And in the same sense, we can also say that sports that are easier to understand get more eyeballs in the long run and have more fan following usually.
You took the example of that Ale Garnacho goal vs Everton where he bicycled the ball into the net. A casual football fan may not know about the difference between a LWB and a LB or know about offside, but the fact that one can explain football as a sport taking two goal posts and a ball is way easier than explaining how Chess works, which literally has a trillion different moves one can play.
Which is also why I face difficulty in making my friends and family watch tennis. As somebody completely unaware about the sport, they can quickly understand how players are getting the points, but understanding anything beyond that is not very easy unless they keep following the sport long enough or have somebody explain it to them.
Sure, but speaking as someone who only has a basic understanding of tennis I still find it quite beautiful instinctively. You can't say even that about chess sometimes.
Try showing some Sinner v Alcaraz clips to your friends who don't or never watched tennis. Would be pumped, sure. But would they understand anything else, no. So yeah from the point of view of how exciting or thrilling a sport can be to a casual means that Football and tennis is far more enjoyable than Chess, but in terms of understanding the sport will take time, not as much as Chess, but it is indeed time demanding.
And in the same sense, we can also say that sports that are easier to understand get more eyeballs in the long run and have more fan following usually.
You took the example of that Ale Garnacho goal vs Everton where he bicycled the ball into the net. A casual football fan may not know about the difference between a LWB and a LB or know about offside, but the fact that one can explain football as a sport taking two goal posts and a ball is way easier than explaining how Chess works, which literally has a trillion different moves one can play.
Which is also why I face difficulty in making my friends and family watch tennis. As somebody completely unaware about the sport, they can quickly understand how players are getting the points, but understanding anything beyond that is not very easy unless they keep following the sport long enough or have somebody explain it to them.
Sure, but speaking as someone who only has a basic understanding of tennis I still find it quite beautiful instinctively. You can't say even that about chess sometimes.
Try showing some Sinner v Alcaraz clips to your friends who don't or never watched tennis. Would be pumped, sure. But would they understand anything else, no. So yeah from the point of view of how exciting or thrilling a sport can be to a casual means that Football and tennis is far more enjoyable than Chess, but in terms of understanding the sport will take time, not as much as Chess, but it is indeed time demanding.
Brilliant read.
Thanks Bhargav!