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Whoever said soccer isnt a betting sport you are so off it's not funny. It is a massive betting sport. No we dont have stats on yardage and crap because it has no merit in the game. I'm not going to bet on the NFL because frankly I know sweet fuck all about it. I do however know quite a bit about soccer and I certainly know enough info to place intelligent bets.
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This statment is confusing...if you know a lot about football and know enough about soccer...why would that stop you from betting on football but keep on betting on soccer?
Please also take American Culture into consideration. Money is our driving force here. American sports, with their stats are betting games. Of course you can bet on soccer and so on, that's obvious...anyone can make it as simple as "If this team wins, I get the money, if that team wins you get the money", but the first thing you have to do is get people to watch and enjoy the teams. Soccer is not popular enough, and the action isn't quick enough to employ that philosophy.
Mind you I love soccer. The 1998 world cup, and Frances amazing run had me screaming for the 2002 world cup to come, but when I realize I had to wake up 7:00am in the morning to watch a game...that was annoying as hell. But there's not enough odds, and not enough scoring and stats to interest the US market.
People just accept that some things don't work some places.
Cricket will probably never be a major US sport, etc.