No EPL bias over at the FSW report eh ?

Viewers of Fox Sport World are bound to be more familiar with the Premier League teams, since they show their games and not the Spanish or Italian leagues.

But by all means, the whining by the Democrats over the election result deserves to be pushed aside over your concerns about the order of hilights on a TV show...

 

I think also the fact that Arsenal v Pano was the featured game 'live' on ESPN/TSN in Canada may have been part of the reason. Add to that the Gunners dip in form since the ManU loss and it was a good lead story. Both Milan and Barca have pretty much qualified anyway.

All IMHO, of course.

OttawaBear

 

I'd venture to say this is also the most difficult round of matches to pick a feature for top highlight - because these clubs just played each other already in the last round.

But no, what game they lead off with is not an indication of a bias. Leading off with Arsenal, not showing the Barca highlights at all, and then spending 12 minutes on the World's Strongest Midget Competition - now THAT would be a bias.

 

Quit your whininig. Just be happy there is a Fox Sports World Report at all. Everybody loves to bitch and moan about everything FSW, but in actuality, we are lucky to have it and lucky they show as many games and news reports as they do.

 

they showed the juve/bayern highlights first btw...

 

Yeah, and if he doesn't like it, he can just watch one of the other TV sports news programs that covers world football nightly... oh wait.

 

Oh Lord - that's a riot.

 

As AJAX fans once said "WHO THE FCUK IS AC MILAN?"

 

I must say that I agree with almost everything said in response to this ludicrous statement. It was a good story, it was available to us and since England is what our show is built around, kinda makes sense.

We did lead with Juve/Bayern though Wednesday so...so much for bias.

But you'll be happy to know we sit around the table every day and go "How can we blatantly show our EPL bias today?" - I'm kidding of course.

It starst with what's a good story and usually hinges on whether or not we can get the hilites. We WERE going to lead with ManU/Sparta Wednesday but we all decided it was Bayern/Juve that was the best game that we had available.

Cheers.

J1

 

Jeremy,

It was great last night to see Championship highlights. Some great football is played outside the Prem.

One question, if it is possible to pick up the midweek highlights isn't it possible for FSW to show the highlights from Saturday's games? Even 5/10 minutes of the lower divisions would be great! Some of the best goals AND bloopers can be found there!!!

Cheers,
OttawaBear

 

I'm guessing that it wasn't, because FSWorld doesn't have the rights to show highlights of UEFA home matches of Middlesbrough or Newcastle, because both have sold overseas UEFA rights to SportsFive, and GolTV have exclusive rights to matches and highlights owned by SportsFive. (according to DaCFO)

There is a natural and appropriate bias on the part of Fox Sports World (and all other USA and Canadian sports channels) in favor of teams from English speaking countries. The EPL has the highest viewership in the USA of any foreign league - simply because they speak English in England (smacks forehead in lieu of saying " D'oh "). People - like me - enjoy watching the EPL match and then viewing Sky Sports News - in English - broadcast only an hour previously in England. I can even watch a fictional program "Dream Team" that takes place in the same league and in the same stadia.

If I happened to speak Spanish or Italian, I might feel differently.

PS The actual bias that concerns me is the bias (not necessarily on FSW Report) that one sees in favor of the 20th Century teams...

 

Being that United was playing a home tie in Europe in which we have a phenomenal record (which includes the historical "record" of French teams inablility to trouble us at Old Trafford), it also being Fergie's 1,000th game in charge, and now having one of the greatest European goal scorers of all time lining up in Ruud van Nistelrooy and a fit Rio Ferdinand back, Lyon were lucky to get a goal only by a howler by our backup keeper....

Bias by Jeremy? Maybe. But the facts and statistics had this game laid out before a ball was kicked....

I wouldn't be able to name the Lyon manager either, I would keep calling him Les Pee Wee Herman by mistake anyways....

 

Redknapp's leaving is a matter of big interest to a lot of Yanks who follow the game on FSW, and I think it clearly deserved top coverage. Harry did well at West Ham and Portsmouth, and he's always been an interesting person along the way, so many of us were sorry to see him decide to leave Pompey and are interested in where he lands next. (Even those of us who pull for the Toon, which clearly deserved UEFA coverage )

The bottom line is that the EPL is, by far, FSW's biggest draw. That's why they typically broadcast 4+ live/same-day EPL matches each week, they carry SkySports news, the EPL preview and review programs, Bobby McMahon's reviews, etc. The EPL is why many fans go to FSW in the first place. It's also the league of principal interest in Canada, and that's the market for FSW Canada.

I do wish FSW would show more from other leagues (and fewer half-hour ads for exercise machines, get-rich-quick schemes, etc.), but I have difficulty understanding why anyone is perplexed by the emphasis on the EPL. The only way other leagues will get more coverage is if there's demand for it, and right now, it's apparent that the demand isn't there.

 

I'm thinking of starting:

No La Liga bias over on Gol TV eh?
No Serie A bias over on RAI eh?

etc. etc. etc.