On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 12:42 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > #1. how ever is ESPN making money on this thing? There are no commercials > during the match, and just a very small advertiser bug to the right of the > score. I know they charge cable companies a lot of money - but if they can > make money doing soccer like this, why can't they do something similar for > (American) Football and Baseball and Basketball? Why are we spared the "Bud > Light Free Kick" and the "Red Bull Red Card of the Game" in soccer, yet get > bombarded with this kind of crap for most American sports? > >
I have heard that several ESPN executives think the World Cup will pass the Olympics in popularity in the coming years so they may treat this year as a loss leader with the idea of getting folks on board for Rio in 2014. Rio, by the way, has the World Cup in 2014 and the Summer Olympics in 2016. The players and coaches also do interviews at the end of the games where there is a board with sponsors' logos appearing behind the players. > #2. Like everyone else I have been able to talk to about this, I find those > dammed noise makers obnoxious and almost unbearable, and I do miss the > sounds of the cheers that soccer fans like to engage in. Can't some creative > engineering filter out, or down, the droning sound and amp up the sounds of > human voices in the crowd? > I'm of a different school on this - their country, their traditions. Now, the Florida Marlins were morons for giving the vuvuzelas out to fans before their game against the Rays. It caused line-up confusion during a double switch which may have cost them the game (and the Yankees sole possession of first place - the real important part). TVG -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
