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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 1077503, member: 405"]
Did you watch the network broadcast of the World Cup this year versus 2010?  Did you watch in 1994?  Just in the last 4 years, we've gone from major sports announcers who were almost completely ignorant about the sport, to massive public parties all over the country, and a much higher quality broadcast.  To think back to the lack of understanding of the basic rules 20 years ago and then compare it to today I think illustrates my point.

Tell me how many people really understood what was considered a foul 20 years ago, and why yellow versus red cards were appropriate.  Yes, I watched the Cosmos with Pele, Chinaglia and Beckenbauer.  I even watched the World Cup, a small bit, on something like ABC's Wide World of Sports back in the 70s, when I was a fan of Clockwork Oranje and Total Football.

If you don't think there is a far more nuanced understanding of the sport today in the US versus just a few years ago, well, I have to disagree.
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