Ronaldinho's definitely not a has been. Wait 5-10 years, and he will be. He'll also have millions and millions of dollars

"The dude in that pic looks like Sean Penn in I Am Sam..."

many many many sports fans play sports fans play sports video games AND play sports OUTSIDE..many professional athletes play the current Madden or NBA Live or FIFA or MLB game...there is a good reason for having sports video games- because they make a lot of money every year...non-sports gamers don't have top put down sports gamers...I know all four of the main staff at Giantbomb don't play sports but come on!   you can pretend you're Samus Aran or Zelda or Mario and play outside too. I've seen extreme nerds do it. You can save Hyrule outside too or pretend you're jumping over hot lava like you're mario outside too. If we're going to make generalizations, more sports gamers are probably in shape than RPG players

but this discussion is about football/soccer, and it is still the world's most popular sport BY FAR, even though most Americans don't care for it

USA already has four major sports..it would be hard for soccer to wedge its way in there

soccer hasn't been on major TV long enough for it to get any ratings at all..it needs a TV deal to get sports fans hooked on soccer. I bet soccer in USA is just as popular as hockey, and is shown about as much on TV on American channels, which is darn near never