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Old 04-13-2009, 09:44 AM   #36
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward View Post
But American football and baseball were popular long before there was television. Why didn't Footbal (soccer) become popular during that time frame?
Wow, that's a hard question to answer. Could it be that American's, seeing themselves as their 'own' people wanted a sport that was culturally theirs? A sport they could identify as American, even when those sports had their roots in Rugby and Rounders?
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