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why does ESPN show soccer scores?

WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,973
edited May 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
we don't need 'em. I have no fucking idea who these teams are or where they play. Wigan? :wtf:

world cup, maybe.
If I had known then what I know now...

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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,483
    Many people follow the English Premier League!

    Skysports in the UK shows NFL & NBA scores...they even show highlights! They even show Monday night Football (The U.S. Version) live at 1am in the UK!


    FYI, Wigan is 3/4 down the table, but safe from relegation. They have a season-ending fixture at Chelsea on Sunday.
  • Digital TwilightDigital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the world so kinda makes sense.

    Wigan is a town BTW
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,557
    It's football!!!

    They show loads of games.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,973
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:


    FYI, Wigan is 3/4 down the table, but safe from relegation. They have a season-ending fixture at Chelsea on Sunday.

    :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: say what? ;)
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    How about because it's the biggest sport in the world.

    Wigan for the win on sunday btw!
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,483
    imalive wrote:
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:


    FYI, Wigan is 3/4 down the table, but safe from relegation. They have a season-ending fixture at Chelsea on Sunday.

    :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: say what? ;)


    Wigan is in 15th place in a league of 20 teams.

    A fixture is a scheduled match.

    Wigan isn't in the bottom 3 in the standings, so they won't get demoted to the next division down.....We don't have "relegation" in U.S. Sports.
  • Brock SamsonBrock Samson Posts: 328
    that doesn't bother me as much as espn covering the friggin' spelling bee.
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  • g under pg under p Posts: 18,184
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the world so kinda makes sense.

    Wigan is a town BTW

    That was going to be my answer.

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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,973
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    How about because it's the biggest sport in the world.
    the world, but not the u.s. we don't give a shit. :lol:
    moe.ron wrote:
    that doesn't bother me as much as espn covering the friggin' spelling bee.
    espn2.....but you have a point.

    sometimes, like now, I just throw shit out there to see if I get a response. I respect you soccer guys, even if I (& the vast majority of the US) don't get it. But I do know, I was in Ireland during the last world cup and getting a baseball score was nearly impossible. Baseball's pretty popular worldwide too, no? Yet, Brit TV doesn't clutter up their ticker with our sport...
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
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    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    Funny.
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  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    oh would have preferred: why does ESPN show fluff pieces on retarded kids hitting 3 pointers once a week?

    :smokebomb:
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,973
    fuck! it's my arch-nemesis jones. :shock:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    imalive wrote:
    fuck! it's my arch-nemesis jones. :shock:

    :evil: :lol:
  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    i'm an american and soccer is the best sport in the world.
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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Soccer's just a bunch of hooliganism.
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  • LBCLBC Posts: 74
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Wigan for the win on sunday btw!

    Man U fan dreaming? :shock:

    Chelsea will be the pie eaters.
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  • haffajappahaffajappa Posts: 5,955
    Gah, you just reminded me I still need to register for spring league, i got suckered into playing tmrw!
    Shit...

    [the moral of the story: ESPN is showing soccer scores so that you would get mad and in turn start a thread - which i would read before going to bed reminding me i never actually registered to play....]
    funny how the world works!!
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    LBC wrote:
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Wigan for the win on sunday btw!

    Man U fan dreaming? :shock:

    Chelsea will be the pie eaters.
    Ya got me in one.
    It could happen. Right?
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    The real answer to your question which i don't think anyone has mentioned is I'm fairly sure espn is signed on to carry the world cup. Over the past 6-8 months they have slowly increased soccer coverage in an attempt to pump up appeal for the US audiance to get maximum viewers.

    As always with ESPN it is about the cash involved. Which they are in business to make money so I don't hold it against them too much.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    imalive wrote:
    ... Baseball's pretty popular worldwide too, no? Yet, Brit TV doesn't clutter up their ticker with our sport...


    no not really. 8-)
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    imalive wrote:
    Baseball's pretty popular worldwide too, no?

    god no.. it's insanely fucking boring.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,973
    haffajappa wrote:
    Gah, you just reminded me I still need to register for spring league, i got suckered into playing tmrw!
    Shit...

