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This isn't going to be a popular opinion, but I think intl soccer is toxic. [View all] Mosby Dec 2022 OP

Lol what WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2022 #1

Not really. Mosby Dec 2022 #9

Hockey is very violent too. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #16

Hockey is not violent it is a physical sport but not violent nor usually are Bev54 Dec 2022 #30

When physicality becomes punches and bloody ice, that's violent. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #42

You are seeing less and less of that in hockey as it is no longer acceptable. Bev54 Dec 2022 #49

Hockey fights are mostly bogus and rarely lead to actual injuries. honest.abe Dec 2022 #44

Okay. Bogus or not it models unsportsmanlike behavior. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #45

The point is it isnt technically "violent". honest.abe Dec 2022 #47

Well... Dr. Strange Dec 2022 #12

Here in the states it's more on the college level that you see it. Yoyoyo77 Dec 2022 #22

Same Here Deep State Witch Dec 2022 #25

It's pretty universal in sports though... AleksS Dec 2022 #2

There aren't golf riots, except in Scotland. But they are very, very quiet riots. GoneOffShore Dec 2022 #4

Quiet Riot wasn't particularly quiet though... AleksS Dec 2022 #5

you beat me! jcgoldie Dec 2022 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author jcgoldie Dec 2022 #7

That's Because... ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #26

And I'm envisioning a sketch comedy piece about a golf riot. GoneOffShore Dec 2022 #59

Paris, Marseille, and any other city in France with a Moroccan population will be fine. GoneOffShore Dec 2022 #3

There is nothing like that with American sports, basketball, football, baseball sarisataka Dec 2022 #6

Show me then. And not from 25 years ago. Mosby Dec 2022 #10

15 Crazy Riot Celebration Videos sarisataka Dec 2022 #11

Ima guess you weren't on DU when the Eagles won the super bowl Effete Snob Dec 2022 #20

Here ya go TheProle Dec 2022 #38

I saw a bit of soccer news, sweaty men ripping off their shirts and screaming, audience screaming. betsuni Dec 2022 #13

Oh Brother. ruet Dec 2022 #31

So? I was talking about a particular soccer game, not all soccer games. betsuni Dec 2022 #48

Soccer hooliganism is a thing. TheBeam19 Dec 2022 #14

COCK SPARRER - Runnin' Riot (1977) Celerity Dec 2022 #39

Maybe not riots but there are several MLB parks I wouldn't walk near while wearing my Cubs cap. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2022 #15

George Orwell said international sporting competitions are "War Minus the Shooting" IcyPeas Dec 2022 #17

I don't know if soccer itself is to blame. Gore1FL Dec 2022 #18

How can people become so nuts Casady1 Dec 2022 #19

I am a big sports fan, however fightforfreedom Dec 2022 #21

If I Were A Soccer Coach... ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #28

What does soccer have to do with it? brooklynite Dec 2022 #23

It's Better Than Shooting At People Deep State Witch Dec 2022 #24

Firstly it is Wales not whales. Soccer, mostly known as football in the rest of the world Bev54 Dec 2022 #27

I was wondering who would be the first to call out humans versus cetaceans. usonian Dec 2022 #34

It's certainly toxic to my ability to stay awake. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 2022 #29

There is plenty of violence and rioting after American sports teams win championships ZonkerHarris Dec 2022 #32

When the Chicago Bulls won their first NBA championship in the early 90s the city went wild. milestogo Dec 2022 #33

Deadly boring is what it is. Goodheart Dec 2022 #35

I don't watch any sports TlalocW Dec 2022 #36

I've seen major fights break out at Pee Wee football games. Archae Dec 2022 #37

I think you may be examining the wrong thing. Caliman73 Dec 2022 #40

Great post malaise Dec 2022 #50

Agree. Its more the issue with fandom than the sport itself. honest.abe Dec 2022 #52

Only Americans playing a tournament among teams from different states in the same country malaise Dec 2022 #41

+1 Celerity Dec 2022 #43

Hey you malaise Dec 2022 #46

People often do not understand that the World Series was named so because Bev54 Dec 2022 #51

Combine a bunch of false assertions with an agenda Renew Deal Dec 2022 #53

If international soccer is toxic, then all sports are toxic. maxsolomon Dec 2022 #54

no shit krawhitham Dec 2022 #55

France vs Morocco is becoming an Arab vs West matchup... honest.abe Dec 2022 #56

Folks from Wales aren't Disaffected Dec 2022 #57

LOL honest.abe Dec 2022 #58