Seattle Times publishes amusing opinion piece, ST staff completely offended and WOOOOSHed

whatshouldicareabout

First, the Seattle Times publishes this commentary about a guy who wants to make soccer more American: http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sounders/take-2-why-soccer-is-un-american-and-10-ways-to-fix-it/

Then, some guy from the Seattle Times gets so offended that he feels the need to respond and criticize the comedy article: http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sounders/take-2-soccer-is-un-american-what-an-ignorant-point-of-view/

Probably the greatest WOOOOOOSH I've seen all year.

GrundleStiltzkin

The Facebook comments on the original article were a roiling cistern of eurofag hipsters.

whatshouldicareabout

GrundleStiltzkin said:

The Facebook comments on the original article were a roiling cistern of eurofag hipsters.

Holy fuck, the comments are hilarious.

I love the people comparing the Sounders to the Mariners. These people have no fucking clue.

This is probably the greatest wooooosh I have ever seen.

PurpleJ

I don't get soccer fans that like the Sounders.

GrundleStiltzkin

PurpleJ said:

I don't get soccer fans that like the Sounders.

allpurpleallgold

Soccer will be more popular than baseball in America very soon.

PurpleJ

allpurpleallgold said:

Soccer will be more popular than baseball in America very soon.

We just need more time to get our socialism and electronic music in there.

whatshouldicareabout

allpurpleallgold said:

Soccer will be more popular than baseball in America very soon.

Unless we start forcing all the Premier League games to be play stateside, there's no way.

The collective worth of every MLS team is $1.96 billion, while the Yankees alone are worth $3.2 billion. MLB, as a whole, is over 18x more valuable than MLS.

Baseball also has a higher average attendance, with 30k per game versus MLS which is 19k per game. Add in the fact that MLB has 81 home games versus 17 for MLS, and it's not even close. For every 1 MLS game (19k), MLB draws an average of 145k per team.

PurpleJ

whatshouldicareabout said:

allpurpleallgold said:

Soccer will be more popular than baseball in America very soon.

Unless we start forcing all the Premier League games to be play stateside, there's no way.

The collective worth of every MLS team is $1.96 billion, while the Yankees alone are worth $3.2 billion. MLB, as a whole, is over 18x more valuable than MLS.

Baseball also has a higher average attendance, with 30k per game versus MLS which is 19k per game. Add in the fact that MLB has 81 home games versus 17 for MLS, and it's not even close. For every 1 MLS game (19k), MLB draws an average of 145k per team.

He said the sport as a whole, not the US league. Stop twisting.

dnc

allpurpleallgold said:

Soccer will be more popular than baseball in America very soon.

TierbsHsotBoobs

allpurpleallgold said:

Soccer will be more popular than baseball in America very soon.

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