women's basketball gets a higher TV rating than soccer - Coach34Colin Cowherd on his radio show - US/Brazil had a 2.4 U.S. rating while the Mets-Yankees was 2.6. WNBA = 0.32.
http://www.wnba.com/2008numbers_080916.html
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Posts: 17134 06/29/09 02:10 PM The Godfather |
http://www.wnba.com/2008numbers_080916.html
I support the two most frustrating teams in America: The New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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dawgstudent |
I really don't think the NBDL = MLS... | #21 | ||
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Posts: 17142 06/29/09 03:16 PM The Godfather |
in the United States.
The MLS is advertised on ESPN a lot.
I support the two most frustrating teams in America: The New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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you are really shitty at comparisions... | #22 | ||
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Posts: 13567 06/29/09 03:19 PM Our KB21 |
HD6 wrote:
"November and December isn't exhibition season," Slive said
Stansbury is 17-44 against the top 25, and 51-82 overall against the top 50...I rest my case (numbers compliments of ScoobaDawg) "The best proven coordinator out there from a big school and the best head coach from a non-BCS program would not give MSU the time of day." - Willie Cunningham...a k a Ol Blew...a k a irsdawg" - October 22nd, 2008 |
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HD6 |
I would say.... | #23 | ||
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Posts: 2122 06/29/09 03:32 PM The General |
the NBDL is about on par talent wise with the MLS. A league full of guys that can't hack it at the top level, with the occasional prospect that will
end up on a bigger stage eventually, although a role player at best.
"Nothing on this earth is closer to the blood of Christ than the tears of a hooker." - Colin Krieger
"I never read the free board, only what gets over here. If the sixpack is worse, they need to be assassinated!"-mclark |
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Optimus Prime 4 |
the league that the top US players play in is NOT the MLS. ManU games probably get better ratings** | #24 | ||
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Posts: 7287 06/29/09 03:33 PM Cobra Kai Sensei |
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Coach34 |
I know what you were saying... | #25 | ||
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Posts: 13570 06/29/09 03:36 PM Our KB21 |
and you are right on the talent issue- but the fact remains MLS is the top league in the US- and nobody gives a shit..and its going to be at least another 25 years before soccer can even remotely become relevant in the US
"November and December isn't exhibition season," Slive said
Stansbury is 17-44 against the top 25, and 51-82 overall against the top 50...I rest my case (numbers compliments of ScoobaDawg) "The best proven coordinator out there from a big school and the best head coach from a non-BCS program would not give MSU the time of day." - Willie Cunningham...a k a Ol Blew...a k a irsdawg" - October 22nd, 2008 |
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HD6 |
I ask aGAIN, can I use attendance as a relevancy indicator? | #26 | ||
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Posts: 2123 06/29/09 03:43 PM The General |
Guess what those numbers look like.
"Nothing on this earth is closer to the blood of Christ than the tears of a hooker." - Colin Krieger
"I never read the free board, only what gets over here. If the sixpack is worse, they need to be assassinated!"-mclark |
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bonedaddy401 |
MLS will never be relevant in the US.... | #27 | ||
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Posts: 2260 06/29/09 03:46 PM |
as long as we have the NFL, NBA and MLB. It just won't. Even if we won the World Cup soccer may become more popular here but instead of people paying
attention to MLS they will pay attention to Euro Soccer where the big boys play.
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Coach34 |
you know as well as I do... | #28 | ||
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Posts: 13571 06/29/09 04:01 PM Our KB21 |
that until they start getting some TV ratings and the money flows into it, soccer is going to continue to lag. We are still a generation away from that being
possible
"November and December isn't exhibition season," Slive said
Stansbury is 17-44 against the top 25, and 51-82 overall against the top 50...I rest my case (numbers compliments of ScoobaDawg) "The best proven coordinator out there from a big school and the best head coach from a non-BCS program would not give MSU the time of day." - Willie Cunningham...a k a Ol Blew...a k a irsdawg" - October 22nd, 2008 |
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HD6 |
I'll take that as a no, don't bring up attendance.... | #29 | ||
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Posts: 2125 06/29/09 04:05 PM The General |
just out of curiousity, what do you think the WNBA would be getting rating wise if the NBA didn't force it's inclusion in signing a TV deal with anyone? At least MLS is chugging along on it's own.
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Dawgfan61 |
All soccer threads on here have ******'s if you dont like the sport dont read em | #30 | ||
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Posts: 174 06/29/09 04:21 PM |
otherwise you are inaccurate. NFL is the best football league in the world. CFL might be second, then Arena with Arena2 (what Tupelo plays in) a distant
fourth. MLS isnt even Arena2. With that being said I hate watching soccer but I would cheer on the US in ANYTHING against the best team in the world in that
particular sport, I don't care if we are talking dwarf tossing...
