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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr
Excuse me for being dense. But I have no idea what point you're making here. My thought is USA spectator sports fans largely want something to happen. Watching teams reenact WW1's "no man's land" isn't interesting. Soccer may get the casual fan's attention every 4 years, but as a whole they aren't going to become Euro league fanatics. Not as long as it is more important to pitch a shutout than get it in the net.
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My point is, you're not going to get them to revamp the substitution and penalty system in an attempt to get more US fans they don't currently need now.
Like it or not, playing for a draw or penalty kicks is a viable strategy. I understand it isn't popular here. For example. Take a team that is inferior in the knockout rounds. They are already in trouble, then let one of them be red carded. Now they're down a man on top of everything else. Their only chance to win is in penalty kicks. Forcing them to play until someone scores gives them zero chance to win. Might as well turn off the game.
Plus I'm lost now. What are we arguing about? Penalty kicks VS playing until someone scores? Look, I agree with on games being exciting VS snooze fests. But that's up to the teams. Having them play until someone scores is not doing anything for the popularity of soccer here in the US. It just isn't. Baseball and soccer can be slow paced games. How they determine their endgame isn't changing anything.