Why do only Americans watch American football?

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RavVid · Accepted Answer

Well Australians don't because we have a much better game. Aussie Rules. Codified before all the others, it includes the basics of native Australian football so it is about 50 to 60,000 years old.

Right from the get go it was design to be fast, near continuous play and highly spectacular & entertaining. If our guys can go across and dominate in your game it should tell you something.

abc3643 · Accepted Answer

Because:

1. It's a lot more exciting than soccer.

2. There's a lot less acting.

Why do only Americans watch American football?

3. Everybody knows what time it is and how much time is left. It's not left unknown but only known to some omniscient referee.

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

It's only a minority sport elsewhere and I suspect a great many of fans are Americans living abroad. I think the problem could be the name, and the fact its heavily promoted as "all American." Stuff like that really makes us cringe. Same reason baseball, rodeo, nascar etc isn't a thing elsewhere, too American

Razp_Sorbet · Accepted Answer

It's just not appealing to other places. Especially countries where rugby is popular, hard to get into when you're use to games where something actually happens for more than 5 minutes

Masie · Answer

It isn't just Americans. Canadians watch it and then there are lots of overseas games because it is so popular. UK, Mexico, Brazil I think, Germany had one.

Miristheiss · Answer

We grew up with it and are invested in the teams we love and the strategy of the game, dominance of elite defenses and the speed and skill of elite players. A huge play at suspenseful, crucial times.

Just like other countries grew up watching "soccer"

choco-latte · Answer

Cause it’s boring and overrated, but deeply part of American culture. Thus, Americans like it while most of the rest of the world ignores it as it has nothing to do with them or their country.

genericname85 · Answer

cause nobody else likes watching a sport where only every like 30 minutes anything happens and there's a full hour of adverts between anything that could potentially be interesting.

like i watched a game once and i'm not familiar with the rules but to me it looked like they were taking breaks more than they were playing.

FreyaRed · Answer

NFL is too poor compared with FIFA or UEFA to popularize American football in Europe. While FIFA has the capacity to popularize soccer in North America.

Zack-Bann · Answer

People like local sports.
A story, competition, rivalries….

Watching a sport in another country as an outsider is not the same thing

And American football isn’t played everywhere and where it’s played it’s very niche

jshm2 · Answer

Because Only Americans would watch glorified rugby in padding...

katiesmuff · Answer

If that were even close to true the NFL wouldn't be playing so many games overseas each season to overflowing statiums.

Laura6849 · Answer

American football’s rules and frequent stoppages harder to understand than sports like soccer or basketball.

AviatorTom · Answer

They don't. American football is popular in Canada, the CFL, and in Europe. Germany, for example, has an American football league.

Telekinetic-Potato · Answer

I'm sure the NFL fights tooth and nail to make sure they aren't beaten to the international market... Even if they don't seem to be in a rush.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Most other nations aren’t too keen on an hourlong show of advertisements, interrupted by a few moments of gameplay.

ThisSiteSux · Answer

They don't. There are thousands of Euros that watch it. That's why we hold one or two games a year out of USA. There are lots of Philadelphia Eagles fans in England because Princess Diana was a fan

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

That’s not true. It’s quite popular in Mexico and Canada too.

Just_Ken · Answer

Same reason only Australians watch Australian football and Canadians watch Canadian football

Xoirwinkan · Answer

It's in the name, Captain Obvious. The closest thing Europeans are into is rugby, and that's only Anglos. The only part many Europeans like is the American style cheerleading (although Asians often do it better).

MrChinaski · Answer

I have seats to the Rams @ 49ers in Melbourne.

Alex-Snow · Answer

I watch some football but not a lot. Americans watch it because it is really an American sport.

Billlewis · Answer

Because the rest of the world hasn't figured out that soccer pretty well blows.

Levin · Answer

Cause it's shite. We all know the answer to that.

LC75LC71 · Answer

You should have waited about 2 months before asking this. Unless you're just going to keep asking it like a broken record..

naowhat · Answer

my family is korean and they watch it occasionally in korea !

Iron_Man · Answer

They don’t Europeans watch it. Look at London England they love it

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

That's most definitely not the case. If it was, then there would not be multiple games being played in Europe every single year. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

They love watching fat slobs like themselves. There are next to no obese soccer stars.

OneViewpoint · Answer

We only allow the truly worthy to watch.

exitseven · Answer

It's a uniquely American sport.

AgentG111 · Answer

Because it's American.

lessthansane · Answer

Cause their friends and families do

Manuelwe · Answer

Because it is boring like rugby.

Anonymous · Answer

Probably because it's an American invention..

Anonymous · Answer

Because other nations have rugby.

usernameobvious · Answer

A valid question 🏈

Pterodon · Answer

Because we can

kitty91996 · Answer

I have no idea

DirtyOldMan777 · Answer

because its better.

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