It's a highly strategic game.
It's extremely physical.
It takes tremondous talent and mental acumen to play.
The league is run incredibly well.
The athletes are comparatively reasonably paid.
The season is the perfect length (only 17 weeks).
The playoffs are incredibly dramatic and exciting.
Going to the games is a great experience and always fun.
Originally posted by Red Night I pulled this off a Swedish news site:
Sport
2002 Estimates of Participants Worldwide
Number of Affiliated National Federations
Volleyball
998 Million
218
Basketball
400 Million
211
Table Tennis
300 Million
186
Soccer
242 Million
204
Badminton
200 Million
147
Tennis
60 Million
191
Baseball
60 Mil ...[text shortened]... 2 Million
97
Cycling
600,000
160
Bocce
500,000
72
Cricket
350,000
74
That's clearly rubbish. Cricket probably has more than double that in the UK. Each year about 300,000 cricket bats are sold in England and going by our club alone in which we have about 30 people and only 3 or 4 bought a new bat this year this would indicate about 2.5 - 3 million players. If you count the millions of people in India, Pakistan, and Bagladesh, where they're fanatical about it, the West Indies, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka, not to mention the growing popularity amongst African countries like Kenya and Ghana, United Arab Emirates, Canada and a host of others now getting into it, it's clear that this estimate is a load of bollox. If you seriously believe that only 350,000 people worldwide play cricket you're even more retarded than I had previously thought.
Originally posted by Starrman That's clearly rubbish. Cricket probably has more than double that in the UK. Each year about 300,000 cricket bats are sold in England and going by our club alone in which we have about 30 people and only 3 or 4 bought a new bat this year this would indicate about 2.5 - 3 million players. If you count the millions of people in India, Pakistan, and Baglad ...[text shortened]... 0,000 people worldwide play cricket you're even more retarded than I had previously thought.
I don't think I know even one solitary person who plays volleyball on a regular basis.
Originally posted by Red Night I pulled this off a Swedish news site:
Sport
2002 Estimates of Participants Worldwide
Number of Affiliated National Federations
Volleyball
998 Million
218
Basketball
400 Million
211
Table Tennis
300 Million
186
Soccer
242 Million
204
Badminton
200 Million
147
Tennis
60 Million
191
Baseball
60 Mil ...[text shortened]... 2 Million
97
Cycling
600,000
160
Bocce
500,000
72
Cricket
350,000
74
Where the hell did you take those stats? I want the link to see with my eyes : I can't believe that there's more people who paly table tennis than soccer or that there's more people who play badminton than tennis.
.......for not speaking about the fact that 1/5 of the world population plays Volley ..........please..........
Originally posted by Rooney Once a Blue English sports teams are mixed in their abilities.
We have in the last 8 years:-
- Won the Rugby world cup
- Won the ashes (beating the best cricket team of all time)
- Have arguably 4 of the best 8 football/soccer teams in world football
- Won European Champions League twice
Not great but not too bad.
A more accurate representation o ...[text shortened]... pinions on subjects.
It also rains a lot more in England so we tend to stay indoors more often.
Originally posted by Starrman That's clearly rubbish. Cricket probably has more than double that in the UK. Each year about 300,000 cricket bats are sold in England and going by our club alone in which we have about 30 people and only 3 or 4 bought a new bat this year this would indicate about 2.5 - 3 million players. If you count the millions of people in India, Pakistan, and Baglad ...[text shortened]... 0,000 people worldwide play cricket you're even more retarded than I had previously thought.
I imagine a lot of those bats get sold to the thriving S&M comunity in the UK.
30 Apr '07 16:29
English just don't get it...
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