ive a queston whtas a niche sport?

Discussion in 'MLS: General' started by bleu_is_da_color, Sep 2, 2007.

  1. bleu_is_da_color

    bleu_is_da_color New Member

    May 14, 2007
    USA....
    ive a qaestion whats a niche sport?
     
  2. 4-1-3-2

    4-1-3-2 New Member

    Aug 22, 2007
    Basically it's a sport that is not widely popular and does not appeal to a broad audience in it's current environment. Football in the USA and Canada would be a good example of this.
     
  3. Arsenal04

    Arsenal04 New Member

    May 14, 2007
    Indianapolis
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hockey and Lacrosse are known to some as niche sports. Overall, they are not major sports but in some areas the sport is very popular.
     
  4. 4-1-3-2

    4-1-3-2 New Member

    Aug 22, 2007
    Um, yeah. Seeing how the sports name IS Football, I sort of call it by the proper name. "Soccer" is just a name for 'Association Football" anyway. It was made to avoid confusion with Rugby Football. The sport is referred to football in pretty much every country in the world. I don't see the need for the attitude...
     
  5. Midnight Attack

    Mar 13, 2005
    U.S.A|Jamaica|DCU
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  6. Roehl Sybing

    Roehl Sybing Guest

    Sounds like you're the one with the attitude.
     
  7. FijiUnited

    FijiUnited Member+

    Feb 21, 2007
    Orlando
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yikes. Lets take a step back before we begin another Revolutionary War.
     
  8. Kazuma

    Kazuma Member+

    Chelsea
    Jul 30, 2007
    Detroit
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Surprised this hasn't been posted yet.

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  9. Roehl Sybing

    Roehl Sybing Guest

    We fought a war so we wouldn't have to deal with the f****** British!

    Rep to anyone who knows the reference.
     
  10. Ismitje

    Ismitje Super Moderator

    Dec 30, 2000
    The Palouse
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You're in a forum about a US soccer league, asking a question meant to pertain to the US sports landscape. When in Rome and all of that. In the US landscape - well, you seem intelligent enough, just belligerent because someone came down on you for using the term football. But I imagine you know that football has a specific context in this forum and about these sports.
     
  11. rocker

    rocker New Member

    Dec 15, 2006
    hmm. so where can I go to talk about the Football Club of Dallas and the Toronto Football Club?
     
  12. skydaddy8

    skydaddy8 New Member

    Aug 5, 2007
    norman,ok
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    haha u do know that fc dallas and toronto fc is actually "fight club dallas" and "toronto fighting club" newb.
     
  13. Roehl Sybing

    Roehl Sybing Guest

    You mean those teams that play in soccer-specific stadiums in Major League Soccer, a first division league with connections to the United States Soccer Federation and the Canadian Soccer Association?
     
  14. flippin269

    flippin269 Member+

    Aug 3, 2003
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    NFL/NCAA football is probably a niche sport in the world. Not America, but the world as a whole.

    Soccer, I don't know. It's widely popular in America to play, and widely popular to watch when it comes to soccer leagues outside the U.S., and international teams like in Central America, South America, and Europe. I'd say MLS is considered "niche sport" right now in America though, until they recieve the same coverage that the other major leagues get (not just one player; a good qualtity of players/teams)
     
  15. HSEUPASSION

    HSEUPASSION New Member

    Apr 16, 2005
    Duck, NC
    Yet they're on all our TV shows. For all you say Americans don't like British people, we sure put them on TV a lot, a WHOLE lot.

    Actually, if you polled Americans outside of New York, Brits would be favored over New Yorkers, and that's a shoot.
     
  16. HoopFan

    HoopFan New Member

    Jul 24, 2007
    Llano Estacado
    American Football is a niche sport in the rest of the world but it's played by a lot more people than it's given credit for.

    In Mexico, American Football is played in the colleges. Japan plays it in college. They also have a pro league named the X League. Etc.

    Then you have the IFAF World Cup IE American Football World Cup. It's only been played 3 times but it's played by a bunch of countries around the world.
     
  17. flippin269

    flippin269 Member+

    Aug 3, 2003
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You know, the United States has a national rugby team. Does that mean thar rubgy's no longer a niche sport in America?

    I've been to both Guadalajara, Mexico and Fukouka, Japan, and I can honestly say that they never mentioned anything about local football on their news. For the sports section, it was all soccer, baseball (in Japan, local and MLB), NBA, and individual sports like golf, tennis, etc.. American football may be played in countries outside the U.S., but the sport is a long way from breaking out of that niche status. MLS is probably more popular in America than X League is in Japan for all we know.
     
  18. Roehl Sybing

    Roehl Sybing Guest

    No, stupid, it's a movie.
     
  19. Mark_RFC

    Mark_RFC New Member

    Jun 27, 2007
    Reading, England
    Gridiron is a very niche sport in England, it has its loyal followers though and I think theres an NFL match being played at Wembley soon that will be sold out. People play it locally though, but I severely doubt it will ever be a major spectator sport, in fact it won't.

    I find it fascinating how soccer and gridiron have their roles reversed between the USA and England, as both are in similar situations in their "foreign" country
     
  20. Arsenal04

    Arsenal04 New Member

    May 14, 2007
    Indianapolis
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I dont get what the big deal is between calling it 'soccer' and 'football' it's the same game in the end.
     
  21. FijiUnited

    FijiUnited Member+

    Feb 21, 2007
    Orlando
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Its just Europeans being smug.
     
  22. tambo

    tambo Member

    Jun 9, 2007
    Because words aren't just arbitrary squiggles. They're used to communicate. And when a particular word causes inefficient and even misleading communication in a particular context, it's best to avoid it -- for your sake and others'.

    When you write "football" in an American sports forum, you're essentially asking readers to think of the game that features yard lines and helmets. If you have any interest in actually getting a point across, it's best to use the word that will be understood by the people to whom you're making the point.

    If I walk into a London shop and ask for some chips, I can't complain when somebody hands me a plate of fries instead of a bag of Lay's. Same principle applies when you walk into an American message board and bring up "football."
     
  23. tambo

    tambo Member

    Jun 9, 2007
    Oh, and speaking of words: The answer to the thread's original question, which was never really properly answered, is that a "niche" is a specialized, distinct position. In business and marketing it refers to a field or interest that has a relatively small but identifiable following. A "niche sport" would be a sport with a relatively small but identifiable following.

    In regard to soccer, you've probably seen it used mostly as a dismissive term, to distinguish soccer from "mainstream" sports such as football and baseball.
     
  24. alslammerz

    alslammerz Member

    Sep 3, 2007
    Staten Island, NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yet, if you polled the Brits, they'd probably like NYers over the rest of America.:D

    Anyway, a niche sport is one that fulfills a need but is not a major sport. Thus, while there is a need for American soccer and an American soccer league, it's not going to be popular everywhere. Same with hockey. Except soccer has a commish that understands this, and hockey does not.

    One last thing. Patton?
     
  25. Roehl Sybing

    Roehl Sybing Guest

    It was a military man, but no.
     

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