GrahamB wrote:This suggests that American and western sports culture is far more aggressive and violent than Chinese sports culture.
wayne hansen wrote:Isn't the fact that American foot ball takes 4 hrs to play a 20 minute game got something to do with it
GrahamB wrote:
1. The Chinese government is on an Olympic medal quest, pouring money into those sports where China has the best chance of winning
Trick wrote:If gambling at any scale was allowed in the Middle Kingdom many non Olympic activities would skyrocket here...... About "westerners" are more prone to take up aggressive sports I don't know, if we talk MA such as MMA Boxing or KickBoxing in Europe I got a feeling that it's more popular among people that trace their roots from a more southern and southeastern part of the world near Europe.......About wrestling, nowadays who want to see folk wrestling in the Olympics if one is not self involved in it? Glima was tried at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic but that's it, Judo has been around for some time but talks about delete it has been going around, even Greco-Roman wrestling facing a tough time as an Olympic sport......American football??,,Why not play real Rugby instead
3. Finally, I determined that the major reasons for differences in wrestling rules, techniques and cultures between China and the US came down to competitiveness, aggression, and violence. The most popular sports in China are ping pong and badminton. Like wushu, these are neither aggressive nor violent. In the US, nearly 800 universities have American football teams, with over a million Americans playing on high school and college football teams. This suggests that American and western sports culture is far more aggressive and violent than Chinese sports culture."
edededed wrote:Besides aggressiveness, it is also a difference in how men are perceived, I think.
In America, men who want to be popular with the opposite sex head to the gym to pump iron.Done for their own perception
of themselves which does not always get the chicks.
In East Asia, men with huge muscles are strangely not that popular with the opposite sex.
But they are successful in making money, big money .
Which they can then use to spend on the the chicks...One might look at what is more useful.
Big muscles or big money. Each requires a lot of effort and dedication to achieve.
While the opposite sex may appreciate big muscles, they cant spend them. An old guy with money,,,always tends to get the chicks... over an old guy with no money and big muscles
As for pay-per-view - this is why the only time I saw a top-tier boxing match was when I was in China (it was the one where Tyson started biting off ears). It was just on TV, anyone could watch it.
edededed wrote:In America, men who want to be popular with the opposite sex head to the gym to pump iron.
In East Asia, men with huge muscles are strangely not that popular with the opposite sex.
Trick wrote:SNIP If gambling at any scale was allowed in the Middle KingdomSNIP
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