That was awesome. Lucky, but awesome.I came here after Tim Howard scored a goal for everton!
GOLAZOOOOOOOOO!!!![]()
That was awesome. Lucky, but awesome.I came here after Tim Howard scored a goal for everton!
GOLAZOOOOOOOOO!!!![]()
Apple to buy Premier League? Hell Yeah, ill be up for that.
NBA and NFL? Combine the both you would buy for their TV rights and you might just scratch the Premier Leagues actual TV right cost.
Theyre league is only seen an America, its a joke. Premier League is seen world wide. Thats why Apple wants Football, not fake rugby or fake netball.
Um, I've seen just as many anti-soccer posts as anti-(American) football. Probably more, and a lot more disrespectful (how many have posted it's boring or doesn't count as a real sport?). He's just posting a fact - EPL has a bigger audience than any American sport. AND an international audience, which would be a major incentive to an international company...like APPLE. Thus, it does make some business sense for Apple to go after it. That kind of fan base would give Apple a VERY convincing argument for other content providers to work a deal with them.So I read this ENTIRE thread and there were several anti-American football quotes similar to this.
What is with you Brits? Are you that upset that us Americans (who are d*mn proud to be independent and enjoy our own hobbies/sports) do not care about SOCCER?
You have every right to enjoy your football just as we enjoy ours. It seems you Europeans (ESP those from the UK) must have a chip on your shoulder that we don't watch your sport or your precious PL. I am a huge sports fan, know many sports fans, and NONE of us watch soccer at all.
I think the fact that there are 3 (almost co-major) sports here in the US make this more obvious. Example: EPL made an estimated 15.7 bil Euro in 2008-2009 or about $20 billion dollars. The NFL made $9 billion dollars. The NBA made $3.8 billion. MLB made $6.6 billion. You do the math.
The Americans in this thread have been respectful of you, please be respectful of our sport.
For a split second I thought they were bidding for an actual team.
Um, I've seen just as many anti-soccer posts as anti-(American) football. Probably more, and a lot more disrespectful (how many have posted it's boring or doesn't count as a real sport?). He's just posting a fact - EPL has a bigger audience than any American sport. AND an international audience, which would be a major incentive to an international company...like APPLE. Thus, it does make some business sense for Apple to go after it. That kind of fan base would give Apple a VERY convincing argument for other content providers to work a deal with them.
BTW, I'm American and I LOVE soccer. And so do at least a dozen of my friends. I'm not insulted when people don't get the game. I could care less. *I* love it and enough friends of mine love that I don't care if anyone does. Why would you get so offended when someone doesn't love YOUR sport? It's a good thing you don't care for soccer - you wouldn't last 5 minutes in the stands if you're that easily offended.
I'm in Portland, OR (self-proclaimed Soccer City USA). And yes, I play soccer and I met a lot of my friends playing soccer, so my sampling is biased. But then again, it's not hard to find soccer fanatics here. The recreational leagues fill up quickly.Actually, try going to the black hole in Oakland, CA to see the Raiders wearing anything but silver and black (I'm a 49er fan, across the bay rivals). I think I'll be fine.
Obviously the viewership is larger. The US has only 300 million people vs. a 7 billion planet. I think its a testament to how successful/profitable our sports our with such a small fan base (at least compared to the world).
I'm actually not that offended, I just like to check Britons on their crap re: this subject. Ugly things have been said on both sides, sure, but Americans aren't acting like our sport is God's gift to the world, feeling the need to explain (albeit in a very rhetorical setting) how the PL is *the* premier soccer league in the world.Maybe I just don't get British humor, but maybe they don't get Americans either.
EDIT: flux--where you from? I find that most football/Soccer fans either played the sport themselves or on one of the coasts (which tend to have a larger multiethnic community). Just curious.
I doubt ... First I would assume they would go with NBA or NFL. Plus I doubt that the customer base would be big enough to justify a huge pile of $$$ to be used for that.
