[Farm93]

[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=17658.msg205757#msg205757 date=1507745023]
Those broadcasting choices say a lot about USA Soccer and the popularity of non-USMNT soccer here in the USA.

No, I'm trying to tell you that that's not how it works. The home team owns the broadcast rights for both teams. It sold the rights to BeIn Sports. ESPN would've loved to have the game; it went all out on the Panama game and then covered the loss extensively. I'm sure Fox would've loved it too. But BeIn Sports -- a network owned by wealthy Qataris -- is trying to establish itself and paid way over the odds for the rights to the U.S.'s away games.
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Right still got it.  If the English broadcast rights were valuable some major network would have found more money than BeIn Sports didn't happen because that is the state of soccer in the USA.

Doesn't matter..Here is how I will explain it.

Fox spent $400 million for the English language broadcast rights in the USA to the 2018 & 2022 World Cups.
Comcast spent $600 million for the Spanish language broadcast rights in the USA to the 2018 & 2022 World Cups.

THAT, circling back to my theme, also says all you need to know about USA Soccer and soccer in the USA.

Soccer is a lovely sport for kids and adults to play, but for the USMNT to really become a real World Cup force there needs to be enough domestic interest and passion for the English language broadcast rights to be much more valuable than the Spanish language rights.  Right now, that's not the case and that says a lot about soccer in the USA.

[Farm93]

[quote author=Farm93 link=topic=17658.msg205757#msg205757 date=1507745023]
Those broadcasting choices say a lot about USA Soccer and the popularity of non-USMNT soccer here in the USA.

No, I'm trying to tell you that that's not how it works. The home team owns the broadcast rights for both teams. It sold the rights to BeIn Sports. ESPN would've loved to have the game; it went all out on the Panama game and then covered the loss extensively. I'm sure Fox would've loved it too. But BeIn Sports -- a network owned by wealthy Qataris -- is trying to establish itself and paid way over the odds for the rights to the U.S.'s away games.
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Right still got it.  If the English broadcast rights were valuable some major network would have found more money than BeIn Sports didn't happen because that is the state of soccer in the USA.

Doesn't matter..Here is how I will explain it.

Fox spent $400 million for the English language broadcast rights in the USA to the 2018 & 2022 World Cups.
Comcast spent $600 million for the Spanish language broadcast rights in the USA to the 2018 & 2022 World Cups.

THAT, circling back to my theme, also says all you need to know about USA Soccer and soccer in the USA.

Soccer is a lovely sport for kids and adults to play, but for the USMNT to really become a real World Cup force there needs to be enough domestic interest and passion for the English language broadcast rights to be much more valuable than the Spanish language rights.  Right now, that's not the case and that says a lot about soccer in the USA.