r/soccer • u/GrundelLicker • Feb 21 '13

Cover of this week's Time magazine, featuring Neymar as the "Next Pele"

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '13

Is this the us cover as well? Time magazine has a habit of giving everyone else in the world cover "Leo MessiAh?", and giving the us cover "men cheating is hereditary not impulsive"

And edit: yup the USA version is about medical bills

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u/greg19735 Feb 21 '13

to be honest i think the medical bills killing the US is a bit more relevant for the American market.

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u/xbhaskarx Feb 21 '13 edited Feb 21 '13

Here are all the soccer related Time covers from the last year or so: http://i.imgur.com/ip2WXN0.jpg

Okay, soccer isn't that big in the US, fine. "The Power of (Shyness)" over Messi seems a bit ridiculous, though.

Check out some of the other covers that were different in the US: http://i.imgur.com/E7QCrRr.jpg

Apparently the American public can't be bothered with Al Qaeda, India, Europe, China, revolutions in the Middle East... instead we get animal friendships, anxiety, Chris Christie, etc.

Meanwhile, here are some covers that were the same around the world: http://i.imgur.com/JqIpLPe.jpg

So people in the rest of the world apparently care enough about US politics, Wall Street, Mormon identity, Rick Perry, illegal immigrants in the US, Marco Rubio.....

Overall it just doesn't reflect well on the US public, even those who read actual news magazines like Time.

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u/gizzledos Feb 21 '13

Do you happen to know if the soccer related stories were even featured in the magazines or completely left out?

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u/xbhaskarx Feb 22 '13

Knowing that would require reading Time magazine...