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Greyhound, I think "easier" is being used in realtive terms here, but since you are making comparisons...Just for fun...
(1) Count the number of rules in each sport. Basketball has a greater number to learn.
(2) How many times does call get made or whistle blow? Even with "play on's" and not blowing the whistle on many of the out of bounds plays, you have a far greater number of plays that call for an active response by the BB official.
(3) Weaker games. In BB, even in a game with lower skilled players, you will have alot of violations and hacking going on. Not so with soccer. You will hear many ref's say in BB that the lower skilled games can actually be harder than the higher skilled games. Soccer is the opposite, the higher skill means the contact is usually increased and will require the official to "work" harder even though he may seem to be just watching and running.
(4) Fans! They don't know the rules in most sport, granted. But with the amount of contact that's allowed (slide tackles, fair charges, 50/50 collisons, keepers diving & jumping for balls...)and the "play on" when a foul IS committed and THEY don't get a whistle or kick, they go nuts!
CASE in POINT...Just the other day, an undefeated team, A, scored a goal with 90 seconds left in the game. There was a hard but appartently legal tackle made by the losing team, B, on A with 24 seconds left, which left the player down. A parent (i.e. knucklehead) of team A, yelled at the kid, who yelled something back. The parent tripped him when he went by, and then hit him several times. He was arrested and ordered not to attend any games at B's school.
It seems most of us who have done a little of each agree that Soccer is easier. Don't take offense, I haven't done any World Cups yet, so what do I know. Have fun out there, it ONLY a game! Goooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaal
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