American football is vastly superior to soccer in every conceivable way

The ways in which football is superior to soccer could fill a small library, so I will not be able to describe them all in this limited format. I will touch on the three most obvious aspects. A. Entertainment value B. Technical superiority C. Socio-economic effects A: ENTERTAINMENT VALUE There are several key reasons that there is more entertainment value in the game of football compared to soccer. I will be discussing only three of the major ones. 1. Higher levels of excitement produced by suspense and tension integral to football that is missing in soccer 2. Strategic complexity 3. Greater physical talent of athletes 1. EXCITEMENT The concept of ball possession, of two separate squads denoted as offense and defense, is vital to understanding the rich wellspring of passion that ignite American Football. When offense has the ball, and there is a turnover, whether it be a fumble, interception, or a failed 4th down conversion, the tension is extremely high. Each one of those occurences in a football game is an explosion of turmoil, as indicated by the reaction of all the players both on and off the field, as well as the fans. By marked contrast, when there is a change of possession in soccer, it is an event as commonplace as purchasing a soft drink in the stands, and incites slightly less fervor from the observers as this mundane action. Another reason for the dramatic tension so prevalent in football and sadly lacking in soccer is the use of time in football. Each play begins and ends in a clear and exciting way. Tension is built as players arrange themselves in a pattern opposite each other without ever crossing the line of scrimmage. Fans are breathlessly waiting as they watch what position the speedy wide receiver or bruising running back take. Will this be a quick snap and end run? Or a deep drop to attempt a long pass into enemy territory? Or perhaps a trick play with the ball changing hands multiple times? The defense watches with hawk like intensity, desperately seeking to catch any clue which will give them the fraction of a second they need to read the play, gain the advantage, and stop the offense from gaining ground. All this before the play even begins! Once it does, all the players explode into action, pushing the limits of human speed, strength and coordination for a monumental struggle condensed into an extraordinary few seconds. The dust settles, the new line is drawn as losers and winners realign themselves for another battle. Truly, a large part of the fun of football is trying to guess, or often second guess, the play choices of each team in each different situation. The variations are endless! In soccer, a drooling 9 year old with massive brain damage and coke bottle glasses could guess that some guy is gonna run over there and try to kick it in the net. Yawn... The time clock is essentially meaningless in soccer. Even long time, die hard fans and soccer officials alike are clueless when it comes to the actual rules for time management in this game. The closest one can come to a coherent rule is as follows: " Keep playing until the enraged fans storm onto the field, demanding their money back for boring them for the last 3 and a half hours." Scoring is yet another reason that football is so much more entertaining than soccer. Scoring is widely varied, 6 pts for a touchdown, 1 or 2 for extra point attempts immediately following. Field goals are 3 points. Safetys are 2 points. (defense can score!) Scoring in soccer.....1 point. Always. This lends itself to an almost funeral like emptiness. Tragic. In football, it is incredibly entertaining to watch as teams try to determine whether to go for the touchdown or settle for a field goal. Do you risk a 2 point conversion? Do you eat up the clock with running plays, then kick it away? Or try for the long bomb and take your destiny in your hands, gamble on your teams ability to stretch the field and win in heroic fashion? This excitement is completely missing in soccer. 2. STRATEGIC COMPLEXITY Strategically speaking, football is comparable to soccer in the way that a large group of engineers, architects, plumbers, electricians and laborers get together to build a skyscraper is compared to a mildly retarded 2 year old building a sand castle.....using it's own excrement instead of sand. Football is infinitely more complex than soccer. Infinitely more demanding mentally and physically. The play calling in an offensive huddle requires knowledge of all the secret codes created FOR THAT SEASON ONLY, as well as an understanding of the positions of a given players teammates and opponents. The passing routes memorized by wide receivers, the complex routines that blocking offensive linemen must choreograph perfectly, the split second decisions required by multi talented tight ends and fullbacks when they go from blocker to receiver, all require not just great physical ability, but mental acuity as well. The many games within the game of football could take volumes to describe with any justice. The offensive linemen versus the defensive linemen, otherwise known as the battle in the trenches, is half wrestling match and half mindgames. This miniwar is fought every single down between 350 pound plus men who could snap Lionel Messi in half and pick their teeth with his skinny leg bone. Some of the other battles taking place are the duels between an ultra quick defensive back and a lanky wide receiver. They have to try to outmanuever and outthink each other constantly. The defensive safeties, meanwhile, are prowling deep up field, hungry to bring a massive load of muscle and bone into any offensive player foolish enough to drive deep into their territory. My favorite matchup is the cat and mouse game between the middle linebacker and the running back. The MIKE or middle linebacker, usually the leader of the defensive squad, has to oversee the whole field, ready to help out his team with a well timed tackle, but always has one eye on the elusive running back whose favorite pastime is squeezing through a crack in the defensive front line and ripping upfield for huge gains to the screams of his adoring fans. The MIKE likes nothing better than lowering his helmet and crushing the wind from the runningback as he makes his cut, jarring the ball loose and making the crowd cheer for HIM once in a while! In soccer, well....everybody runs......and runs.....and runs..... 3. GREATER PHYSICAL TALENT I have already described a few of the positions, so I will not go into too much detail now, but the comparison here is almost laughably one sided so a brief outline is all that is needed to appreciate the superiority of football over soccer in this category. Requirements for a professional soccer player: "Can you run?" ok, you have the job. "What's that? You can kick a ball, too?" Not bad, but since each player only contacts the ball for a minute or two in an entire game, not really necessary. Requirements for a professional football player: Like the sport itself, a rich and diverse answer! Are you lightning fast? Defensive back Are you huge and strong? Lineman Can you run, out jump a kangaroo and have hands with the dexterity and skill of a safecracker? Wide receiver is your calling Are you able run full speed while carrying a ball through a gauntlet of monstrous men trying with all their might to crush you and rip that ball out of your hands? Running back What about...Quarterback?..Now you are talking a whole new level of athlete.