Boxing in Olympics.

The highest the MLS should ever be is on par with the Finnish Elite Hockey League, or the CFL. BUT, there is a lot of money in the States, and quite a few people. The big problem with soccer over here though is that there are tons of kids playing, but it's only as a conditioning tool for hockey or football or baseball, or to pass the time. Also, the scores are too low, and the game is too slow. Here in North America, I call the majority part of GENERATION TEXT, meaning if something isnt delivered quick enough, there is a loss of interest. There is no imagination anymore, and people dont have the time to concentrate on something for that length of time.

In football, the average play is what, 15 seconds? North Americans can do that. Hockey, a shift is under a minute. In soccer, you could be looking at 45 minutes non-stop, half the time the guys are walking around. there is no attention span here.

 

Soccer will never work in Toronto. There are too many teams fighting for the sports dollar here. The Leafs will ALWAYS be number one. Then you have the NBA Raptors, the MLB Blue Jays, the Toronto Rock in the NLL, and even the Argos in the CFL. With Toronto dying for an NFL franchise, Toronto FC will always remain a fringe sport supported by mainly older Europeans and children on school trips.

 

Yeah, the MLS gets a lot of criticism in the UK - yet the Austrailan A-League doesn't get quite so much. Most of the clubs already have better stadiums than just about every Scottish club outside of Rangers and Celtic.

A few years ago Scottish players that went over were usually quoted as saying that it was a decent standard of play, and although they could earn more money in England they had a very good standard of life in the States. Now more and more Scottish players - half-decent ones - are trying to get moves to the MLS when their contracts here expire. Not very many get offered a deal right enough, but that's probably because the standard in Scotland is dire!

 

Not to mention, people in Toronto don't even care for Canadian teams. My Dad and I went to a 'friendly' game at varsity years back between Poland and Canada. My dad was born in Poland even, yet him and I were the only, literally the only two people out of maybe 15,000 cheering for Canada. We were disgusted that the Canadian players were being booed on their own field by the 'fans' that we left after the first half.

15 or so years ago, we had the world basketball championships or something, and it was disgusting even then. The fans were booing Canada on their own court when they played Greece. Imagine playing for your country, and getting booed everytime you score?

I guess my point is, soccer will never be big here as the people that should be trying to create the buzz for it are too arrogant to think that canadians could ever play on the same level, and their longing for the home country is just too strong. That is why I was so disappointed that the Women did so poorly. A good showing by them could have really helped the sport here.

 

I figured it was Chicago's east Side. That's why I thought there were sooooo many Golota fans here when I first came

 

why else is it called east side boxing? east side of what?

 

i believe so, which could be a reason boxing is on the decline here. also, superfights are so far and few between. the ufc has at least one big superfight a month or less. we waited 3 years for wlad / haye, and are still waiting for mayweather / pac

 

There are differant associations in am boxing, usually there will only be a certain 1 or 2 that can qualify a boxer for olympic selection. These associations function on a high and serious conduct level and must not have anything to do with professional boxing or promotion.