652446" data-attributes="member: 63264"><p>Football/soccer is the most popular sport in the world because it's the cheapest and most accessible sport. Anyone can play football. It's also easy to understand because it has few rules and the soccer rules aren't complicated, In my opinion, the only rule complicated is the offside rule, which isn't so difficult to understand.</p><p></p><p>Anyone from a ghetto, weighing 60 kgs, can become a professional soccer player. However, for sports like swimming, rugby or american football you need bigger and stronger athletes.</p><p></p><p>It's easier to get 300 million athletes with an average weight of 60 to 80 kgs (Average weight of professional soccer players) than get 300 million athletes with an average weight between 95 and 130 kgs. (Average weight of professional rugby players).</p><p></p><p>For this reason, football/soccer will always be more popular than rugby. Not because it's a better sport, but because it's simpler, requires less athletic and less painful requirement. Something that people who never played rugby can't understand the pain you have to endure a rugby player in the field, is something that most people couldn't tolerate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaguares, post: 652446, member: 63264"] Football/soccer is the most popular sport in the world because it's the cheapest and most accessible sport. Anyone can play football. It's also easy to understand because it has few rules and the soccer rules aren't complicated, In my opinion, the only rule complicated is the offside rule, which isn't so difficult to understand. Anyone from a ghetto, weighing 60 kgs, can become a professional soccer player. However, for sports like swimming, rugby or american football you need bigger and stronger athletes. It's easier to get 300 million athletes with an average weight of 60 to 80 kgs (Average weight of professional soccer players) than get 300 million athletes with an average weight between 95 and 130 kgs. (Average weight of professional rugby players). For this reason, football/soccer will always be more popular than rugby. Not because it's a better sport, but because it's simpler, requires less athletic and less painful requirement. Something that people who never played rugby can't understand the pain you have to endure a rugby player in the field, is something that most people couldn't tolerate. [/QUOTE]
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