Why football failed to catch on in certain countries

[DonFerrari]

MTZehvor said:

DonFerrari said:

So you played it for several years without liking or enjoying it?

I wouldn't go so far as to say I didn't enjoy it at all, because a lot of my teammates were great. With that said, I probably wouldn't have played if I wasn't being forced by my parents. I'm not sure if this is unique to the US or if it happens elsewhere, but at least here, many parents will sign their kids up for recreational soccer leagues or school teams, usually as a way to get them some exercise and have someone else take them off their hands for a few hours a day.

I'm sorry to hear it, perhaps being obligated made you appreciate it less and now as adult you don't like it?

In Brazil rarely would a parent need to obligate his kid to play soccer =p Here is more common to obligate to take english classes. Perhaps nowadays that kids stay more inside house and play videogames there may be parents that force kids to sport. But when I grow up was more like kids begging parents to enter a soccer school.