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re: So how screwed over is FOX for buying World Cup broadcasting rights?
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:27 am to SwaggerCopter
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:27 am to SwaggerCopter
Ouch. A big swing and a miss. Sucks for them.
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Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:29 am to Ancient Astronaut
Ya'll do realize Mexico is in the thing, right?
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:56 am to McCaigBro69
Mexicans have Univision
Posted on 10/11/17 at 7:22 am to Pettifogger
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Ok dude, when the World Cup is trouncing the shite out of mid-Summer MLB and everything else next year, be sure to revisit this topic.
What were the ratings for games not involving the USMNT during the last World Cup? How many games not involving the USMNT were broadcast?
Why would the World Cup "trounce the shite" out of mid-Summer MLB when MLS doesn't "trounce the shite" out of the Scripps National Spelling Bee?
Come on, let's see some numbers, big guy. Put your money where your mouth is.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 7:25 am to SwaggerCopter
No one cares about soccer except 10 year olds.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 7:29 am to Cowboyfan89
Posted on 10/11/17 at 7:33 am to StrongBackWeakMind
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You think mid-summer MLB is drawing those numbers?
Sunday Night Baseball, one of the few national broadcast games, averaged 1.8M viewers in 2017.
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Posted on 10/11/17 at 7:40 am to StrongBackWeakMind
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Averaged 4.6 million American viewers over 64 matches.
Now take away the USA games.
What did it average?
I asked about the NON-USMNT GAMES.
Yeah, the World Cup Final did well. So does every other Championship game.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 7:43 am to Cowboyfan89
I did my homework. You do yours.
World Cup is going to win against mid-summer MLB.
Accept it.
World Cup is going to win against mid-summer MLB.
Accept it.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 7:54 am to StrongBackWeakMind
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I did my homework. You do yours.
Bitch response. Prove your point, or STFU. How many people watched games that a) did not involve the USMNT, and b) were not the Championship?
Hell, I'll make it easier. What does an MLS game draw on TV? People have about as much attachment to that as they would a team from Croatia.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 7:56 am to Cowboyfan89
I know how these arguments go. You're not going to accept any evidence I provide. You're going to move the goalposts.
And LOL at your dumbass somehow thinking MLS TV ratings is indicative of World Cup TV ratings.
Have a good day, dumbass. See you next year.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:08 am to mountain D values
quote:Being that traditional, domestic born Americans don't watch soccer as it is, why would they watch if America isn't in it? A huge chunk of the ratings in the U.S. come from casual, patriotic sports fans that are just tuning in to see the U.S. team.
There is more than enough interest in the World Cup regardless of whether the US is there or not lol.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:09 am to Cowboyfan89
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People have about as much attachment to that as they would a team from Croatia.
Check yourself.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:11 am to mountain D values
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:12 am to StrongBackWeakMind
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You're not going to accept any evidence I provide. You're going to move the goalposts.
I don't have to move the goalposts. The USMNT hasn't missed a World Cup since 1986. There is no dataset to prove what kind of viewership there will be for a World Cup without the US involved at any stage.
When the US is involved, I'll watch US games. Other than that, I don't care about any other match or country.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:17 am to castorinho
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They actually got a great deal due to FIFAs frick up. Pretty sure it didn't even go through the bid process.
They outbid espn by $200m
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:17 am to SwaggerCopter
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This country loves the world cup. All of my soccer hating friends watch every freaking game.
Yeah, I'm not a fan of soccer but I'll watch the WC all day long.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:18 am to okietiger
$400m
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:24 am to Mr. Elvert
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I bet Saturday morning EPL on NBC gets better ratings than most regular season baseball games
I remember reading an article that for the first since NBC bought the rights, ratings for EPL were down in the US.
These EPL games get about 500k viewers in the US. I can promise you national TV MLB games get way more viewers than that. ESPN Sunday Baseball gets almost 2 million views.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 8:31 am to StrongBackWeakMind
I am not arguing with you because overall I agree with your point, but it will be very interesting to see the ratings for this WC with the games at bad times and no US in it. I think it will be a big barometer for where the sport is at in the US.
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