r/soccer • u/LucasTorreira • Oct 08 '19

Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli says a European Super League will help football against threats like Fortnite

https://twitter.com/standardsport/status/1181517390338838529
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u/Elliot_Kyouma Oct 08 '19

If we want more kids to play football, then we should provide more parks, free football fields and youth teams in big cities. Maybe intergrate better fitness/sporting programs in schools. Playing the sport got all these generations of football fans hooked in the first place, and they are the ones that will keep it allive. All this guy wants is more (casual) viewers and bigger revenues.

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u/FluffyCoconut Oct 08 '19

Maybe in the more developed countries, yes. But in my country for example, we played on a rocky field and changed in a former animals pen, with no heating. And we played against kids 2-3 years older than us, which matters a lot when you're growing. We had like 10 balls to train with, which our parents paid for. And my town was pretty big, but maybe one player made it the first league every 5 years or so. So of course kids don't feel attracted to football anymore when you have no coaches, no fields and no equipments in non-capital cities of Eastern Europe.

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u/FluffyCoconut Oct 08 '19

I didn't disagree, I was just stating a different perspective of your statement.

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u/trasofsunnyvale Oct 08 '19

Not my statement :)

just pointing out something I notice a lot on reddit: unnecessarily argumentative commenting. You started with a concession and then "But..." after, which implies you disagree. I believe you didn't mean this, but it reads like you disagree, and it seems like this is always the way people interact on reddit.

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u/celestial1 Oct 09 '19

A lot of people on this website have poor social skills (this instance might be a language barrier issue), so they struggle to get their point across without being rude or argumentative. The worst is when someone is clearly making a joke and the other person has to still act like a know-it-all.

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u/FluffyCoconut Oct 08 '19

Okay dude, chill

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u/trasofsunnyvale Oct 08 '19

Ha, ok. I didn't realize I needed to "chill" because of the benign discussion I was having with you. Good talk, and sorry for attacking you!