Comments on: State The Obvious, Get A NY Times Column

By: Jaim

Jaim — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:23 +0000

I enjoyed watching the WBC but yeah, this column is stupid. If we’re going to wax rhapsodic about the power of any particular sport, it’d have to be soccer which is by far the most popular game throughout the world. Biggest money-maker as well.

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:10:09 +0000

but Nothing is more diverse than soccer.:)
But in America, not an actual sport.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:09:49 +0000

Didn’t George Will write this exact column about 15 years ago?

By: White Whale

White Whale — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:07:52 +0000

but Nothing is more diverse than soccer.:)

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:38:03 +0000

That said, I agree with your basic premise that this column is just warmed-over pablum that tells us nothing we didn’t already know.

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:37:04 +0000

In no way is football as diverse as baseball. Other than Tony Gonzales and Dat Nguyen, the NFL is just white & black Americans. Basketball is at least a little better with a couple of Serbians, Argentinians, a Frenchman, and Yao.

By: Tyro

Tyro — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:28:24 +0000

This sounds like those earnest, vacuous columns I’d read in the local twice-a-week community paper.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:56:14 +0000

There are nowhere near the same numbers of international players in the NFL and NBA as there are in MLB. Also, in how many other countries would basketball or american football be considered a dominant sport?

By: ed

ed — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:42:15 +0000

Because baseball’s power is unique…

Yeesh.