That really interesting to know. And surprising. It is indeed an encouraging sign.
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote: > > The most interesting thing, to me, about American viewership of the > World Cup this year is that the most watched game was actually the > final, which really surprised me since the American team had been out > of it for a while. It seems like people who watched the American team > play actually liked the game and then came back to watch the final, > even though their team wasn't in it. That is an encouraging sign. > > Judah > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:01 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Indeed it does surge after a world cup then receeds again as time goes > on. > >> However the level is dies down to is higher than it was before the > surge. > >> > >> Coverage of this World Cup in North America was greater than ever > before. I > >> don't know for sure but I suspect that also means viewership was up as > >> well. > >> And the MLS is the most well executed attempt towards professional > football > >> I've seen in North America. The MLS has said they intend to get more top > >> flight players and the Henry signing is proof of that. I wouldn't be at > all > >> surprised to see more football silver backs finishing their careers in > the > >> US. > >> > > > > I think I saw that viewership was up about 40% from 4 years ago in the > US. > > > > FORTY percent. That's huge. Soccer's definitely getting more popular in > the > > US...but in all honesty, it had nowhere to go but up. > > > > -- > > I've seen your flag on the marble arch > > Love is not a victory march > > It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323123 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
