I mean they only show one lousy game a week so I was wondering how do they determine what game they show.
Is Real Madrid playing today? if no: Is AC Milan playing today? if no: Is another big Italian team playing today? Up here, we get Tuesday AND Wednesday of this...
On TSN, EVERY Real Madrid game is televised, because If Real Madrid is not playing today, it will play tomorrow.
They follow BigSoccer and pick the game that will piss of the most people here. [Sachin] Who give a crap about Minor League European Soccer?? [/Sachin]
Umm... I thought they see whether ManUre is playing first, then look at Real Madrid. I don't think the game in Cyprus was televised, otherwise we could have seen Maccabi Haifa beat the U-17s.
That's why a Canadian system is better than an American system. Today on Bell Expressvu/StarChoice: TSN - Real Madrid vs Roma RFO - Olympique Lyon vs Ajax Today on Directv/Dish Network (at the same timeslot): ESPN - Billfishing Xtreme release league (what the hack is that?), SportsCenter, Pro Billards ESPN2 - NFL's Greatest Moments, New American Sportsman, Fishing Of course, a Mexican system (GLA or Sky) would be the best.
ESPN International does one live match each tuesday and wednesday. They choose based pretty much on what they imagine their worldwide audience will be most interested in, and then weigh it stronger toward Spain because that is the league they broadcast in the most areas (i.e. outside the USA). They include potential viewers to their Spanish and Portuguese(Brazilian) feeds as well, since the pictures is the same for all 3 languages. Whichever game is chosen and occurs on Tuesday is the one shown on espn2. The degree to which they factor in expected audience interest in the US approaches zero when weighed against the rest of their viewers worldwide. If anything the fact that they can subcontract the Manchester U matches to pubs in this country makes it less likely they will choose that specific team unless they advance to the late rounds.
Warren Van Orden is basically right in what he says. ESPN2 takes the Latin American feed which caters to clubs with many South American players on it which in most cases is either an Italian or Spanish club(or both). I don't think ESPN has shown any match live that didn't have an Italian or Spanish club in it. So the next matchday on Tuesday, November 12 ESPN2 will choose between these matches: B Valencia Spartak 20:45 (this is a meaningless match for Valencia so don't expect to see this match) C Genk Madrid 20:45 (Real has already qualified but could slip to second if they draw or lose, I don't expect ESPN to show this match) C Roma AEK 20:45 (If AEK win they will qualify, but I don't think they will show this match) D Ajax Internazionale 20:45 (This is the match I think ESPN will show live, Ajax has a name and Inter is Inter. Plus this game is a huge game for both teams, the loser most likely will be eliminated) Basel/Liverpool could be the match of the day but I don't see them showing this game for the reasons already stated .
What Warren said is right except one thing. Replace "ESPN International" with "ESPN Latin America". ESPN Intl. has many divisions. Latin America is just one of them. This one is tailored towards Spanish and Italian teams. ESPN2 in the U.S. simply takes the Tuesday live game from ESPN LA. However, ESPN Asia is a whole different animal. Fans in southeast Asia are more partial to English teams. The games broadcasted on ESPN Asia: Tuesday: Deportivo x Bayern Munich (live), Juventus x Feyenoord (delay) Wednesday: Liverpool x Valencia (live) Borussia Dortmund x Arsenal (delay). http://www.espnstar.com/jsp/cda/sportsonair/tvtimes_legacy.html Real Madrid x Roma, the feature presentation in the Americas (Latin America and Canada), is nowhere to be seen.