Why Does Everyone Like Football?

          Football is a game that involves the entire team at the same time. It is a very fast moving game, and requires players to literally think on their feet. The sight of a player surging ahead with the ball can be a breathtaking one. The reasons for the popularity of football are manifold.

          First of all, it is a very simple and easy game to learn and play. All you require is a ball. You can make rudimentary goal posts and play. The game does not need too much of specialized playing areas. While a stadium is the best place to play the game, even an average lane in a small town is enough to get kicking. Football is also a power game and is all about dynamism and motion. The fast pace of play is eye-catching. Also, there is an element of raw physicality in the game that attracts the attention of people. Raw power, brute strength, agility and sharp reflexes are a heady combination, and these are seen in ample measure in the game of football. All these are reasons that have led to the popularity of the game.

          From a point of view of history, the popularity of the game is also because football was always considered a game of the masses, as the royals did not think it to be within them to indulge in such a brutal game (it was a rough game in those times). There were no rules about 11 players and offside and so on in those days, and the game was a kind of free-for-all, something that seemed to fit the peasant way of living more than the royals, according to royal perception.

          These are some of the reasons for the massive popularity of football.