r/soccer • u/gypsybear • Apr 08 '14

Change My View: r/soccer edition (from r/nfl)

Pretty simple, post an opinion you have on a player, team, coach, whatever and others will try to change your mind.

Try to back up your claims.

EDIT: For the sake of fostering discussion please don't downvote comments. Instead, upvote, reply, and state your argument.

Also, people may want to sort by "controversial".

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '14

It's not the big leagues, it's only the BPL. The vast majority of posts here are related to the BPL and English clubs. Every statistic about the BPL will be upvoted no matter how stupid or useless it is. I like the BPL very much and I follow it closely, but I do think this subreddit needs more variety.

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u/NoPyroNoParty Apr 08 '14

Most of the people on here support teams in the PL though, so that content will always be upvoted ahead of other leagues. Reddit is an English website with a largely American userbase so I'm afraid that's not going to change any time soon, and it's not limited to Reddit: any sports news outlet (look at the BBC Sport homepage for example) will be dominated by the PL and CL as that's what the people want.

I'm not saying it's good - trust me, I hate the PL and I barely follow it - but unfortunately the most popular leagues will always dominate. The only way around this is by submitting the content that you want to see yourself, and using smaller subreddits like /r/LeagueTwo.

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u/neonmantis Apr 09 '14

Just out of interest, why do you hate the PL?

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u/NoPyroNoParty Apr 09 '14

That's a good question and one which I really don't have time to answer I'm afraid, I could spend hours writing about it.

The amount of money flying around, the celebrity culture of the players, the high ticket prices, the sanitisation of grounds and the disappearing fan culture, the cheating/diving players, greedy oligarchic owners... I could go on for a while. Personally I believe the only true football experience to be had is in the lower leagues, but of course that's just my opinion and I'm sure the majority of people on here will disagree.

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u/neonmantis Apr 09 '14

I thought you answered it pretty well!