It wasn't the norm. What are considered fouls now used to be called good tackles when I played in a lot of these cases. Society of sport is changing and the same has happened to football and other sports as well. Look at Rugby...makes NFL players look like a bunch of adults running around in diaper gear.
FIFA definitely needs to change some rules and I believe they will. In US the market has grown so much, this is a huge untapped market for FIFA and they know it. It's a sleeping giant.
The Nielsen Company reported a total of 24.3 million U.S. viewers who saw the World Cup Final in 2010 between Spain and the Netherlands â the most watched soccer game in American television history. To give an overview: even the most watched Super Bowl, Academy Awards, or Olympic game has yet to surpass viewership of the World Cup; the Final in 2010 alone boasted over 700 million viewers worldwide.
FIFA definitely needs to change some rules and I believe they will. In US the market has grown so much, this is a huge untapped market for FIFA and they know it. It's a sleeping giant.
The Nielsen Company reported a total of 24.3 million U.S. viewers who saw the World Cup Final in 2010 between Spain and the Netherlands â the most watched soccer game in American television history. To give an overview: even the most watched Super Bowl, Academy Awards, or Olympic game has yet to surpass viewership of the World Cup; the Final in 2010 alone boasted over 700 million viewers worldwide.
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