So I read this ENTIRE thread and there were several anti-American football quotes similar to this.
What is with you Brits? Are you that upset that us Americans (who are d*mn proud to be independent and enjoy our own hobbies/sports) do not care about SOCCER?
You have every right to enjoy your football just as we enjoy ours. It seems you Europeans (ESP those from the UK) must have a chip on your shoulder that we don't watch your sport or your precious PL. I am a huge sports fan, know many sports fans, and NONE of us watch soccer at all.
I think the fact that there are 3 (almost co-major) sports here in the US make this more obvious. Example: EPL made an estimated 15.7 bil Euro in 2008-2009 or about $20 billion dollars. The NFL made $9 billion dollars. The NBA made $3.8 billion. MLB made $6.6 billion. You do the math.
The Americans in this thread have been respectful of you, please be respectful of our sport.
The Americans in this thread have been respectful of you, please be respectful of our sport.
And a further number of such posts – from both sides of the divide – were deleted by the Mods yesterday. There's really no need for such silliness from anyone, so let's keep things civil.I think you and I have been reading a different threadThe criticism of both sports has been fairly even on both sides.
Big game, big result! Go Toon! Had to follow the live texts on the beeb :-/
So I read this ENTIRE thread and there were several anti-American football quotes similar to this.
What is with you Brits? Are you that upset that us Americans (who are d*mn proud to be independent and enjoy our own hobbies/sports) do not care about SOCCER?
You have every right to enjoy your football just as we enjoy ours. It seems you Europeans (ESP those from the UK) must have a chip on your shoulder that we don't watch your sport or your precious PL. I am a huge sports fan, know many sports fans, and NONE of us watch soccer at all.
I think the fact that there are 3 (almost co-major) sports here in the US make this more obvious. Example: EPL made an estimated 15.7 bil Euro in 2008-2009 or about $20 billion dollars. The NFL made $9 billion dollars. The NBA made $3.8 billion. MLB made $6.6 billion. You do the math.
The Americans in this thread have been respectful of you, please be respectful of our sport.
According to good old Wiki -
Promoted as "The Greatest Show On Earth",[59] the Premier League is the world's most watched sporting league,[60] being broadcast to over 600 million people in over 200 countries worldwide,[61]...
I am a huge sports fan, know many sports fans, and NONE of us watch soccer at all.
Did you hear the chant from the Newcastle fans?
"Coleen is a slapper, she wears a wonder bra... and when she's sh*gging Rooney, she thinks of Demba Ba!"
This would be ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!
I would pay $10/month to see every Saints game next season - as they will be back in the top flight then
ha ha, you sure?
I think you and I have been reading a different threadThe criticism of both sports has been fairly even on both sides.
Funny when you have a bias it colours your view doesn't it?
Did you hear the chant from the Newcastle fans?
"Coleen is a slapper, she wears a wonder bra... and when she's sh*gging Rooney, she thinks of Demba Ba!"
Also
"Colleen is a slapper she wears a wonder bra, and when she's sh*gging Rooney she thinks of Demba Ba.. Imogen is welsh she likes a large martini, and when she's sh*gging giggsy she thinks of Colloccini but when Demba Ba is not enough and colleens feelin' naughty she just lies back then shuts her eyes and thinks of Cheick Tiote!"
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I can state, with fact, that there is not an NFL ground in the USA that could generate the atmosphere found inside the likes of the Bernabeu or Nou Camp during a Classico or at Ibrox or Celtic Park during an Old Firm derby.
All us Brits are asking for is a little respect, not mockery ... and we will return the compliment.
There is no comparison - from personal experience I am quite comfortable asserting that not one NFL stadium/fanbase can compete with the major Euro/SA stadium/fanbase for atmosphere.
It's not even close, to be honest.
But I'm not sure what direct bearing this has on Apple...
Which stadiums have you gone to? Which setting (playoffs, bowl game, rivalry game)?