The American View Of Soccer, Ctd

A reader writes:

Despite being a marvelous game, soccer will never become popular in the US because the sport's pace and flow does not lend itself to commercial interruption. Baseball is perfect for commercials because of its inning structure, and football and basketball have numerous time-outs. So soccer will never get the huge investments fromnetworks and sponsors that have enabled American football andbasketball to prosper. And hard to imagine soccer going that route without destroying...