Journal Entry #2

In Caleb's article from http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/hist1.html the author makes a claim that hating soccer is American. The data to support this claim are the articles from the New York Times, Washington Post, and Boston Globe that comments on the "mindlessness" of the sport. Also, the writer's grounds to support the claim further by American sports were created by rougher sports in the Ivy League. His claim is warranted by the belief that the American populace prefers rough sports to participate in and watch. However, he does say that Ivy League started off with soccer, so that fact would be considered a qualifier because it leaves how people feel about the sport up to debate. For many people who play the sport or have some background in it would easily be able to debate the claim. Since many Americans play soccer and there is a professional league, it shows that obviously Americans do not hate it so they can easily rebut the claim.