Fox News: Sports xenophobia

by Frances Martel | 9:04 am, June 19th, 2001

Even with the United States’ unexpectedly good performance so far, Glenn Beck refuses to catch World Cup fever. On his O’Reilly Factor segment last night, he went off on the sport, complaining that the rest of the world is “shov[ing] this crap down our throats” and that “it stinks on ice.” And yes, that picture is Beck honking an imaginary vuvuzela.

“I’m an American!” he yelled at Bill O’Reilly, who seemed to be perfectly ok with the sport and admitted he was rooting for Cote d’Ivoire (note: The Ivory Coast was just eliminated from the World Cup.)



We don’t try to shove football down your throat, he continued, so “don’t try to shove this crap down our throat.” O’Reilly wasn’t quite convinced that Beck’s distaste for soccer was justified, calling it a healthy sport and suggesting maybe Beck should play some soccer himself, or that the only thing he could imagine that would make soccer so evil to Beck was that “it was Woodrow Wilson’s favorite sport.”

At some point, having lost his patience with Beck, O’Reilly just declares him a “pinhead,” at which Beck responds, “talk to the hand.”

Before the point where Beck and O’Reilly just start shouting at each other about their opinion of soccer, there’s an interesting preview of Beck’s appearance on “libertarian loon thing” Freedom Watch on the Fox Business Network today, where he admits he is “more Ron Paul than Sarah Palin.”

Rightardia comment: The FIFA World cup occurs every two years with alternating men's and women's competition. Soccer was invented in China and was played during the Roman era. 

International football or soccer is actually the fastest growing sport in the US. It is easy to put a kids soccer team to together with some Jerseys, soccer balls and a few extras. An American football team is a far more expensive proposition with its specialized protective gear, tackling dummies and specialized teams.US football is more like Rugby than soccer.


The US soccer team in the FIFA world cup has 25 players on it. An NFL roster has 85 players and a couple of free agents. Soccer matches are fast because there are few timeouts and no "instant replays.' You can watch a pro soccer game for around $10. Rightrdia agrees with Bill O'Reiley. Soccer is wonderful sport for kids.

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