Hi Mechele!<br/><br/>I know about football's popularity.  I lived in Israel at the time, and even in grade school everybody was hyped about it.  The other boys collected cards of their favorite players and teams, and hotly debated their virtues during recess, while I was the nerd  who "doesn't get it".  I think the only group sport that I enjoyed spectating at the time was basketball, and contrary to many others, I cheered for the local talent even though they were objectively not as good as the foreign players that the teams purchased<br/><br/>I live in Canada now, where the national pastime is hockey.  I don't get that either;  I can appreciate a good brawl as much as the next guy, but I feel that the skates are a hindrance.<br/>