I just think that if you've already got a captive audience and you come right on with an MLS match as soon as the EPL is done then after a few years everybody who likes soccer will have seen a match or two just by accident if nothing else and will realize how much better the product is now compared to just a few years ago and that's really the only way you're going to see any kind of big national growth. People aren't watching not because they aren't interested but because they think it's a bad league but in reality it's really no worse than what you see in the nPower Championship at this point. You need people to just give it a chance and IMO that's by far the best way to do it.

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Posted by svb

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Posted on 7/31/13 at 1:40 am to Draconian Sanctions

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I agree.

What I hope happens is that all three networks come to an agreement and can all televise games on Saturdays. It would be great if there were at least three MLS games on TV each weekend. Maybe NBC/SN can televise a mid-day game (maybe 2:30 ET), right after the PL games are over. Then ESPN gets a late afternoon time slot (5:30 ET) and then FOX gets the night time slot (9 ET), or something to that effect. Then maybe they could rotate in televising Sunday and midweek games.

Idk though, during college football season I'm not sure how much ESPN would want to show an MLS game when they could be showing a match on ESPN2 in the afternoon, even if it is 2 teams from the Big East or something. I dunno, Maybe when the SEC Network comes out it would help free up that time slot.

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