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Subject: [Leica] Re:The United States Grand Prix now soccer
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Wed Jun 22 07:31:55 2005
References: <PAEILMJJLHOMKKEJDDKIMEADCOAA.bonvini@optonline.net>

The day of the Super Bowl we were in Ireland. Ireland teams were playing
rugby and soccer games during the day. I watched both games and loved how
fast everything moved. The Super Bowl came on late that night. I found
myself turning it off before halftime.

Way too many timeouts and commercials compared to Euro sports. It looked so
stupid and meaningless.

I ended up cleaning Leicas at 12:30am.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay"
Subject: RE: [Leica] The United States Grand Prix - this is a long post


> Quite a few years ago, I was a shooter for ESPN doing behind the scenes
for
> boxing and got to sit with Greenberg (spelling?) then a honcho with the
> group.
> I was an avid soccer player in Calif and wondered why soccer with the
> largest audience fan base in the world could not make a go of it in the
> States.
> I was told that since soccer is played with no time outs - it is
continuous
> for 45 minutes with breaks only for injuries, that networks could not see
a
> way to advertise during a game. In spite of most foreign TV being able to
> run ads around the periphery of the image, US networks felt that there was
> no way to make money.
> And advertising is where the nets generate their revenue.
> With the current interest slowly but surely increasing here in the States,
> maybe it is time to rethink?
>
> Jay Ignaszewski



Replies: Reply from ericm at pobox.com (Eric) ([Leica] Re:The United States Grand Prix now soccer)
In reply to: Message from bonvini at optonline.net (Jay) ([Leica] The United States Grand Prix - this is a long post)