The World Cup, like the Olympics, comes every four years. Unlike the Olympics, though, the Cup engages the attention of hundreds of millions of fans. (Remember, fan is derived from fanatic.)
In Brazil, grown men weep with joy in victory, with sorrow in defeat.
In the US, grown men yawn.
As I pointed out last time, it's in the rules, baby!
Back in March, we published Part II of John's series on soccer. Officiating .com then made the decision to wait until AFTER the World Cup had begun before publishing Part III. But we are re-publishing Part II today so the Top Ten Reasons are all in the same place. Even if you like "football," we think you'll also like John's take on the game.
