Let ESPN now you want coverage

Discussion in 'Business and Media' started by Paco, Jun 13, 2003.

  1. Paco

    Paco New Member

    Jun 13, 2003
    LGRod repped this.
  2. da_cfo

    da_cfo New Member

    Apr 19, 2003
    San Francisco CA
    Writing to ESPN to ask for soccer on its US channels is SO 1997, the last year in which the tactic would have worked.

    1997 was 6 years ago. This is 2003.

    ESPN gave up on soccer in the US market with the exception of the World Cups (men and women) in 1998.

    The World Cups are on ESPN only because AEG/SUM bought the rights and bartered the telecasts with ESPN in exchange for air time for MLS matches.

    The only way US Soccer has been able to get games it control on the ESPNs is to pay ESPN about $200000 per game for a 2-hour block of air time.

    Other than the UEFA Champions League and the Spanish League (for ESPN Deportes starting 2004), ESPN no longer pay for US TV rights to any form of soccer.
     
  3. pething101

    pething101 Member

    Jul 31, 2001
    Smyrna, Ga
    Club:
    West Ham United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wonder if this is the same person that starts these threads every couple of weeks or so.

    If so, he is persistent. I will give him (or her) that.
     
  4. MikeLastort2

    MikeLastort2 Member

    Mar 28, 2002
    Takoma Park, MD
    Know I now I can make a difference two!
     
  5. jmeissen0

    jmeissen0 New Member

    Mar 31, 2001
    page 1078
    i can't wait for mikelastort to come back and rip mikelastort2 a new a-hole




    :D
     
  6. MikeLastort2

    MikeLastort2 Member

    Mar 28, 2002
    Takoma Park, MD
    :p
     

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