Comments on: ESPN Has The Power To Make Soccer Successful In America http://www.epltalk.com/espn-has-the-power-to-make-soccer-successful-in-america/2534 Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:52:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Footballer http://www.epltalk.com/espn-has-the-power-to-make-soccer-successful-in-america/2534#comment-36891 Footballer Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:22:20 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/espn-has-the-power-to-make-soccer-successful-in-america/2534#comment-36891 I hope that football never takes off in America and that it stays the way it is. Or regresses. I don't trust you guys one bit with our sport I hope that football never takes off in America and that it stays the way it is. Or regresses. I don’t trust you guys one bit with our sport

]]> By: Kartik http://www.epltalk.com/espn-has-the-power-to-make-soccer-successful-in-america/2534#comment-13361 Kartik Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:26:08 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/espn-has-the-power-to-make-soccer-successful-in-america/2534#comment-13361 I sincerely apologize. The overnight for the MLS match was a 1.2 which is very respectable for a noon ET start. I had heard it as a 0.2. Obviously a big difference. US Open Cup night tonight with some good action online. Crystal Palace Baltimore, Miami FC, Carolina, and Charleston have all scored first against MLS opposition. I sincerely apologize. The overnight for the MLS match was a 1.2 which is very respectable for a noon ET start. I had heard it as a 0.2. Obviously a big difference.

US Open Cup night tonight with some good action online. Crystal Palace Baltimore, Miami FC, Carolina, and Charleston have all scored first against MLS opposition.

]]> By: CFTV http://www.epltalk.com/espn-has-the-power-to-make-soccer-successful-in-america/2534#comment-13360 CFTV Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:16:23 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/espn-has-the-power-to-make-soccer-successful-in-america/2534#comment-13360 FYI the ESPY nominations were just released and ESPN is doing a Best MLS Player Award with Angel, Beckham, Donavon, Emillio, Donavon, and Blanco for the award. Cristiano Ronaldo is up for Best International Male Athlete with Kaka, Manu Ginobilli, and Rafael Nadel. FYI the ESPY nominations were just released and ESPN is doing a Best MLS Player Award with Angel, Beckham, Donavon, Emillio, Donavon, and Blanco for the award. Cristiano Ronaldo is up for Best International Male Athlete with Kaka, Manu Ginobilli, and Rafael Nadel.

]]> By: Kartik http://www.epltalk.com/espn-has-the-power-to-make-soccer-successful-in-america/2534#comment-13343 Kartik Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:26:18 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/espn-has-the-power-to-make-soccer-successful-in-america/2534#comment-13343 Great point Glen Garry. I recall a time when the West Palm affiliate of NBC (CH 5) ran local programming instead of College Basketball. This was back when NBC had college basketball and the sport was as unpopular in Florida as Soccer was. I spoke to someone close to the Galaxy just now and he made an excuse for me when I told him the pathetic rating of the Galaxy game. "It was 9 am out here, and people like me simply tivo-ed the game." Pathetic. I wonder if people still care to argue with me about MLS' finances and the opportunity USL does have in some respects to compete? Great point Glen Garry.

I recall a time when the West Palm affiliate of NBC (CH 5) ran local programming instead of College Basketball. This was back when NBC had college basketball and the sport was as unpopular in Florida as Soccer was.

I spoke to someone close to the Galaxy just now and he made an excuse for me when I told him the pathetic rating of the Galaxy game.

“It was 9 am out here, and people like me simply tivo-ed the game.”

Pathetic. I wonder if people still care to argue with me about MLS’ finances and the opportunity USL does have in some respects to compete?

]]> By: glengarry http://www.epltalk.com/espn-has-the-power-to-make-soccer-successful-in-america/2534#comment-13342 glengarry Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:12:55 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/espn-has-the-power-to-make-soccer-successful-in-america/2534#comment-13342 re: games from Europe being aired on ABC -- the biggest reason this will never happen is the time they would air live: weekday afternoons, the programming time is the responsibility of the local affiliates (the dudes who do your local news and air crap like Judge Judy and Jeopardy) ... the affiliates derive almost all of their revenues from the ad sales at this time. And if you think the attitude is provincial at ABC, I can't even begin to tell you how bad it is at the affiliates. Instead of having a situation where some affiliates run soccer and others judge judy (and thus being hard to advertise / frustrating for consumers) -- the network wisely just kept all the weekday stuff on cable. re: games from Europe being aired on ABC –

the biggest reason this will never happen is the time they would air live: weekday afternoons, the programming time is the responsibility of the local affiliates (the dudes who do your local news and air crap like Judge Judy and Jeopardy) … the affiliates derive almost all of their revenues from the ad sales at this time. And if you think the attitude is provincial at ABC, I can’t even begin to tell you how bad it is at the affiliates. Instead of having a situation where some affiliates run soccer and others judge judy (and thus being hard to advertise / frustrating for consumers) — the network wisely just kept all the weekday stuff on cable.

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