system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:Why is soccer so ridiculously respected and revered in the rest of the world, and commonly sneered at and bashed in the USA?
gpt
Soccer is popular because you don't need special equipment or infrastructure to play it. You need a spherical object, and a relatively flat field. 

All other sports need a lot of special equipment or infrastructure.