2010 World Cup discussion

[Not not Mattaru]

Don't quote him, he has been on my ignore for months!

[GRT]

Get. The fuck. Out.

really?

soccer is not popular in the US cuz there's no coverage in the US

proof: other countries have more coverage, soccer more popular in other countries

ROFL YOU HAVE THE BRAIN OF A THREE YEAR OLD, WITHOUT THE CRAZY LOVABLE IMAGINATION

[volcanicweather]

Don't quote him, he has been on my ignore for months!

He has a nice spot right next to Seph on my list now...

[GRT]

damn, my day has been ruined cuz someone on the interwebs blocked me

[Gadritan]

"Last comment from me..." Riiiight. I thought you were a failed troll at first, but you really are that retarded, lol.

Go Celtics.

[Judai]

dude, there is a soccer game on TV almost every day in the DC area, idk where you live. (UEFA,LaLiga,MLS,etc) I realize part of the issue is less games on but that isn't the only reason why there isn't a bigger following in the US.

Other countries don't even play other sports like the US. They have Soccer, cricket, tennis, golf and some random other shit, so it's not amazing to understand why they love soccer.


edit: with your reasoning Baseball should be the most popular sport since there is like 20 games on every single day for 8 months and it's far from it.

[GRT]

i'm not saying shortcomings in a sport is not a contributing factor, but every sport has its shortcomings; exposure is the No.1 issue

the fact is that exposure is the No.1 factor for anything related to media marketing, ANYTHING at all can be turned from bad to good with enough exposure, if you have had any dealings with advertising or PR in your life, it should be an automatic

all the little doodads, like rules and flopping, jsut come down to excuses

[GRT]

"Last comment from me..." Riiiight. I thought you were a failed troll at first, but you really are that retarded, lol.

Go Celtics.

sorry, but i love pointing out you are an idiot, GUESS I LIED

and "go celtics?" to a laker fan? after the week they just had? that's the best you can come up with? LOL WHAT AN IDIOT

[GRT]

edit: with your reasoning Baseball should be the most popular sport since there is like 20 games on every single day for 8 months and it's far from it.

um, "far from it?" i'm assuming you are not American then...

[Judai]

NFL and NBA crush MLB per game. As I said, based on amount of coverage, MLB should destroy them in popularity according to you and it doesn't.

[GRT]

what kind of information do you have to prove that NFL and NBA is "crushing" MLB per game in terms of popularity? i'd love to hire you for market research if you can provide me any kind of concrete data to support that

the fact of the matter is domestic advertising for baseball per season is almost twice that of NFL and 2.5 that of NBA, and that's the closest I can think to measure a sport's popularity

stop talking out of your ass, please

[vagus]

Need more Mexican's in the US for Soccer to become popular. Lol.

[Gadritan]

I'm kinda' curious as to how they promote over seas as far as star power vs team lore. Let me explain.

The NBA promotes the players first, then the NBA really. There's a lot more of a focus on star power and star rivalries (Bird-Jordan etc), to sell the sport.

The NFL promotes the league/teams first, then players. There's more of a focus on league lore and team rivalries (Bears-Packers etc) to sell the sport.

What's the focus with soccer over there? Is it the star power and individual rivalries they focus on? Or is it the rich history and rivalries of the teams that they use to try to draw crowds in?

Soccer is sort of a blind mix over here. We don't many stars (Donovan and Howard? lol) to showcase, and our teams are still infants, so there's not much lore or rivalries there.

I wonder if they tried to focus a bit more on some of the teams and players from la liga and such if they wouldn't get a better response (since they did finally start showing these games here).

[Bregor]

NFL and NBA crush MLB per game. As I said, based on amount of coverage, MLB should destroy them in popularity according to you and it doesn't.

Worst argument ever, 16 NFL games compared to 162 MLB games, and I think MLB is higher than NBA anyway, and if not it's pretty close. I live in DC, Wizards drew like 5,000 people some nights, lol.

[GRT]

ticket sales is not that good of an indicator for popularity, particularly because of availability and pricing

but yeah, although baseball popularity, in terms of advertising, is declining, it's hardly lost any ground to NFL or NBA

[Judai]

Seriously dude?

162 games

82 games

16 games

I wonder why domestic advertising per season is higher for Baseball... Look at TV ratings per game to see how many people watch which sport.

[Gadritan]

what kind of information do you have to prove that NFL...

Here's some concrete information.

http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/12/man...ble-teams.html

[Roranora]

You guys remember that time we were talking about the World Cup in the World Cup thread?

[GRT]

I wonder why domestic advertising per season is higher for Baseball... Look at TV ratings per game to see how many people watch which sport.

because there are just SO MANY OF THEM BEING SHOW ON TV ALL THE TIME

which again, in one word: EXPOSURE

if the US has any kind of significant and consistent success in the world cup, then there are very good chance pro league will get more exposure, and that will 100% increase its popularity despite stupid rules and flopping

[Judai]

nobody said exposure wasn't a reason but you are saying it is the only reason.