ESPN hardly shows soccer...

[monk3y]

BUT THEY SHOW CURLING?!?!?!?!

 

[Francodman]

das why i love direcTV, we get this GOL channel 24x7 soccer, everynight they do like 2 hour highlight shows of all the games played.

 

[bubbadu]

Originally posted by: InstincT
BUT THEY SHOW CURLING?!?!?!?!

My friend was telling me how they had the world championship of JUGGLING on. WTF IS THAT?!

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: bubbadu

Originally posted by: InstincT
BUT THEY SHOW CURLING?!?!?!?!

My friend was telling me how they had the world championship of JUGGLING on. WTF IS THAT?!

Haha, I was watching that for a split second on the Duece one night.. I remember back in the day when they aired a big MTG tournament!
BTW I think Basketball is the most popular sport now, according to one of the big international sports magazines it passed soccer back in 2001, it's subjective though when it comes to the whole world.

 

[monk3y]

I guess it's a slow sports day... Bowling's on now...

 

[GoingUp]

I know. :| They show one champions league game but theyll fill the rest of the middle of the daywith highlights from the NBA finals 1994 or worlds strongest man. :|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|

 

[bubbadu]

Originally posted by: InstincT
I guess it's a slow sports day... Bowling's on now...

Thanks for mentioning this, I :heart: bowling. 200K to the winner or this tourney

 

[Toasthead]

lets face it curling has more excitment than soccer. you know it and i know it. So does juggling.

 

[b0mbrman]

Maybe it costs more to license soccer because it's so popular in the rest of the world

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Toasthead
So does juggling.

Bewbies? Yes.

 

[kreactor]

u should tell the annoying kid in shenmue that always say "hey mista, wanna play socker"

 

[monk3y]

Originally posted by: kreactor
u should tell the annoying kid in shenmue that always say "hey mista, wanna play socker"

I have no clue what you're talking about...

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: InstincT
BUT THEY SHOW CURLING?!?!?!?!

lots more action in curling than soccer.

Soccer game - run up and dribble ball to end, defense gets ball and proceeds to run to other side. Repeat ad-nauseum for 90 minutes.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Toasthead
lets face it curling has more excitment than soccer. you know it and i know it. So does juggling.

Umm, no.

 

[bubbadu]

Originally posted by: kreactor
u should tell the annoying kid in shenmue that always say "hey mista, wanna play socker"

LOL@ an obseure Dreamcast refrenence from about 5 years ago I hated that stupid kid.

 

[BRObedoza]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: InstincT
BUT THEY SHOW CURLING?!?!?!?!

lots more action in curling than soccer.

Soccer game - run up and dribble ball to end, defense gets ball and proceeds to run to other side. Repeat ad-nauseum for 90 minutes.

curling - slide rock on ice and sweep ice until you reach end. repeat.
yeah i'd take soccer over that.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

That's because soccer isn't a sport. It's an excuse for "fans" to riot.

 

[BRObedoza]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
That's because soccer isn't a sport. It's an excuse for "fans" to riot.

sounds like the NBA. or a Yankees - Red Sox game

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: sleepmachine

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: InstincT
BUT THEY SHOW CURLING?!?!?!?!

lots more action in curling than soccer.

Soccer game - run up and dribble ball to end, defense gets ball and proceeds to run to other side. Repeat ad-nauseum for 90 minutes.

curling - slide rock on ice and sweep ice until you reach end. repeat.
yeah i'd take soccer over that.

You forgot about all the cool yelling at the rock for it to run and move. Great suspense, action and precision. Truly a man's sport.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: sleepmachine

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
That's because soccer isn't a sport. It's an excuse for "fans" to riot.

sounds like the NBA. or a Yankees - Red Sox game

How often do people die at soccer games? How often do people die at NBA or MLB games? Exactly.

 

[SludgeFactory]

I wouldn't be surprised if the number of people who will randomly flip through curling, stop and say WTF, and watch a little is comparable to active soccer viewers in the US. And curling is probably cheaper to televise due to licensing as already mentioned. In fact some of the fringe sports have had to actually pay the networks to get TV time, just like they were an infomercial. MLS might do that, but I can't see any European leagues or tournaments caring enough about the US market to resort to that.

Be glad there is any Champions League on regular ESPN at all, they were considering moving all of it to ESPN Deportes. Fox Soccer Channel is available on most digital cable/satellite packages and shows a lot of the Premiership at least.

 

[DeepBlu]

I can top that. Last weekend, they were airing the Arm Wrestling Nationals.

 

[BRObedoza]

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl

Originally posted by: sleepmachine

Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
That's because soccer isn't a sport. It's an excuse for "fans" to riot.

sounds like the NBA. or a Yankees - Red Sox game

How often do people die at soccer games? How often do people die at NBA or MLB games? Exactly.

just like the nba and the mlb, its a strict minority of extreme fans that always ruin it for the rest. and since there are exponentially more pro soccer games going on around the world, the number of incidents that happen at these matches are of course going to be greater.

and the deaths at the games, well, its probably only a matter of time till somethign happens at an NFL/MLB/NBA game with the way things are going

 

[BRObedoza]

Originally posted by: DeepBlu
I can top that. Last weekend, they were airing the Arm Wrestling Nationals.

haha i think i saw some of that. it wasn't as exciting as Over the Top made it out to be

 

[CrackRabbit]

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Soccer is exciting to play, very boring to watch.