Fans willing to give up food, limbs, and dating for World Cup win

[Renew Deal]

A cheeky survey of North American based fans of teams in this summer's World Cup shows just how much many of them are willing to give up in exchange for their team getting to hoist that hunk of gold.

Of the 20,000 people surveyed, 51 percent said they would starve themselves for a week to bring their team a World Cup victory, 40 percent weakly said they give up dating for a year, seven percent said they would give up their job, and four percent said they would be willing to give away a body part. No word on which body part. Let's assume they mean something important like their frontal lobe or a pinky toe.

The survey was conducted by U.S. based long-distance calling company VIP Communications and also revealed that a whopping 93 percent of English respondents would give up food for a week to see England win (and to properly fit into their bead bikinis), while 70 percent of Italians offered to give up their jobs to retain their World Cup title. Americans predominantly felt that homelessness was the best tradeoff and South Koreans mostly thought winning that the tournament is preferable to a year's worth of dating.

Slovakians, meanwhile, either don't want to win all that bad or just don't like playing along with survey questions from long-distance companies because just three percent said they would give up anything to see their team win a trophy.
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What would you be willing to give up to see your team win?

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/sow_experts/post/Fans-willing-to-give-up-food-limbs-and-dating-?urn=sow,236045

[Condem]

1. I love the World Cup, but let's put it in perspective.

It ain't college football. That being said, I look forward to it.

[MrSlayer]

2. It's just soccer.

I would like the U.S. to win so I can mock my British friends but really, it doesn't matter one way or the other.

[bigwillq]

3. None of the above

not into soccer at all.

[Upton]

4. I'd be happy with any of a number of countries winning..

I'd be fine with the US, England, France, Germany, or the Netherlands. Sides I don't want see do well would be Italy, Brazil and Argentina.

I'm mainly hoping to see some great football....with no serious injuries happening to any Arsenal men..

[CBR]

5. For the Phillies....

maybe!