[ the other man's disgust gets a chuckle out of him. with how popular Pokemon battling is and his own position in its professional scene, it almost feels strange to talk about a different sport. ]

The one with your feet, obviously! You wouldn't catch me dead paying any attention to Unovan football. [ he's not as outwardly opposed to it, but brute force isn't fun to watch. ] I don't even think we have our own teams for it... guess it didn't really catch on.

[ the audience for human sports, as large as it is, dwarves the attention that professional Pokémon battling gets when League season rolls around. they have the rest of the year to garner their audiences, but when it's time for Trainers to take on the yearly League Challenge, it's all anyone can talk about. ]