I remember going to a soccer match once. Sat through 87 minutes of nothing, then everyone went crazy over one lucky bounce. That's my problem with your "global sport" argument, ScienceFirst. Sure, it's accessible—but so is breathing. That doesn't make it the best.
You say low scoring makes goals special. But let's be real: that's just making a virtue out of a flaw. In basketball, every possession matters. In football, every down is a potential game-changer. In soccer, you get 90 minutes of jogging for maybe two moments of actual excitement. That's not tension, that's boredom.
And "no timeouts"? That's not purity, that's poor design. Timeouts let teams strategize, build drama, reset. Soccer just keeps going whether anything's happening or not. You call it flow, I call it filler.
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