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| Americans Who Hate the World Cup |
By SportsFan Magazine
Thursday, June 08, 2006 |
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The majority of Americans aren't going to be watching the World Cup matches, even when the U.S. National team is competing. There really isn't a threat that soccer is going to overtake any of the "big three" sports in this country, unless the Americans win the Cup and all of a sudden LeBron James is replaced with Landon Donovan as the iconic athlete for young fans.
Riiight...and the Kansas City Royals might win the World Series, too.
So why fear the World Cup? Why have jealously towards to the World Cup? Why even address the event like Republican congressmen address gay marriage: like it's a threat to our way of life?
Well, for one, it's a good way to sell some quickly-made T-shirts on a quickly-made blog (creation date via Whois.com: June 5, 2006) for $15.99 a pop. (Don't forget, as the site claims: "A portion of every sale will go to the charities.")
But perhaps WhatWorldCup.com is really a call to arms for those Americans who can't stand that the rest of the world has something to celebrate that we choose to ignore....just like Robbie Williams.
From the Magical Land of PR:
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 8, 2006 -- Since the first event of FIFA World Cup(tm) in 1930, the World Cup celebration has drawn the attention of billions of people around the globe. However, there are people who don't like to watch the World Cup, especially the North American people.
Ironically and strangely enough, USA soccer team has been playing at the World Cup since the very first event in Montevideo, Uruguay, and the first World Cup hat-trick was achieved by Bert Patenaude of the USA team against Paraguay.
Based on popularity, three of the most popular sports in North America are basketball, baseball and the American football. Soccer is far from being popular.
Today, WhatWorldCup.com, announced that it has started its major campaign to match the World Cup popularity in Germany. The website targets to sell 100,000 T-shirts that says; 'What World Cup?' - which means; the person who wears the T-shirt doesn't care about the World Cup at all.

The T-shirt is designed for basketball fans, baseball fans, American football fans or anyone that may dislike the World Cup event.
"We believe that the American people can make a bigger sporting event than the World Cup," said Peter Burns, one of the participants who claimed that he can't live without basketball. "Bigger enough to make anyone in the world shocked!"
It is without a doubt that soccer fans are dominated by men. Where are the women then? "We let the guys have their own fun, as long as they let us have our own fun," said Clarice Edgewood, a housewife in Manchester, UK, who doesn't want to join her husband watching the World Cup in Germany. "We, the ladies, have our own celebration to enjoy, what world cup?"
About WhatWorldCup.com
WhatWorldCup.com is an online community that talks about other sporting events that can match the FIFA World Cup(tm) celebration and talks about the reason why some people dislike the soccer game. To join the community, please visit www.whatworldcup.com
About FIFA World Cup(tm)
The FIFA World Cup(tm) (often called the Football World Cup, Soccer World Cup or simply the World Cup) is the most important competition in international football. The world's most representative team sport event, the World Cup is contested by the men's national football teams of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's largest governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years.
We wanted to believe this was clever marketing by FIFA, and that this site is actually owned by the folks behind the World Cup.
But we're pretty sure FIFA would have sprung for something bigger than a Blogger.com page...
-SFM-
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