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re: Soccer then and now.
Posted on 7/14/16 at 1:13 am to baybeefeetz
Posted on 7/14/16 at 1:13 am to baybeefeetz
I watch it but I understand that soccer is an Olympic sport in America.
We get all jazzed for world cup and Olympics and not much else.
How many SEC schools are invested in college soccer?
How are they doing their part?
Not much huh?
If you can't make it huge nationally in college besides the West Coast, it won't provide a fanbase.
It's like USA is Midwest and west coast pro popular fanbase and nothing else.
That's not a national fandom.
It's Oregon and Washington and Cali and Ohio.
That's the soccer fanbase that puts butts in the seats.
We get all jazzed for world cup and Olympics and not much else.
How many SEC schools are invested in college soccer?
How are they doing their part?
Not much huh?
If you can't make it huge nationally in college besides the West Coast, it won't provide a fanbase.
It's like USA is Midwest and west coast pro popular fanbase and nothing else.
That's not a national fandom.
It's Oregon and Washington and Cali and Ohio.
That's the soccer fanbase that puts butts in the seats.
This post was edited on 7/14/16 at 1:21 am
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Posted on 7/14/16 at 1:28 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:Then baseball and hockey are excluded due to their limited support except for specific regions.
If you can't make it huge nationally in college besides the West Coast, it won't provide a fanbase.
In fact, only football and basketball meet this standard.
Posted on 7/14/16 at 2:21 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
The best thing for soccer in America is for no college to invest in it and let our youth talent develop in academies here or abroad.
Soccer will never surpass football as my number one sport (college or NFL) but in the 6 months or so I've really started following soccer, it has exponentially surpassed any interest I have in the MLB or NBA (college athletics are a little different because of the sense of personal connection I feel with the outcome).
EA has sold over 100 million copies of FIFA, and PES has sold 86 million copies, for a combined 186 million copies. Madden has sold 99 million copies. Even if only half the soccer games sold in the world are in the U.S. it would be almost equivalent to Madden sales. I know this is only one aspect but it opens up a whole new generation of kids to players, teams, leagues, etc that organically will cause the sport to grow, and MLS will have to invest in their product otherwise the top European leagues will continue to secure these huge TV deals in the U.S. and the MLS will eventually die.
Just my opinion at least.
Soccer will never surpass football as my number one sport (college or NFL) but in the 6 months or so I've really started following soccer, it has exponentially surpassed any interest I have in the MLB or NBA (college athletics are a little different because of the sense of personal connection I feel with the outcome).
EA has sold over 100 million copies of FIFA, and PES has sold 86 million copies, for a combined 186 million copies. Madden has sold 99 million copies. Even if only half the soccer games sold in the world are in the U.S. it would be almost equivalent to Madden sales. I know this is only one aspect but it opens up a whole new generation of kids to players, teams, leagues, etc that organically will cause the sport to grow, and MLS will have to invest in their product otherwise the top European leagues will continue to secure these huge TV deals in the U.S. and the MLS will eventually die.
Just my opinion at least.
Posted on 7/14/16 at 3:24 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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We get all jazzed for world cup and Olympics and not much else.
No one cares about the olympics in soccer. It is an U23 competition.
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How many SEC schools are invested in college soccer?
How are they doing their part?
Would I love it to have SEC mens soccer? Yes. Does it have any impact on what you are talking about? Absolutely none. The reason we don't have mens soccer is a Title IX issue.
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If you can't make it huge nationally in college besides the West Coast, it won't provide a fanbase
You bringing up college soccer just proves how absolutely little you know about this topic
Plus college baseball is horribly unpopular, yet MLB seems to be doing just fine
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If you can't make it huge nationally in college besides the West Coast, it won't provide a fanbase
Top 10 markets for the English Premier League
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1. Seattle
2. West Palm Beach
(tie) Dallas
4. Louisville
5. Columbus
6. Tulsa
(tie) Norfolk
8. Richmond
9. Buffalo
10. Washington
(tie) Sacramento
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This post was edited on 7/14/16 at 3:26 am
Posted on 7/14/16 at 6:26 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
You are so far out of your depth in this discussion.
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