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Originally Posted by stevebydac
For me...
NFL: I find that I can watch teams that I have no fan affiliation with easier than in baseball, plus it has more intense action. But still, I watch it less than I used to due to other interests.
Baseball: The games can draaaaaaag on and on. It's like Chinese water torture sometimes. Speed up the game please! That said, I love the hot stove period and the strategy more than in any other sport. OOTP too. 
Soccer: I really, really have tried to love this game, but I just can't deal with the lack of scoring. Considering how popular it is around the world, I guess I just don't understand and enjoy the ball possession strategies well enough. On the plus side, it moves along quickly with no commercial interruptions!
Overall, I'm finding that as computer games are improving, I'd rather play those than watch most sports on TV. I get far more enjoyment out of three hours of OOTP than from a 3-hour early season Red Sox game. |
Yeah, I think the lack of scoring puts off American viewers at times. However, I love pitching duels in baseball and tight-defensive football (NFL) or at least I used to when I was an NFL addict. Soccer is a very subtle/cerebral (much like baseball) game and until you understand what's going on it can seem very boring. I used to despise soccer and now I've done a complete 180.
I was watching the Aston Villa V. Gillingham FA Cup match today and it was a very tense/hard fought 1-1 game for a while (until a sketchy penalty in the box made it 2-1). There is plenty of "action" and drama to be found in soccer.
Anyway, a bit off topic, which is why I started a separate thread for soccer. This thread was not meant to be a football V. soccer thread
