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- 01-05-2010 11:43 PM #1
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Setanta Sports USA: Soon To Become A Thing Of The Past
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If these
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- 01-06-2010 05:42 AM #2
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Soccer. The sport of the next generation. Three generations and counting.
- 01-06-2010 07:39 AM #3
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You do realize soccer is by far the most popular sport in the world...
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and how is it rated in the US? Originally Posted by SandraC
- 01-06-2010 08:38 AM #5
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Proud Staff Memberyou're right it is but like juan said,not here in the U.S. i've tried to like the sport but i just don't................ Originally Posted by SandraC Dish Member 1999-2008 vip622 & vip211, Directv Member since 2008 HR34-700, HR24-500 am21 & HR20-700 swm lnb, Sirius Member 2003-2012
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- 01-06-2010 08:43 AM #6
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Soccer is so big, it does not need the US's support to thrive. MORE people watch the World Cup than they do the Super Bowl, last I checked. Last Super Bowl had about 100 million views, while the World Cup Final averages close to 3 times that at close to 300 million. Originally Posted by juan
I love Soccer....no "futbol". And I am sure those that love futbol really do not care if others don't.
- 01-06-2010 08:44 AM #7
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...and yet it still thrives world-wide, where other sports are but a blip on the radar screen. Originally Posted by juan
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- 01-06-2010 08:47 AM #8
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Proud Staff Membervery true salsa. Originally Posted by salsadancer7;2065913[B Dish Member 1999-2008 vip622 & vip211, Directv Member since 2008 HR34-700, HR24-500 am21 & HR20-700 swm lnb, Sirius Member 2003-2012
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- 01-06-2010 09:11 AM #9
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I remember the first year of MLS. I was living in Columbus, OH. I went to a few Crew games and loved it. I moved back to Texas in July 1996. I had Sports Pack on DirecTV, so I kept watching the Crew. The next season, ESPN put together MLS Free Kick (or whatever it's called). I wasn't about to pay extra for a one year old league. MLS would have been better off to keep the games free for a few years and let interest build.
If the EPL wants to grow in the US, they need to get their product on widely available channels and not worry about the money for the rights. Get us hooked on the product and then make us pay. As long as Setanta (and even Fox Soccer Channel) is their primary outlet for games, they will never expand the niche audience that they have in this country.
Remember when the Arizona Cardinals were in the NFC East with the Cowboys? They would play games in Arizona, and there would be 40K Cowboys fans in the stands. That's because the Cowboys gave away radio rights in their early days all the way west to California and all over Mexico. They built a HUGE fan base in doing so.
- 01-06-2010 02:36 PM #10
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Why does everyone remark about waiting for soccer to "arrive" in the U.S., when it has already arrived. I remember the dark ages when years would pass by without a single soccer game on television, or the years without a pro league. I'm completely satisfied with soccer's standing in the pecking order of sports in this country. It doesn't need to apologize because it doesn't have the stature it does in Europe or Latin America, we are talking about a totally different sports culture than the one we have here. People here have been raised on football and baseball for generations. Soccer, for its part, does well despite only being on the American sports radar since the 70s with the NASL and then again with World Cup 94 (still the greatest sporting event to have taken place in this country) and MLS since.
Sorry to hear about Setanta, but even I (as a soccer fan) never felt the need to subscribe.
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