it's actually to precent "Colliflower ear" and trust me, i played rugby for 7 years, and twice for a BC premier team, i've seen and felt the effects of not wearing tape/head band, especially playing 8th man lol :S And...imo the english premiership is only bigger because of location and viewership because it's broadcast to a larger audience, watch 20 years from now the NFL is playing in London next year..a sign of things to come?
:lol: My kid plays football, he used to play soccer & he'll even tell ya soccer is for pussys. Same with me when I was young. How can you say soccer is more of a mans sport than football. Football is full contact sport, where players hit each other with body & muscle force with bodys taking a beating. Soccer, you run up & down a field kicking a ball. I don't see how you can even compare the two.
its broadcast to a larger audience because the most popular sport in the world is soccer and (IMO) the epl is the best league