Women soccer is actually when better to watch than men.
Not in terms of skill and tactics. It's a pity M dive like wusses, but W football is watered down version in everything except sportsmanship.
It hasn't found its way into the women's game yet because there's not as much on the line in terms of money and professionalism.
Yeah, too much money in it and no one in FIFA or UEFA has done enough to dissuade players from it. It's quite sadly just pure pragmatism.
Love your avatar. I wonder how many people recognize, Bud Spencer??
I sure as hell do. My dad grew up watching films with him and T. Hill. Bud Spencers punch to the top of the head is a staple of many childhoods.
And Olympic women's soccer is way better than Men's Olympic soccer, because FIFA set rules to make sure the Olympics weren't anything special to protect the World Cup; and just didn't care enough about women's soccer to do the same. So the Olympics and Women's World Cup are the two major events. For men, the Olympics are a weird slot between the U-23 championships and the Continental championships.
Yeah, Men's Olympics are watered down version compared to Euro or Copa, not to mention the Worlds.
Penalty kick account for a solid 30% or all scores.
https://www.driblab.com/driblab-en/how-significant-are-penalties-in-european-football/
Ok, so you pulled the first number out of thin air, I will just go on a limb and say the others are made up as well.
The mens money comes from immense marketing,corruption and tradition.
Because it attracts more people. That thing could play a role, no? Comparing football to ski jumping is a bit odd, given the difference in money flow of each sport.
As the numbers increase, the talent level will increase and you will end up with women's tennis, which in my opinion is as good if not better than the men's game.
Men's tennis imho "suffers" from the long-term consistency of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. For the past 10 or more years, you could have predicted winner of Men's RG just by checking if Nadal is healthy.
But if we can learn to support both, support with enough energy and enthusiasm, so that pile B grows enough to provide for adequate funding, then the women's game can grow and flourish on its own. It may remain a tier or two below the men's game, but that will still make it entertaining enough.
Make rich people see if there is money in it and the funding comes in. But first, you need some spurt in the interest of us sports-watching folks. We have a wide array of things to watch already. And if I am picking up a W sport, I am not going with football. It is already a fairly slow sport and this is just highlighted in W matches.
Soccer can be absolutely nasty and bloody.
Less protection and less balance. You control your speed and the ball with the exact same part of the body
Womens handball however I enjoy alot.
That's fun. And the ladies can be sometimes brutal. I love it.