First, the similar and different from the rule. Compare from the rules of soccer and basketball, soccer and basketball have much similar and difference. In similar, soccer and basketball have a bound to limit their players not to go anywhere, and they both have a fault for out of bound. Soccer has penalty kick, and basketball has the free throw. Indifference, soccer does not allow players to have any activities with the ball by hands, except the goalkeeper. In a basketball game, players use their hands to play with the ball in the entire time and will not allow kicking the ball. Also, soccer is an 11 …show more content…
In fact, soccer is the most popular sport in the world. From the market share, basketball cannot compare with soccer. The reason of why soccer is more popular than basketball is because people, even the infants can quickly kick and pass a ball to someone, but not everyone can dribble a ball and cross over another. So naturally, soccer has ascendancy over basketball. Also, basketball attaches great importance to their players’ physical strength. From the profit, the top soccer players earn more than the top basketball player, but the whole soccer players make less than the total basketball