andrewmswift said:rick773 said:Bale looks and acts like everything the "normal" american stereotypes about "soccer"
75% of the americans that walked past that billboard probably thought "whys that faggot up there"
another 20% probably thought it was a planet of the apes/zoolander 2 billboard of course.
Pretty sure I read the last derby was the highest viewed prem game in the states and it was just over a million viewers. so his skyrocketing profile is relative. It did seem last time I was there spurs were pretty trendy with faux euro fans ,seems everyone under a certain age either supported them or they were their "2nd team".
good lord, you talk about americans stereotyping "soccer" and then stereotype the hell out of americans.
you're a fool if you think americans aren't into football/soccer.
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FrancoisToure said:Dzekolol said:I live in Manhattan and you're talking crap!
No one knows who the fuck is Bale, Rooney or Aguero would have been better choice.
You have your opinion; NBC and I have our opinion. We don't have to agree.
i think it's stunning that someone who lives in manhattan thinks americans don't know who gareth bale is. sure, some don't. but it's a country of 300+ million people. a fucking hell of a lot do.
Considering I'm American(hint:those 3 numbers in my username are my former area code) and up until recently still spent 4/5 months a year there ill stereotype as I please. The fact that the most watched prem game ever had something like 1.3 million viewers , and lost in the ratings to a spongebob rerun among other things or that the most watched champs league game ever lost in the ratings to a cable news business show shows it's not a giant thing , it's obviously growing and I'm glad it is , and obviously NBC wants it to . It still has a long way to go before the average American is going to be excited to see Gareth bale on a billboard.