TV Ratings...

[dawgstudent]

women's basketball gets a higher TV rating than soccer - Coach34

Colin Cowherd on his radio show - US/Brazil had a 2.4 U.S. rating while the Mets-Yankees was 2.6. WNBA = 0.32.

http://www.wnba.com/2008numbers_080916.html

 

[dawgstudent]

women's basketball gets a higher TV rating than soccer - Coach34

Colin Cowherd on his radio show - US/Brazil had a 2.4 U.S. rating while the Mets-Yankees was 2.6. WNBA = 0.32.

http://www.wnba.com/2008numbers_080916.html

 

[dawgstudent]

women's basketball gets a higher TV rating than soccer - Coach34

Colin Cowherd on his radio show - US/Brazil had a 2.4 U.S. rating while the Mets-Yankees was 2.6. WNBA = 0.32.

http://www.wnba.com/2008numbers_080916.html

 

[DawgatAuburn]

The biggest US Men's Soccer game in ??? years had fewer TV viewers than a Sunday night regular season matchup between two teams from New York? Or is the point to show that even when it is a huge game, soccer won't outdraw regular season baseball? A more valid comparison in my mind would be ALCS or NLCS games, not just a run of the mill regular season game.

 

[RobbieRandolph]

Assuming you want to use midseason ratings as a benchmark.

Source : WNBA Ratings Midseason of 2008

 

[8dog]

but maybe Im missing something.

 

[rebelrouseri]

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[Coach34]

obviously that one game was higher...but give me some everyday MLS rankings...I said "soccer"...i didnt say one particular game

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Now I see the point.

 

[RebelBruiser]

A better comparison would be a Gold Medal women's basketball game at either the Olympics or the World Championships.

I don't even know where you would find MLS regular season soccer on TV, and I doubt it's ratings are very good.

 

[dawgstudent]

WNBA is supposedly the best lesbians in the world.

 

[Coach34]

"ESPN reports a 0.2 average household cable
rating for "MLS Primetime Thursday."

thats from 2007...and thats lower than women's basketball

 

[RebelBruiser]

I could be wrong about that, and I know that European league (UEFA maybe?) is really the top profesionally league. Are those games even broadcast in the US on cable networks?

 

[dawgstudent]

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[dawgstudent]

and when you best American players don't play in the American league, then something is up.

 

[Coach34]

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Editor's note? LOLZ? ******.

 

[bonedaddy401]

Sports fans know that MLS is a bull **** league compared to Euro soccer therefore they don't watch it. World Cup will be a different story.

 

[CEO2044]

MLS? Yeah, because it's like a third tier soccer league. I don't even watch MLS, and I'm a big soccer fan- I watch EPL, and this was the first year I had a channel that carried their games- most of the channels carrying these games are ones you have to buy, though I do think Fox just bought the rights to the Champions League games.

I've heard rumors of ESPN doing something like that, but I can't remember anymore.

 

[dawgstudent]

I wonder what the TV Ratings are for Team USA basketball qualifiers. I bet not as high as soccer.

Q: How do I know this?
A: Chris Berman.

 

[patdog]

Fox Soccer Channel averaged a 0.2 rating for EPL games and a 0.3 rating for FA Cup games. That's very comparable to womens basketball despite the fact FSC is not available to nearly as many homes as ESPN is.

 

[dawgstudent]

but that wouldn't have helped my point.

 

[HD6]

That would be comparable to the MLS.

Knows a lot about sports, huh? He's your boy.

 

[Coach34]

good job

 

[dawgstudent]

in the United States.

The MLS is advertised on ESPN a lot.

 

[Coach34]

That would be comparable to the MLS.

Knows a lot about sports, huh? He's your boy.

Isnt MLS the top pro soccer league in the US? How does the NBDL compare to that? And you are talking about MY sports knowledge? wow</p>

 

[HD6]

the NBDL is about on par talent wise with the MLS. A league full of guys that can't hack it at the top level, with the occasional prospect that will end up on a bigger stage eventually, although a role player at best.

Question, can we look at attendance figures to determine league relevancy?</p>

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

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[Coach34]

and you are right on the talent issue- but the fact remains MLS is the top league in the US- and nobody gives a ****..and its going to be at least another 25 years before soccer can even remotely become relevant in the US</p>

 

[HD6]

Guess what those numbers look like.

 

[bonedaddy401]

as long as we have the NFL, NBA and MLB. It just won't. Even if we won the World Cup soccer may become more popular here but instead of people paying attention to MLS they will pay attention to Euro Soccer where the big boys play.

 

[Coach34]

that until they start getting some TV ratings and the money flows into it, soccer is going to continue to lag. We are still a generation away from that being possible

 

[HD6]

just out of curiousity, what do you think the WNBA would be getting rating wise if the NBA didn't force it's inclusion in signing a TV deal with anyone? At least MLS is chugging along on it's own.</p>

 

[Dawgfan61]

otherwise you are inaccurate. NFL is the best football league in the world. CFL might be second, then Arena with Arena2 (what Tupelo plays in) a distant fourth. MLS isnt even Arena2. With that being said I hate watching soccer but I would cheer on the US in ANYTHING against the best team in the world in that particular sport, I don't care if we are talking dwarf tossing...

 

[CEO2044]

Well, I will say, in the ONLY World Cup that I remember the US hosting (women in 1999), the championship final had an attendance of over 90,000.

The Super Bowl that same year had an attendance of over 74,000.

Now, say what you want, but those are two "world championships" supposedly.

 

[RebelBruiser]

Regardless, comparing ratings for the US team in an international championship soccer match against a regular season WNBA game isn't a good comparison. It'd be better if you had a World Championship or Olympic Gold Medal game for the US women's team to use for comparison.

 

[dawgstudent]

considering that I highly doubt the World Championship for women gets put on TV. And Olympics is a network broadcast.

 

[HD6]

is which stadium is used. Wasn't the World Cup final at the Rose Bowl? The Super Bowl will sell out whatever venue you put it in.

 

[CEO2044]

No, I understand and agree. Still, it's the best I had to go by.

Both probably sold out. And that is women's soccer which usually does not pull as many as men do- however, that was a special year. Still, I'd be interested in what the men could pull if we won a World Cup bid. And 90,000 at any event kind of validates its relevancy.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

1999 Women's World Cup Final (Rose Bowl)
Attendance -- 90,185; Capacity -- 92.542; Filled to capacity -- 97.45%

1999 Super Bowl XXXIII (Joe Robbie/Pro Player/LandShark)
Attendance -- 74.803; Capacity -- 76,500; Filled to capacity -- 97.78%

For the heck of it...

1994 World Cup Final (Rose Bowl)
Attendance -- 94,194; Capacity -- 92.542; Filled to capacity -- 101.79%

 

[Coach34]

the SB will sellout wherever it is, and the Cup was in the Rose Bowl...and as Colin Cowherd said today- women's soccer rode that all popularity in the US from that win to see the pro women's league go under just a few years later

People may watch some of the big events because it is a novelty, but everyday soccer is decades away from being a popular, marketable sport in the US