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by **Boocity** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:59 pm

JoeTerp wrote:

Says it all doesn't it, if that was England it would have been the whole page.

by **JoeTerp** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:32 pm

its the only written headline to make the fold, plus a picture. And its just the confederations cup semi-final that took place while most people were at work

by **JoeTerp** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:35 pm

Boocity wrote:TBH I am not bothered about Spain being knocked out if it means the LFC players can come back and get a break before pre-season.
They dont have to play a stupid 3/4th place play off do they.

they do but I wouldn't expect Torres or ALonso to play. Probably no Riera. WOuld expect Arbeloa and Reina though.

by **Boocity** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:38 pm

JoeTerp wrote:And its just the confederations cup semi-final that took place while most people were at work

Yes, but its still one your biggest wins and you are in the final of and international football tournament, probably against Brazil

by **aCe'** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:08 pm

This could be a very good result for everyone involved in football all around the world... if the Americans get a little more involved in the game i'd expect a whole lot of money to be injected in the industry through merchandise, commercial and other business activities... good stuff

by **The Good Yank** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:59 pm

aCe' wrote:This could be a very good result for everyone involved in football all around the world... if the Americans get a little more involved in the game i'd expect a whole lot of money to be injected in the industry through merchandise, commercial and other business activities... good stuff

Also keep in mind that ESPN has picked up the Setanta Premiership matches, now what they do with them remains to be seen, but I think if shown over here, that will be a big boost financially. It won't happen overnight but down the road, it could be a tremendous asset. ESPN has a huge influence on what sports do well in the US and where those precious advertising dollars go. Take the NHL for instance. The height of the NHL's popularity was when ESPN was broadcasting both NHL regular season and playoff games. After the NHL lockout, the NHL and ESPN, did not renew their contract. The NHL has suffered in the popularity area tremendously.

I'm in no way saying that the Premier League needs US viewers, but really, over here we remain an untapped resource and for a country this size and as Sports Mad as we are over here, it's a resource that needs to be looked into.

by **JoeTerp** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:05 pm

I thought ESPN only picked up the UK rights

by **The Good Yank** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:08 pm

JoeTerp wrote:I thought ESPN only picked up the UK rights

A friend of mine works at ESPN and they are exploring options, could even be a "Game Plan" type thing. ESPN are looking to play hardball with Fox after losing the Champions League.

by **GYBS** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:09 pm

ESPN have picked up the matches that Setanta would of broadcasted next season so mainly the saturday evening games and the odd monday night games .

As good as the win was for USA last night it will still not be anywhere near as popular as American Football,Baseball,Ice Hockey,Basketball,Nascar,Golf and Indy Car .

by **The Good Yank** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:16 pm

GYBS wrote:ESPN have picked up the matches that Setanta would of broadcasted next season so mainly the saturday evening games and the odd monday night games .

As good as the win was for USA last night it will still not be anywhere near as popular as American Football,Baseball,Ice Hockey,Basketball,Nascar,Golf and Indy Car .

It's really regional as far as popularity goes. I mean, other than the Indy 500 are there any other races? I'm sure someone in California or someone in the south would ask me if I was on crack for asking that. At the same time, they wouldn't know why a ref would blow his whistle when a hockey player went offside, and I'd think they were on Meth. It all depends on what your interests are and where you are. That said, exposure on ESPN has never hurt a sport here.

by **GYBS** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:17 pm

But arent overall viewing figures higher for all those other sports compared to football ?

by **The Good Yank** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:24 pm

GYBS wrote:But arent overall viewing figures higher for all those other sports compared to football ?

NFL, and Baseball definitely, Nascar is a once per week event, Basketball does marginally well (nothing like it did when Jordan and Bird were playing), Hockey's #'s were very similar, if not behind the Champions League matches, and those are midweek and in the afternoon here. Hockey's #'s are :censored:

though. LOL, I'd think Saturday evening matches (would be afternoon here) would do fair in January-May. Hockey and basketball are mostly evening games.

by **JoeTerp** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:25 pm

GYBS wrote:But arent overall viewing figures higher for all those other sports compared to football ?

some data on the 2nd best way to measure how popular a sport is, who watches it on tv.

Numbers for America for the last year.

Super Bowl -- 97.5 million
NFL playoffs avg. -- 32.9
Summer Olympics primetime avg. -- 27.7
BCS Championship (College American Football) -- 23.1
NCAA (college) men's Basketball finals -- 19.5
Rose Bowl -- 19.0
Daytona 500 -- 17.8
NBA Finals avg. -- 14.9
NFL regular season avg. -- 14.6
Kentucky Derby -- 14.2
World Series avg. -- 13.6
MLB All-Star Game -- 13.4
Belmont Stakes -- 13.1
The Masters -- 11.0
NFL Pro Bowl -- 10.0
US golf Open Sat-Mon avg. -- 9.2
Home Run Derby -- 9.1
March Madness (college basketball cup) avg. -- 8.4
Preakness Stakes -- 7.9
NASCAR avg. -- 7.4
Indy 500 -- 7.2
NBA All-Star Game -- 6.3
MLB playoffs avg. -- 5.7
Wimbledon men's final -- 5.2
NFL Draft Day 1 -- 4.8
NHL Stanley Cup finals avg -- 4.5
NBA playoffs avg. -- 4.1
British Open Weekend -- 4.0
Euro final -- 3.8
College football regular season avg. -- 3.8
Ryder Cup 3 day average -- 3.6
NBA regular season avg. -- 1.6
MLB regular season avg. -- 1.6
Summer X Games -- 1.4
Winter X Games -- 1.3
UEFA Champions League finals -- 1.1
MLS championship -- 0.9
NHL All-Star game -- 0.9
NHL playoffs avg. -- 0.8
MLS All-Star game (against West Ham)-- 0.5
NHL regular season avg. -- 0.4
MLS regular season avg. -- 0.3
MLS playoffs avg -- 0.2

by **GYBS** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:26 pm

So with the matches going out here around 6 at night on a saturday the east coast would get them around 12ish ?! with the west coast around 9 ish maybe ? yeah i reckon your right it could be a nice little gap there for the prem to slot into

by **JoeTerp** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:31 pm

Now that the CL final is on the weekend, I expect the numbers to be much bigger in America, its normally on while everybody here is at work.

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