Steve Rushin - Soccer Nazi

Boom_70 · Jun 14, 2006

zizzer said:

Boom_70 said:

zizzer said:

Boom_70 said:

Pastor Crass said:

Boom_70 said:

Lugnuts said:

I haven't watched a second of it, but word is the TV ratings are coming in huge.
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Anything will be bigger than previous because ESPN never televised it as they are now.
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Interesting statement since I've already posted how the last World Cup was shown...

They showed the games. They were just shown at about 3 and 5 in the morning. Then they had the "Game of the Day" shown later that night. This would be the "best" game of that morning, merely a replay.

Maybe you didn't pay attention to the last World Cup or ignored the previously pointing out how a statement like this would be. Both times, the Cup was shown live. Go back and check the ratings. It is the reason that every game is shown live now.

Oh and nevermind that the games are on during the day when most people that would be watching work.
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ABC/ESPN did not hold the broadcast rights in 2002.Â Â For the rights through 2014 FIFA pretty much gave it away to ABC/ESPN / UNIvision. Its a good deal for Disney - big upside potential with growing hispanic population -- now nations largest minority.Â

For the next 8 years be assured that Disney will be subliminally jamming soccer down our throats through their various media outlets.
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Hey Boom?Â Yeah, I'm a soccer dork.... I have about a dozen games for the 2002 Cup on tape... they ALL have the ESPN logo in the corner box.Â That WAS ESPN's Jack Edwards making a mockery of the broadcast....Â And now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure ESPN DID have the broadcast rights to the tournament in 1998, when it was in France, one country over from where it is now (helping you out a little since I doubt you can read a map).

Asshole.... there's another thread already started for morons like you.
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Look zizzer your admirable love for soccer is clouding your thinking. Trust me - you are in over your head on this discussion.

As you insist here is the documentation - most important paragraph plus full link from the Soccer Times which I assume you feel is a reliable source.

http://www.soccertimes.com/worldcup/2005/nov02.htm

Only four years ago, there was a real possibility that only Spanish-language broadcasts of the 2002 World Cup would be available in the U.S. Then, Soccer United Marketing, Major League Soccer's marketing arm, owned by a some league and outside investors, paid $40 million for the U.S. English rights to the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, next year's World Cup in Germany and the 2003 Women's World Cup, originally scheduled for China but moved to the U.S.

In the existing pact, SUM was essentially allowed to air its games for free on ABC\ESPN while covering productions costs. Both sides would provide marketing and sell advertising with revenues split by an unspecified formula.
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And if you watch any game - hell, just watch the closing credits - you'll see that Soccer United Media is still in charge of the operation.Â Your initial claim was that ESPN "scooped them up at the last second" because the group that held the rights went under.Â Which you're completely wrong on - yet again.
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Fizzle - you really should do the research before you make incorrect statements. Its not that hard. Hereya go :

SUM actually bought the rights from German media giant Kirch, which was near bankruptcy when the deal was struck. SUM then entered into the revenue-sharing agreement with ABC\ESPN to assure the games of those three events would be broadcast in English in the U.S.

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