SHamblingSHapes,

I live in the US and follow rugby.

“Rugby is a hooligan’s sport played by gentlemen, soccer is a gentleman’s sport played by hooligans.”

So cringe. Different sports are different. I can like both, I can even play both, and neither suffers a loss.

TheFrirish,

I"m sorry but this is very true

SHamblingSHapes,

It’s a stereotype, maybe even a generalization. It’s not “very true”. It can’t be; there’s about 130,000 men in the world who play soccer professionally or semi-professionally.

Just because certain cultures incentivize hooligan behavior (looking at you, London), doesn’t mean all everywhere do.

TheFrirish,

yes but this is too big to big ignored. It is still a problem people still die around the world because of football. that is not the case for rugby.

Until this situation changes this saying is very true.

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