Bonus points if it’s usually misused/misunderstood by the people who say it

  • Shambling Shapes@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    It’s a stereotype, maybe even a generalization. It’s not “very true”. It can’t be; there’s about 130,000 men in the world who play soccer professionally or semi-professionally.

    Just because certain cultures incentivize hooligan behavior (looking at you, London), doesn’t mean all everywhere do.

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      1 year ago

      yes but this is too big to big ignored. It is still a problem people still die around the world because of football. that is not the case for rugby.

      Until this situation changes this saying is very true.

      • SheDiceToday@eslemmy.es
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        1 year ago

        I think it’s because of the size difference in the fan base. Nobody in the USA, for instance, gets in fights because of futbol, but football rivalries have caused death. Heck, one of my coworkers saw a man get castrated because of a college rivalry on game day. The difference? Fan base in USA is very small for futbol, very large for football. A larger fanbase means that the long tail of the distribution curve is more likely to pop up.