I believe it, but probably includes highlights and social media, just in MLS YOU TUBE highlights has almost 1.6 million views
Yeah it's views not live viewers. The various YouTube videos I looked up combined to 4 million, excluding the shorts.
My honest answer is, that’s a brilliant idea, but I’m 99% sure FIFA won’t allow it. They’d have to lobby FIFA first. FIFA is very, very protective of everything on the field.
Stop doing this. First, even if true, it is a complete non issue, unless you’re getting into these big twitter fights and need backup. Second, it’s true only in the sense that you can find any damn opinion under the sun if you spend too much time on social media.
OK, but those are also way more expensive and high-tech to implement. Sticking basic, remote-controlled cameras behind the goals would not be IMHO.
Because a camera inside the post would alter the properties of the post and therefore it would alter how the ball rebounds off the post.
I wonder if NBA players ever complained about the camera they had under the floor in the post for a short while.
Have you actually seen how each of MLS' stadiums are built??? Only a handful; have a second deck, which means in order to place a camera behind the goals, they'd either have to displace/disrupt existing seating, or place them further away (giving them a worse camera angle). It's not nearly as simple, or as inexpensive as some would like to believe.
For example earlier this season we (C38) got asked to take a flag down we always have on one of the poles in our section because whatever the camera configuration was that night it was interfering. And that camera sits on the concourse at the top of our section behind the goal. There is no other place to put another camera unless you're going to put it on top of the bar behind that camera.
Same with Subaru Park which doesn't have a steep gradient. San Jose's park has an open end with a bar. Where/how do you place a camera in Orlando City's Wall? Just as a few examples. I'm willing to bet that MLS owners are way more inclined to make modifications to add premium seating way way way before they agree to spend money to accommodate a couple of extra cameras.
Seems like it’s more than a handful. But in any case why not just install them now in the stadia where it’s easy and figure out the rest as we go. In some cases they might even be able to mount them on a pole behind the goal, or put them on the concourse? Anything is better than nothing. Even if not in 100% of venues.
At Notts County the behind goal camera goes here. Fortunately we're not on national TV very often but the club has stopped selling season tickets in this area.
Season pass camera coverage is terrible. They made a deliberate decision to use less cameras every match. They also decided to auction off the director role to kids every match, so they can no longer show a replay of key plays, not that they ever have the camera angle anyway. I'm A broken record, but the season pass coverage is just terrible all around. Great video quality, everything else sucks.
Even though this article is about college football, it highlights some key points where MLS continues to struggle with regards to TV. SEC, Big Ten moving closer to taking their college football ball home and making billions https://www.yahoo.com/sports/sec-big-ten-moving-closer-100758616.html "Television consumers of football want big games and big moments and big stories. Advertisers who pay the bills want the same. They want Georgia vs. Alabama and Ohio State vs. Oregon and Michigan vs. Texas. They don’t want Alabama vs. Western Kentucky or Ohio State vs. Marshall." This perfectly sums up American Sports TV viewing habits. This is why we see the same handful of NBA teams on national TV games, ditto with MLB. It's why Monday Night Football ratings started to slide, and why NBC and the NFL worked out the flex scheduling for late season matchups to televise. The highest rated soccer matches in the US year over year almost always involve one of the following teams: Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Club America, Chivas. MLS simply doesn't have matchups that get the juices of all sports fans going. It's why signing Messi was/is so huge for the league. Like it or not, he's appointment viewing. It's why having star players in the LA, and NY markets are crucial.
This is not America specific. How many English viewers would watch Bournemouth against Brentford live? Not many I suggest.
Big news in the TV world that may affect MLS coverage as well. Unknown if MLS coverage will be included as yet or in the future. Amazon and Apple Strike Deal to Bring Apple TV+ to Prime Video The deal will bring the Apple streaming service and its content to the Prime Video ecosystem as an add-on subscription, joining Max, Paramount+ and other streaming options.
Since Apple TV+ and MLS Season Pass are two different packages both offered through Apple TV I would assume this has no immediate impact on MLS. Now Apple and Amazon could strike a deal to offer Season Pass through Amazon alongside Apple TV+, but that hasn't happened yet based on this announcement.