Sorry Smedy

[derpcake]

Originally Posted by Farzo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

1 Cristiano Ronaldo Football Portugal Portugal $88 million $56 million $32 million
2 Lionel Messi Football Argentina Argentina $81.4 million $53.4 million $28 million
3 LeBron James Basketball United States United States $77.2 million $23.2 million $54 million

and u were saying?

sorry no 1 in the world plays basketball or baseball srsly other then the usa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes...-paid_athletes

solid post, thx

i play basketball, but thats mostly because I'm pretty tall, have a decent jump .. and lack the raw endurance and ball-control for soccer, which at semi-pro level provides a nice income, unlike shooting hoops [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

fun sport though!

[Samsung]

America has proven to being the dominated through all sports and really if soccer had more of a following we'd take that over too. The truth may hurt for people outside of our country but it's the truth.

[derpcake]

Originally Posted by HippoNipple [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The reason the US sucks at soccer is because there isn't a following for it so there is no money in it. Whatever sport US citizens are into the US will dominate the rest of the world in.

i guess this is the man is living the american dream

good thing retarded and happy don't exclude one another

[derpcake]

Originally Posted by Samsung [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

America has proven to being the dominated through all sports and really if soccer had more of a following we'd take that over too. The truth may hurt for people outside of our country but it's the truth.

yes, you have proven that you get dominated at soccer

i like you pal, but with your way of communicating, try to avoid BDSM

[Eslade]

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Lots of anger and anti American sentiment. What Sektor said is true, if we wanted your crappy "sport" we'd own it.

[derpcake]

of course

i don't date super-models anymore since i stopped wanting

you guys with me i am sure

[HippoNipple]

Originally Posted by Farzo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

1 Cristiano Ronaldo Football Portugal Portugal $88 million $56 million $32 million
2 Lionel Messi Football Argentina Argentina $81.4 million $53.4 million $28 million
3 LeBron James Basketball United States United States $77.2 million $23.2 million $54 million

and u were saying?

sorry no 1 in the world plays basketball or baseball srsly other then the usa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes...-paid_athletes

That is irrelevant to the argument. It doesn't matter what happens outside the US. The only argument that would support your side would be if there were American players making more in soccer than other sports.

You can't expect a society to generate all star players in sports their culture thinks is irrelevant just because their citizens can choose to leave their country, culture and family to make more money across the world. It isn't realistic or relevant.

First off, if America were fans of soccer and that is where the money in the USA went towards then we would have teams in premier leagues and Cristiano Ronaldo would be playing for a US team instead of Madrid. Citizens being fans of a sport dictate what sports get the money. In the US there is no interest in soccer so players do not make as much money.

Two, the US would generate more soccer athletes since soccer would actually be a focus instead of football/basketball/golf/baseball and you would have all stars that put current soccer athletes to shame coming out of the US.

The fact that US dominates in its top 2-3 sports and there is no way for other countries to compete isn't by accident. There isn't some secret formula for soccer that wouldn't allow the US to figure out how to create athletes for success in that sport.

[derpcake]

Originally Posted by HippoNipple [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That is irrelevant to the argument. It doesn't matter what happens outside the US. The only argument that would support your side would be if there were American players making more in soccer than other sports.

You can't expect a society to generate all star players in sports their culture thinks is irrelevant just because their citizens can choose to leave their country, culture and family to make more money across the world. It isn't realistic or relevant.

First off, if America were fans of soccer and that is where the money in the USA went towards then we would have teams in premier leagues and Cristiano Ronaldo would be playing for a US team instead of Madrid. Citizens being fans of a sport dictate what sports get the money. In the US there is no interest in soccer so players do not make as much money.

Two, the US would generate more soccer athletes since soccer would actually be a focus instead of football/basketball/golf/baseball and you would have all stars that put current soccer athletes to shame coming out of the US.

The fact that US dominates in its top 2-3 sports and there is no way for other countries to compete isn't by accident. There isn't some secret formula for soccer that wouldn't allow the US to figure out how to create athletes for success in that sport.

people keep claiming soccer is a girls sport

perhaps your nation doesn't care, despite hosting the world cup in 1994.. a certainty is that the athletes that are playing football or basketball can't transition into soccer, since its too hard a sport to just step into and do well

its not because there isn't money to be made, or because its an inferior sport

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further, Spain and England have minor economies relative to the USA

i'm sure you'll agree

yet they manage to pay a soccer player more then the USA manages to play their top football player

if you guys ever nurture the perfect player, he'd be playing for chelsea or barcelona [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Eslade]

You seem invested.