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I live in the US and follow rugby.
"Rugby is a hooligan's sport played by gentlemen, soccer is a gentleman's sport played by hooligans."
So cringe. Different sports are different. I can like both, I can even play both, and neither suffers a loss.
I"m sorry but this is very true
It's a stereotype, maybe even a generalization. It's not "very true". It can't be; there's about 130,000 men in the world who play soccer professionally or semi-professionally.
Just because certain cultures incentivize hooligan behavior (looking at you, London), doesn't mean all everywhere do.
yes but this is too big to big ignored. It is still a problem people still die around the world because of football. that is not the case for rugby.
Until this situation changes this saying is very true.
I think it's because of the size difference in the fan base. Nobody in the USA, for instance, gets in fights because of futbol, but football rivalries have caused death. Heck, one of my coworkers saw a man get castrated because of a college rivalry on game day. The difference? Fan base in USA is very small for futbol, very large for football. A larger fanbase means that the long tail of the distribution curve is more likely to pop up.
They both result in awful cases of CTE unfortunately.
You can get CTE from faking injuries?
It's from heading the ball (at least in soccer) A lot of repeated head impacts can result in CTE.
I know I was just being rude
I didn't think you were being rude. I just assumed it was a joke. But, I'm tired, and been flying all day, so I explained it anyway, lol
I remember the average professional soccer player loses ~10 points of IQ per decade due to the repeated impacts to the head. There was a guy advocating for the introduction of helmets in children's leagues because of the potential.
Rugby League is a hooligans game played played by hooligans.
Ah, you must be one of these gentle hooligans