> 1. If you want to prove that its a waste of time to watch soccer, its much easier to state how nothing relies on it. Which is not even a good point for the a

> 1. If you want to prove that its a waste of time to watch soccer, its much easier to state how nothing relies on it. Which is not even a good point for the author, since football matches have had profound significance; they have helped prop up and destroy military regimes (such as in the history of football throughout the military dictatorships of Latin America in the 70s), led to race riots, political activism, etc. I'd say that football is much more important in that aspect than we may think at first glance.