    [the moral of the story: ESPN is showing soccer scores so that you would get mad and in turn start a thread - which i would read before going to bed reminding me i never actually registered to play....]
    funny how the world works!!
    glad I could help. :mrgreen:
    intodeep wrote:
    The real answer to your question which i don't think anyone has mentioned is I'm fairly sure espn is signed on to carry the world cup. Over the past 6-8 months they have slowly increased soccer coverage in an attempt to pump up appeal for the US audiance to get maximum viewers.

    As always with ESPN it is about the cash involved. Which they are in business to make money so I don't hold it against them too much.
    ahhhhhh...... :think:. good point.
    catefrances wrote:
    imalive wrote:
    ... Baseball's pretty popular worldwide too, no? Yet, Brit TV doesn't clutter up their ticker with our sport...


    no not really. 8-)
    it's popular everywhere but europe. europe loves boring ass soccer! :lol::lol:
    I may head down to the british pub later.....drink some warm beer, eat some bad food and watch a little soccer.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    imalive wrote:

    it's popular everywhere but europe. europe loves boring ass soccer! :lol::lol:
    I may head down to the british pub later.....drink some warm beer, eat some bad food and watch a little soccer.

    cool man... i was thinking of heading to an American bar later.... drink some carbonated buffalo piss which has the alochol content of a dwarf's tears, eat my own bodyweight in burgers and other such fried shit and then watch a little bunch of men in pyjamas hit a fucking ball.

    have fun. ;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    dunkman wrote:
    imalive wrote:

    it's popular everywhere but europe. europe loves boring ass soccer! :lol::lol:
    I may head down to the british pub later.....drink some warm beer, eat some bad food and watch a little soccer.

    cool man... i was thinking of heading to an American bar later.... drink some carbonated buffalo piss which has the alochol content of a dwarf's tears, eat my own bodyweight in burgers and other such fried shit and then watch a little bunch of men in pyjamas hit a fucking ball.

    have fun. ;)

    lol...

    Except where I live, people rather watch cars covered in stickers race around the same oval track a few hundred times.
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    I'm glad ESPN is begrudgingly showing more soccer highlights. Their soccer coverage still sucks though. They probably are trying to brace Americans for the World Cup. Six billion people can't be wrong folks. And way freaking more exciting than baseball! I'd rather watch Chelsea and Man United play to a 1-1 tie versus the Yanks and Red Sox play to a 10-8 score any day. But I am the exception here.
  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Posts: 9,895
    I will say ever since ESPN started broadcasting the premier league, I watch them all the time and have started following the league. And I'll watch the fox soccer chanel for some of the Spanish and italian league games. I think it will make the world cup even more fun to watch now that I know a lot of the players better.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,973
    dunkman wrote:
    imalive wrote:

    it's popular everywhere but europe. europe loves boring ass soccer! :lol::lol:
    I may head down to the british pub later.....drink some warm beer, eat some bad food and watch a little soccer.

    cool man... i was thinking of heading to an American bar later.... drink some carbonated buffalo piss which has the alochol content of a dwarf's tears, eat my own bodyweight in burgers and other such fried shit and then watch a little bunch of men in pyjamas hit a fucking ball.

    have fun. ;)
    :lol::lol:

    note to self: don't fuck with dunk.
    but I already knew that :mrgreen:

    for the record..... I do like "your" beer....I just like it cold.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,448
    i think the bigger question is why espn shows scores of women's sports - wnba, women's college bball, etc. - no one gives 2 shits about those sports. if men won't bet on it then i'd say you shouldn't show the scores.
  • LBCLBC Posts: 74
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    LBC wrote:
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Wigan for the win on sunday btw!

    Man U fan dreaming? :shock:

    Chelsea will be the pie eaters.
    Ya got me in one.
    It could happen. Right?

    It could happen. Just don't think it will.

    Still, it could be worse. You could support Liverpool! :lol:
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