Soccer(pro) vs Basketball(con)

I will argue that Basketball is better than Soccer.Physical fitnessBasketball is a sport that was designed by the physical education professor Dr. James Naismith in 1891 [1]. Unlike soccer, it was designed with the goal of physical fitness. Basketball is excellent for your physical health, and coordination. You use your hands for throwing and your legs for running and jumping. PRO: "soccer (football) players are required to be able to endure two periods of non-stop forty-five minute halves plus extra time at the end (making up for injuries, fouls, etc.)"Yes, but half of the time the soccer players are not doing anything! The goalie is the worst. He just sits in the goal doing nothing most of the time. Once in a while he catches the ball and throws or kicks it. The forward player often is just waiting in the near the opponents penalty area until someone gives him the ball. In basketball, on the other hand, all players are running back and forth, back and forth, etc. I am already getting tired just writing this down.InjuriesOne reason soccer is not healthy is because of injuries. Of course, injuries happen in both sports. But soccer is a contact sport and basketball is not. You can slide tackle in soccer, and a bad slide tackle can easily injure the opponent. And sometimes, soccer players hurt their opponent intentionally. In basketball none of this is tolerated. The slightest contact is punished in basketball, making the sport much safer. Soccer is more dangerous than basketball [2]. skill levelThere are actually very few tricks in soccer. A "header" is not a trick, even I can do that. Perhaps a bicycle kick can be considered a trick, but it is almost never done, and rarely successful. In basketball one uses both hands (for dribbling) and feet (for running). The use of legs in basketball is (also literally) pivotal. There lots of tricks in basketball:between the legs dribble, behind the back, wraparound, layup, reverse layup, finger roll, etc etcIn [3] close to 40 different moves are listed.See some tricks here:watch this: http://www.youtube.com...PRO:"I want to see a basketball player try to do score a basket with their feet, or even a goal at that."Yes, they can do that. Watch #4 in: http://www.youtube.com...I am sorry to say, but soccer players are amateurs. They have a giant goal, and only one person that can use his hands to defend it. In basketball, there is just a tiny goal (basket) and 5 tall men defending it with their hands. One would think that soccer players would have an easy time scoring compared to the basketball players. But basketball players score all the time where soccer players hardly score at all. entertainmentWorldwide soccer is more popular because of historic reasons. Soccer has a long history going back to the Greeks, and has spread worldwide because of colonialism. So more popularity does not automatically mean better. Basketball is more popular in the USA (even though soccer existed longer). In fact basketball was initially played with a soccer ball. Soccer has made a bit of a comeback, but will never be as popular as basketball. In soccer there is very little scoring. Sometimes there is no scoring at all. There is nothing as frustrating to watch 90 minutes of soccer without a single goal. You are literally watching grass grow. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org...[2] http://bleacherreport.com...[3] http://en.wikipedia.org...