Comments on: More reader generated content: Sepp Blatter’s comments on lack of U.S. soccer growth

By: jpan007

jpan007 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:18:35 +0000

He’s an idiot

By: Steve Davis

Steve Davis — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:29:52 +0000

So … just be clear here: your point is that the game HAS NOT grown in the United States since 1994? Again, just so I am clear …

By: valiantdraws

valiantdraws — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:22:44 +0000

Well, I commend you for being able to lasso together a serious of impressive sounding words. But, honestly, they were a bunch of now-cliche expressions that one can find in any newspaper editorial section. “Variables at play”, “reckless reductionism”, “simplistic conclusions”, and worst of all, the extremely overused “call a spade a spade”, all mask the fact that you have absolutely no point to make.

Feel free to try again.

By: deepcynic

deepcynic — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:30:46 +0000

We have a problem here. The fact that FIFA makes a ton of money from the US does not in any way paint a true picture of the growth of the sport in the United States. It amounts to reckless reductionism and intellectual laziness to make such simplistic conclusions.
Obviously, many variables are at play. The most common one is the shift in demographics. Let us learn how to call a spade a spade for the betterment of the sport.

By: loudclapper

loudclapper — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:57:16 +0000

http://theshinguardian.com/2012/12/30/petition-retract-us-soccer-support-for-sepp-blatter/

By: pensfan603

pensfan603 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:55:15 +0000

Tbh his comments worked in away this article got over 4 thousand comments on espn, and drew lots of attention to the mls.

By: charliej11

charliej11 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:24:26 +0000

I can’t think of anything funnier than the posters, who rip on how US soccer is going, now being in bed with Sepp B.

Think it not going well….Sepp agrees
Think pro/rel is needed….Sepp agrees
Think playing now is GOOD idea…Sepp agrees
Remember the guys who agreed with the racists….Sepp hasn’t done much there either

I am starting to wonder if he is the posters I have to read on these blogs….He has a handle of MLS sucks or Pro/Rel Now.