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Macho Tough Guy Ben Davis Won’t Let His Kids Play Soccer

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jun 23rd, 2026 · 1:51 PM EDT

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The last thing I want to do today is write a second story about 94 WIP, but there’s so much complete and utter horseshit being broadcasted over there that it must be addressed.

Here’s a snippet of a discussion from the end of Tuesday’s morning show, talking World Cup:

Joe DeCamara: Well it is (the biggest sport) in the world, but I think it’s still soooo far away, at least a hundred years before it could have an impact in America. It just doesn’t resonate.

James Seltzer: But things like this World Cup make a difference…

DeCamara: can make a difference..

Seltzer: especially if the U.S. team goes on a run, combined with the vibes of it being here, it could get young people into soccer

DeCamara: maybe

Seltzer: I’m not saying it’s gonna be ahead of football or something, but I’m saying this is the type of thing that could create an influx

Ben Davis: yeah but if my kids say, ‘I just watched the World Cup game, I’m gonna start playing soccer,’ I’d be like, ‘no you’re not… you’re not’

Oh yeah? And why is that, Ben? Is soccer for pussies? Is it not American enough or manly enough for you? Should our sons and daughters be outside playing long toss while breathing in wildfire smoke? Give me a break with this braindead tough guy shit. You sound like a neanderthal.

Here’s the other thing –

Most people who have children would probably tell you that the #1 thing they want in life is for their kids to have fun and be happy by pursuing things that they enjoy. If my daughters came up to me and said, “Dad, I’d like to join the choir and play the oboe,” you know would I would say? I would say go for it, and I would encourage it and support it, even though I don’t give a rat’s ass about choir or the oboe. Because it’s not about me, and what I like and dislike. It’s about them.

Alternately, you could be one of those douchebag hardasses at the youth baseball game, yelling at your kid from the stands while telling anybody who will listen that he’s the next Bryce Harper. We definitely need more of those types of people around here.

I am sorry, but this shit makes my blood boil. At least James Seltzer has some common sense over there. And DeCamara is doing the same old “soccer will never be big over here” routine, when the sport already has tens of millions of fans in this country. They just aren’t cranky boomers who listen to the radio, so the sport is off-brand for this medium.