Without question, the worst Bill Simmons article ever.

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The Beckham part seemed rather accurate to me - well okay, both ends of the argument were poor, but soccer is not going to catch on in the US.

[/ QUOTE ]He for some reasons thinks that soccer will just BLOW UP and suddenly become insanely popular, for some ridiculous reason. I mean, did the NFL just BLOW UP one year? No, it got to where it is over time. Simmons, you suck.

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Wow, did he really write something like that?

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No he didn't. TSC was leveling us.

Here's what Simmons said:

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Pro soccer can't become a major American sport when 99.7% of the quality players play overseas. It's a fact.
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The fact remains: Americans will never care that Beckham is playing soccer in a league of half-decent guys, just like English people wouldn't care if they had a mediocre baseball league and the London team signed A-Rod.


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