06-15-2010, 08:37 AM
He makes a good point that our instant gratification short attention span culture doesn't lend itself to Soccer marketing itself as well into sexy little edible bites.
I don't think the ADD nature of our society is the root cause of soccers unpopularity, as that predates our modern ADD culture, but I certainly don't think saying later generations have short attention spans is an unfathomable observation on our fat instant gratification society.
But thats an inpedement to soccer's adoption, it wasn't picked up in America for a myriad of historical reasons and now the market is saturated with sports that most of the world considers equally boring.
Personally I prefer American football or baseball games as I can watch 3 simultaneously while getting wasted at a bar and I know when I can go to piss without missing something big.
Of course, there are no good sports bars here to do that, which is why as soon as our license comes through we are opening our own.
I don't think the ADD nature of our society is the root cause of soccers unpopularity, as that predates our modern ADD culture, but I certainly don't think saying later generations have short attention spans is an unfathomable observation on our fat instant gratification society.
But thats an inpedement to soccer's adoption, it wasn't picked up in America for a myriad of historical reasons and now the market is saturated with sports that most of the world considers equally boring.
Personally I prefer American football or baseball games as I can watch 3 simultaneously while getting wasted at a bar and I know when I can go to piss without missing something big.
Of course, there are no good sports bars here to do that, which is why as soon as our license comes through we are opening our own.