Disgusting display at Talladega!!!

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Damn, like 75% of my job is programming weekday afternoons and weekend mornings on ESPN2. Jeez, don't tell my boss you said ther'es nothing good on

right now there is a show on espn called 1st and ten, pretty good show, guess whats on espn2.......soccer, SOCCER, com'on who watches soccer?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by wolfeskins

right now there is a show on espn called 1st and ten, pretty good show, guess whats on espn2.......soccer, SOCCER, com'on who watches soccer?

Soccer is a huge company priority for us. Plus I don't work on soccer or ESPN2programming at this time of day. And we have certain contractual obligtations, and so on.

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Soccer is a huge company priority for us. Plus I don't work on soccer or ESPN2programming at this time of day. And we have certain contractual obligtations, and so on.

why is soccer a huge company priority ? is there really a true soccer audience? if there was it would seem espn would air those games and not to mention at a different time slot. how many people do you think are sitting down at the tv watching soccer at 3:30 in the afternoon ? i'm not trying to rag on you or rag on espn but it just doesn't make sense to me.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by wolfeskins

why is soccer a huge company priority ? is there really a true soccer audience? if there was it would seem espn would air those games and not to mention at a different time slot. how many people do you think are sitting down at the tv watching soccer at 3:30 in the afternoon ? i'm not trying to rag on you or rag on espn but it just doesn't make sense to me.

This would be a long and potentially boring post. If you're really really interested I'll PM you. But there are a lot of factors as to why it's a huge company priority, why we air games plus support programming, why we have some soccer in the afternoon, etc.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by wolfeskins

why is soccer a huge company priority ? is there really a true soccer audience? if there was it would seem espn would air those games and not to mention at a different time slot. how many people do you think are sitting down at the tv watching soccer at 3:30 in the afternoon ? i'm not trying to rag on you or rag on espn but it just doesn't make sense to me.

Soccer is the #1 sport on the planet. While the USA is not a HUGE fan, we are a casual fan...outside of the US, it's the largest sport in the world bar none.

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Soccer is the #1 sport on the planet. While the USA is not a HUGE fan, we are a casual fan...outside of the US, it's the largest sport in the world bar none.

yea, i agree with that 100%. i'm well aware of the passion people have for soccer all over the world, i just don't see it around here. maybe it's just the company i keep, i have met like 2 people over the age of 5 that was a fan of soccer. here in va. beach the city built this really nice soccer stadium. it was built a while ago when playing soccer was really becoming popular among the young kids. the beach even had it's own soccer team, the sharks or something like that, well, attendance never lived up to expectations and now the team is on it's way out and the city is trying to figure out what to do with the stadium.

hockey is a sport that is struggling right now with it's popularity but i'll tell you what, around this area hockey is leaps and bounds ahead of soccer when it comes to popularity. like i said though, maybe it's just the company i keep or maybe it's just the area i live in.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by wolfeskins

right now there is a show on espn called 1st and ten, pretty good show, guess whats on espn2.......soccer, SOCCER, com'on who watches soccer?

you would be shocked how many closet soccer fans there are. They usually dont talk about it 24/7 because they feel people will bash them, etc. For example I was watching the Liverpool game yesterday at our Game Room, I expected about 10 people to be there. Over 70 people showed up for that game! Today is gonna be the Man U game, and I doubt ill be able to watch it there because I am assuming 100s will want to watch that. Plus its on ESPN 2, not usually on ESPN unless it is a US game or something. They also do not show the majority of games, but since the UEFA championships are going on, that is why its on.

There are soccer fans man, hey you might even be a fan. You just dont know it.

Haha, come on SmootSmack, give me my props for that^^. I remember your guys advertising slogans. I love the new MLS ad campaign btw. Also like the NASCAR ads too, with everyone in driving school. Good stuff.

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by hooskins

There are soccer fans man, hey you might even be a fan. You just dont know it.

i'm pretty sure that i'm not a fan. i've tried watching soccer before,sometimes there's just nothing good on tv,even then i can only watch about 5 min. or so. i just find it too boring. i'm like that with other sports as well, i have a hard time watching baseball, golf and a few other sports to go along with soccer. hell, i even have a hard time watching a whole nascar race without falling asleep or something.

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by wolfeskins

i'm pretty sure that i'm not a fan. i've tried watching soccer before,sometimes there's just nothing good on tv,even then i can only watch about 5 min. or so. i just find it too boring. i'm like that with other sports as well, i have a hard time watching baseball, golf and a few other sports to go along with soccer. hell, i even have a hard time watching a whole nascar race without falling asleep or something.

Yeah I know, I was just rocking ESPN's ad slogan.