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Posts: 18 06/29/09 05:43 PM |
Well, I will say, in the ONLY World Cup that I remember the US hosting (women in 1999), the championship final had an attendance of over 90,000.
The Super Bowl that same year had an attendance of over 74,000. Now, say what you want, but those are two "world championships" supposedly. |
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Posts: 3843 06/29/09 05:54 PM Literally a Cocksucker
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Regardless, comparing ratings for the US team in an international championship soccer match against a regular season WNBA game isn't a good comparison.
It'd be better if you had a World Championship or Olympic Gold Medal game for the US women's team to use for comparison.
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dawgstudent |
That would be a difficult comparison... | #33 | ||
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Posts: 17144 06/29/09 05:59 PM The Godfather |
considering that I highly doubt the World Championship for women gets put on TV. And Olympics is a network broadcast.
I support the two most frustrating teams in America: The New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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HD6 |
The problem with that rationale... | #34 | ||
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Posts: 2127 06/29/09 06:07 PM The General |
is which stadium is used. Wasn't the World Cup final at the Rose Bowl? The Super Bowl will sell out whatever venue you put it in.
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Posts: 19 06/29/09 06:16 PM |
No, I understand and agree. Still, it's the best I had to go by.
Both probably sold out. And that is women's soccer which usually does not pull as many as men do- however, that was a special year. Still, I'd be interested in what the men could pull if we won a World Cup bid. And 90,000 at any event kind of validates its relevancy.
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Maroon Eagle |
I wondered aboutthat too. He might just be comparing apples to apples... | #36 | ||
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Posts: 3353 06/29/09 06:19 PM Manager of Deathtöngue |
1999 Women's World Cup Final (Rose Bowl)
Attendance -- 90,185; Capacity -- 92.542; Filled to capacity -- 97.45% 1999 Super Bowl XXXIII (Joe Robbie/Pro Player/LandShark) Attendance -- 74.803; Capacity -- 76,500; Filled to capacity -- 97.78% For the heck of it... 1994 World Cup Final (Rose Bowl) Attendance -- 94,194; Capacity -- 92.542; Filled to capacity -- 101.79% |
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Coach34 |
HD6 is right about venue... | #37 | ||
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Posts: 13572 06/29/09 06:21 PM Our KB21 |
the SB will sellout wherever it is, and the Cup was in the Rose Bowl...and as Colin Cowherd said today- women's soccer rode that all popularity in the US
from that win to see the pro women's league go under just a few years later
People may watch some of the big events because it is a novelty, but everyday soccer is decades away from being a popular, marketable sport in the US
"November and December isn't exhibition season," Slive said
Stansbury is 17-44 against the top 25, and 51-82 overall against the top 50...I rest my case (numbers compliments of ScoobaDawg) "The best proven coordinator out there from a big school and the best head coach from a non-BCS program would not give MSU the time of day." - Willie Cunningham...a k a Ol Blew...a k a irsdawg" - October 22nd, 2008 |
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HD6 |
Another point... | #38 | ||
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Posts: 2128 06/29/09 06:28 PM The General |
although it's pure speculation, I'd be surprised if 20 bucks wouldn't have gotten you in the gate at the World Cup final, maybe a bad seat, but in.
"Nothing on this earth is closer to the blood of Christ than the tears of a hooker." - Colin Krieger
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Posts: 20 06/29/09 06:34 PM |
Well..... not that I know the answer to that one, but if so, thank God. I'm sick of people jacking up prices to see a freaking game. I was going to go with
my Dad to the All-Star game, but I felt guilty for him having to pay $500 a ticket to sit in the nosebleeds while I can't find a summer job.
On the ratings thing... maybe a reason the Mets were higher is because the final was played at 1PM? I know a lot of my friends had to miss it. |
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1984Dawg |
There really are no apples to apples comparisons. | #40 | ||
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Posts: 190 06/29/09 10:30 PM |
About the closest you could get would be the US ratings of the World Cup Final vs the championship games in other sports. And even then, you're talking
about one game that is not going to have Americans in it and is rarely going to be in prime-time compared to for the most part, games in a series. How do you
compare? Maybe if you have a game 7 to look at. I don't know, but comparing MLS to any other American sports league is just flawed.
Edit: now that I think about it, you could probably draw some reasonable comparisons between US WC Qualifiers and regular season games from other sports. And US World Cup matches to playoff games. Maybe...
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