College basketball lives for a game scheduled on CBS or ESPN (highly recruited high school players are more likely to go to a team that regularly gets national television exposure), and I'd even go far enough to say that television coverage has dictated the pace and feel of American football. ... There is no serious objection however because without television, football simply wouldn't remain in the homes and hearts of Americans. ... Second, Americans love violence, and soccer doesn't deliver on that subject the way that American football and hockey do. ... America loves its foo...

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During the 2010 FIFA world cup in South Africa, the French national football (soccer) team came up short and could not get past the first round after finishing 2nd in the previous world cup (2006). They lost to teams such as South Africa, Mexico or Uruguay while having a star-studded team with play...

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