Yes, the few big tournaments a year or every four years will garner big ratings. None of that has led to the sport truly becoming more popular in the states, though
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It’s not just a couple tournaments every other year though. That’s the point. And you have men’s and women’s numbers that are actually pretty amazing when looking at the sport in general. And the biggest point is that it is growing unlike baseball and hockey that have been declining or stagnant for years.
It’s not just said in the UK. I heard it from a driver from France as well.
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
You need to stop - you’re wrong. It’s great that a women’s World Cup game a few years ago had a lot of viewers, or the Euro final (which comes around every 4 years), but that’s not typical. It’s like saying women’s gymnastics is a really good draw because a lot of people watch the Olympics every 4 years.
You said that European soccer already draws more viewers than baseball and hockey which is unequivocally false.
See! He made us do it. He made US search the interweb to (dis)prove false statements. He wins.
WarBuff
Club Member
If there existed a soccer thread somewhere on this forum….
CULifer
Well-Known Member
Ah, I could that **** flop all day. What a hilarious moron.
Nuance
Gawdamit, I can’t believe I did this. You started by saying soccer viewership already surpasses baseball (Previous post a few pages earlier).
Then you linked this article with this quote to prove your point.
” Euro 2020 final Sunday was the most-viewed Euro match in U.S. history with 6.49 million viewers”
I asked for a comparison. YOU didn’t do that, apparently too much work (but wanted me to do it…so I did).
Turns out the LOWEST EVER viewed World Series game in history, Game 2 2020 (in a covid season) - 8.950 M (2020)
Ive admitted I’m not good at math, but 8.950 > 6.49.
World Series television ratings - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Stop with the soccer.
Also that 6.49 was for only the ESPN (English language) broadcast and if you added the Spanish-language Univision (Spanish language US rights), that brings the Euro Final in the US alone to at least 9.39. There was no mention of the Spanish language numbers for baseball. Very impressive numbers for something that is not happening here in the US...something you really need to keep in mind here.
Just wait until the 2026 World Cup which will be here in Canada, US, and Mexico. The 1992 WC spawned the MLS and the 2026 WC will also be the first 48 team World Cup. That is not mentioning that the MLS & Mexico La Liga MX will be having a tournament with eight teams from each league. There's also that talk of a merger between those two to form a North America soccer Super League. Soccer is on an upward trend here in the US and it will likely pass baseball perhaps by 2026 if it hasn't done so by now.
Welcome to Allbuffs. If you can get past this ****ery you’ll do just fine.
CULifer
Well-Known Member
No. Not until they fully inform themself and converts from Baylor fandom, is there any sort of welcome.Welcome to Allbuffs. If you can get past this ****ery you’ll do just fine.
Yeah, but he said it in French, which made it sound really cool.
This thread got a lot better when the Baylor guy showed up.
Is that your sock?
I wouldn't touch a Baylor sock.
Not even close.
It’s close enough that I really don’t know which one you feel is obviously worse.
Two things for the new **** bailer guy:
1. He should spend some time reading this thread:
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1. He should spend some time reading this thread:
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Different categories, really.
Soccer isn’t bad. To me it’s uninteresting.
By agreed upon standards of decency, baylor is institutionally unethical.
By many spiritual standards, the baylor is evil.
Bailer didn’t agree to those standards of decency.
Guy flopping around on a soccer pitch agonizing in fake pain vs lack of institutional control leading to rape and murder. Hope that clears up where I stand.
Don’t forget the cover ups!
Report: NHL regular season viewership hits low in final year of NBC deal - SportsPro
Games averaged TAD of 391,000 across NBC and NBCSN, according to SBJ. [...]Read More... from Report: NHL regular season viewership hits low in final year of NBC deal
www.sportspromedia.com
Having a large tournament that brings in the numbers it did, like this summer, every two years shows everyone how popular the sports actually is but if people want to ignore that I don't really care. There are a bunch of leagues in the states and abroad. Women's professional soccer just had its best year every in 2020 numbers wise averaging almost 400,000 viewers a game.
Women's soccer set viewership records in 2020 — now it needs to keep them watching
Women's soccer reached more viewers than ever in 2020, but the next stage for women's sports is about attracting new broadcast partners and corporate sponsors.
www.cnbc.com
The MLB averages something like 1.8 million viewers across the entire country during the regular season so hardly some huge number to surpass.
OMG, this needs to ****ing stop!
Original statement, soccer viewership has passed that of baseball. I asked for a link or source that proves that. I was told to go **** myself and look it up myself. I did, turns out that statement was false. Now we keep “but but but”ing. Fine, here:
| Game 4 9.332 M (2020) | Game 5 10.059 M (2020) | Game 6 12.627 M (2020) | Game 7 23.013 M (2019) |
stop with the ****ing soccer.
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
I don’t care about hockey - hockey has been the weakest “major” sport in the US forever. You said European soccer already draws better than baseball which is false. It’s one thing to be wrong, but doubling down with “do you know how to use the internet” is pretty douchey.Well it definitely does for Hockey. Actually the MLS is almost at the same level at the NHL. You are also comparing baseball and hockey numbers to some terrible start times for a lot of European Soccer games.Report: NHL regular season viewership hits low in final year of NBC deal - SportsPro
Games averaged TAD of 391,000 across NBC and NBCSN, according to SBJ. [...]Read More... from Report: NHL regular season viewership hits low in final year of NBC deal
Having a large tournament that brings in the numbers it did, like this summer, every two years shows everyone how popular the sports actually is but if people want to ignore that I don't really care. There are a bunch of leagues in the states and abroad. Women's professional soccer just had its best year every in 2020 numbers wise averaging almost 400,000 viewers a game.
Women's soccer set viewership records in 2020 — now it needs to keep them watching
Women's soccer reached more viewers than ever in 2020, but the next stage for women's sports is about attracting new broadcast partners and corporate sponsors.
The MLB averages something like 1.8 million viewers across the entire country during the regular season so hardly some huge number to surpass.
Soccer has been “about to surpass” other sports in the US for decades. Wake me when it happens.
It clears up the fact that you have no sense of humor and aren’t willing to play along with an obvious joke.
I would think that comparing bailer to soccer would be the worst form of insult- to both parties.