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re: Men's Soccer, Women's Gymnastics, and Beach Volleyball
Posted on 2/5/16 at 3:27 pm to tmc94
Posted on 2/5/16 at 3:27 pm to tmc94
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Straight line ratings are therefore a bit deceiving and the soccer market is very difficult to gauge. Are the same people that watch MLS watching EPL? Or Liga MX? There's definitely some crossover but I don't think anyone knows exactly how much.
I can say that at least for myself I really only watch MLS and Liga MX. This is mainly b/c its simply much easier to watch since both are in North America. Hell, I've probably even watched more full NASL matches than EPL in the last few years.
I'm just not going to wake up in the morning to watch EPL even if the product is better overall. I have absolutely no attachment to any of those teams and have an extremely low chance of seeing them play in person with their full sides so its hard for me to get that all excited.
Maybe if FCD would play more friendlies against Euro teams I'd feel differently but since it's almost always a team from the western hemisphere there just isn't much opportunity for my interest to raise.
I'm obviously not the norm as most sports fans want to watch the best talent possible but I'm sure there are many more people like me that just can't get into Euro leagues due to their location and the issues it causes for potential fans on the other side of the world.
This post was edited on 2/5/16 at 3:30 pm
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Posted on 2/5/16 at 3:42 pm to Dr RC
FC Dallas has a pretty fun game watching environment. It just sucks that the stadium is in Frisco. No DART. So far away from Dallas.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 4:39 pm to Dr RC
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I'm obviously not the norm as most sports fans want to watch the best talent possible but I'm sure there are many more people like me that just can't get into Euro leagues due to their location and the issues it causes for potential fans on the other side of the world.
I think you are more than norm than you realize. MLS ratings are only marginally worse than EPL. Better time slots have a lot to do with why I'm sure but it is what it is. European games are never going to get better time slots and it's always going to significantly diminish individual game ratings.
Posted on 2/5/16 at 5:59 pm to Dr RC
Just would like to add that Liga MX will lose value in the coming decades here in the U.S.. 2nd and 3rd generation Hispanics tend to be more 'Americanized' than their parents, which still watch Telenovelas and Mexican sporting events from back home. Mexican American off-springs don't watch Spanish media like a lot of people like to believe. They are more likely to watch American Football or shows such as Breaking Bad rather than Tres Mujeres, Un Camino or the Aguilas del America.
Even though the Hispanic segment continues to grow, the Spanish speaking segment of Latinos aren't growing as fast. Take San Antonio for example. A ton of Tejanos that don't know a lick of Spanish (outside of Selena songs
). You can find some Hispanics down there that look like they just jumped the border, but are actually 4th generation Mexican American.
Damn Tejanos and San Antonians are a breed of their own.
Even though the Hispanic segment continues to grow, the Spanish speaking segment of Latinos aren't growing as fast. Take San Antonio for example. A ton of Tejanos that don't know a lick of Spanish (outside of Selena songs
). You can find some Hispanics down there that look like they just jumped the border, but are actually 4th generation Mexican American. Damn Tejanos and San Antonians are a breed of their own.
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