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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 742885" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>The problem of food, shelter, disease, violence and crime is not just a racial or a poverty problem in South Africa, but a problem the entire country faces. Maybe the news doesn't travel as far as the UK about White Farmers being murdered on a weekly basis, but it's a major concern in SA. And this is a hate-crime. But perhaps this is digressing too far off topic.</p><p></p><p>The most watched and played sport on the African Continent is Soccer. And SA's broadcaster, Multichoice has now spread to the entire continent and even the islands as far as Mauritius. Soccer not just on the African Continent, but all over the World including the BPL, La Liga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga and others are all featured on the broadcaster's channel. It's clear that the majority of Africans, whether they were colonised or not or by whom, love and prefer Soccer. South Africa even has a 24-hour local soccer channel, and 2 dedicated international soccer channels. But no dedicated rugby or cricket channel. </p><p></p><p>The thing is Soccer gets a lot more exposure than any other sport in SA. And to get rural kids to choose a sport they don't have a cultural or historic bond, makes it way more difficult to get them to participate.</p><p></p><p>But, hey, what do I know, I'm talking out of my backside...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 742885, member: 40658"] The problem of food, shelter, disease, violence and crime is not just a racial or a poverty problem in South Africa, but a problem the entire country faces. Maybe the news doesn't travel as far as the UK about White Farmers being murdered on a weekly basis, but it's a major concern in SA. And this is a hate-crime. But perhaps this is digressing too far off topic. The most watched and played sport on the African Continent is Soccer. And SA's broadcaster, Multichoice has now spread to the entire continent and even the islands as far as Mauritius. Soccer not just on the African Continent, but all over the World including the BPL, La Liga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga and others are all featured on the broadcaster's channel. It's clear that the majority of Africans, whether they were colonised or not or by whom, love and prefer Soccer. South Africa even has a 24-hour local soccer channel, and 2 dedicated international soccer channels. But no dedicated rugby or cricket channel. The thing is Soccer gets a lot more exposure than any other sport in SA. And to get rural kids to choose a sport they don't have a cultural or historic bond, makes it way more difficult to get them to participate. But, hey, what do I know, I'm talking out of my backside... [/QUOTE]
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