World Cup Debate

I think that football itself is a great sport and that it can be really fun. Buuuut I like it less and less as people's insane obsession with it increases. I don't like what it's become.

 

I don't necessarily dislike it, I just don't care for it.

It's actually gotten to the point where it turns me off when a guy is too into it, because pretty much all the guys that I hang out with are obsessed with the sport.

 

I love football am a typical bloke

 

I love football and everything to do with it, play it, watch it, you name it!

 

The sport itself, I don't much care for it. Like playing it, watching it much less so. On an institutional level (FIFA) I disagree with the world cup and the 2 world cups after it for several reasons (I haven't seen great moral credentials from FIFA, put it that way).

So yeah, I don't mind the actual sport- I even like playing it casually- but I don't find it engaging to watch and some of the institutions and culture surrounding it I don't find so likeable. Like what Bedroom Hymns said, I don't like what it's become.

 

I like the sport but I don't like the corruption or extreme amounts of money involved in the game.

 

I can never be as enthusiastic about international football as I can when my club (Coventry City) play so I doubt that I'll be paying THAT much attention to the World Cup.

Too much patriotism for my liking, as well.

 

I sincerely dislike football as a sport for a couple of reasons (like the ridiculous, completely out-of-proportion amount of money players get paid), but mostly it's just plain boring to watch.

That said, I don't like the world cup either. It's like a free pass to behave like a moron. Everything and everyone in the Netherlands turns orange during a world cup and I'm already done with it before the Dutch team* even played their first game

Needless to say I won't be watching any of the matches. I look forward to the day this is all over.

*) the Dutch football team, usually referred to as "we" - NO, you don't have a single fucking thing to do with the team so why on earth would you refer to yourself when the team wins or loses?

 

love it

 

god i hate it >.< i don't get it at all i used to play it though at school but i don't love it or obsessed with it like most guys are its so borrrrrrring to watch too

 

I find watching the sport rather boring (playing it is a whole 'nother matter).

That said, I will end up watching a few games of the World Cup every four years, mainly the final games.

Also, apparently, soccer fans around the world are some of the most cantankerous and obnoxious fans of any sport. If what the media says is right, they're prone to rioting, making racist remarks, getting drunk, and acting like children.

 

The majority are alright, but yeah... I've yet to see a sport that's worse in terms of fan behaviour.

Re acting like children: BBC News - World Cup 2014: Some England fans 'a bit carried away' ... lots of them do get "a bit carried away" :lol:

 

love the sport...hate the fans

 

Isn't there a saying that says, "soccer is a gentleman's sport play by hooligans and rugby is a hooligan's sport played by gentlemen?"

 

I love the sport to death... maybe not that much. The show itself is beautiful, the people, the emotion. But then of course you have your die-hard fans, I try to ignore them because they just ruin the game. This World Cup makes me feel strange. First its the setting, Brazil is not ready to host the World Cup, and those protesters are right. My best friend's family is from there and she lives in the same City where Portugal is currently staying. Second is because I don't feel the magic from the World Cup. This year is different and I don't know why.

EDIT: P.S. It's called football

 

Sport is Great, Just not something I'm into.
I think the World Cup is a good event, Something to share with other people and have fun with but I think it and fans can be way too much at times.

 

Not sure if that saying exists, but it sounds right - rugby never attracts hooliganism, rioting or racism, whereas you can't seem to escape it when football is around. I don't know why there is such a significant difference between the followers of both sports, but the way football fans act can be truly appalling, or criminal. God knows how many people have died due to something football-related, and I'm ashed to say that English fans are probably the worst of any nation when it comes to their behaviour, and they have been banned from going to foreign matches in the past due to their antics.

To answer the question - no interest at all. Very boring.

 

I love the sport, and I look forward to the World Cup almost as much as I look forward to the summer Olympics every four years.

 

Amazing.