Very.
It’s also possible for people anywhere else, too. Not everyone is obsessed with sports.
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i.e., "Is it possible for someone not to follow or give a shit about sports?" Why yes. Yes it is.
Yeah, totally possible. I don't know who the hell those two people are.
Of course. At some point in your life you too didn't know who Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi were. You weren't born with your current knowledge.
I barely know who they are and im British.
I find football as dull as dishwater.
I've heard the names but they could knock on my door and I'd have no idea who they are.
And that's okay. All they do is play a meaningless game really, really well.
Yes.
Some people don't pay attention to sports. I don't pay attention to Opera, but I'm sure there are some Opera singers who are as big a deal in Opera as Ronaldo or Messi are in soccer.
Yeah, people often dont know things.
I live in Italy and didn't bothered to know who messi was, so I guess yes
Who?
They’re footballers, yeah? Couldn’t pick them out of a lineup or tell you much beyond that. And that I only know from seeing them on some type of advertisement I’d imagine.
Athletes are like any celebrity. As big as the NFL is in the USA, a tiny number of the plYers get exposure outside of their team’s market.
While the MLS is successful it is a fifth/sixth tier sport.
Renaldo has been playing in Saudi Arabia for While now and before that La Liga games competed with NFL and CollegeFootball for air time. So he didn't get a lot of exposure in the US.
It if always weird who doesn't stick for marketting in the US.
Messi has been getting more exposure in the US since buying the MLS team.
I am a fan of international soccer so i watch the two WCs, Copa America and the Euros so i know the big names, but there are so many top flight European football players i don't know.
My friend has a cat named Messi, so i know he's a soccer player but didn't know which team until last week. I read an article once about a Ronaldo statue but still don't know who he plays for. I do know that they're both older than most players.
Why are you spelling Ronaldinho wrong? I think he's Christian but that's not usually a title. /pickingAFight
I do not know or care what either of these people are or do. Every little bit of information about them has been nonconsentually pressed on me by loud idiots (mostly Europeans and their equatorial progeny) with a promising career in homoerotica fiction. They play soccer, no? Rivals? Yes, okay.
Yes, but most of us do.