I mean we've already done that with pretty much everything else, and the rest of the world is totally down with it!
American Culture dominates the world. I don't like that, but that's the way it is. Do a google trends on the word "soccer" in the U.S.. Soccer is something children do for recreation. The sport is not becoming more popular in the U.S..
To say "the rest of the world" loves soccer misses the point.
Pointing to rinky dink latin American countries with a combined GDP equal to your corner Walmart store misses the point.
People in most other countries love soccer for the same reason that people in madagascar love fried beetles - they grew up with it and it's what they can afford.
My point isn't that Soccer is popular elsewhere - great and good. Take that to the bank.
My point is that Soccer could be a lot more popular in the U.S. if they simply made it a better spectator sport.
Something about the soccer nuts is pretty funny to me - they'll talk all day on this forum about implementing new rules in basketball, but they react defensively to any notion that soccer should consider changing rules to make it a better sport.
Soccer is like NCAA pre-shot clock. I remember being a kid watching St. Johns in a 4 corners thinking, "why do my parents find this entertaining?"
In order to take soccer from in back of tiddly winks to a major sport in the U.S., change the rules to make it more exciting. Instead of 1-0 snoozers, aim for 3-6 goals a team each game. Just a few rule tweaks would go a long way, without fundamentally changing the game.
