- Soccer often ends in ties, which is seen as a big no-no in most American sports (save American football occasionally ending in such).

That 90s Simpsons episode with soccer, funny as it is, sums up the old-school attitude well (including being written by Baby Boomers).

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- It competes with the "Big 4" US sports (baseball, football, basketball, hockey).
- Seen as low-scoring and slow-paced (both which can describe baseball, the "Great American Pastime").
- For years it infrequently aired on English language TV (hard to shove commercial breaks into vs the "Big 4").

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As for the reasons the US hated soccer:
- Supposedly not "manly" enough/the players look "wimpy" for not resembling the Incredible Hulk (vs, say, American football).
- Seen as "foreign" (being a Spanish language TV mainstay not helping).
- More successful US women's team vs men's (sexism).

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Guess there's still the state attorneys general, plus the EU and UK. Otherwise (and if none of those pose roadblocks), there's nothing else to block this needless merger.

Again, a merged Paramount/WB is harder to avoid or boycott for most people. Even if they didn't like a Weiss-ified CNN, I doubt superhero fans will stop buying DC Comics/watching new Batman movies. Same for HBO, Cartoon Network, Looney Tunes, TNT sports, etc.