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Did anyone in this thread read this article?I thought y'all would watch it even more in a pandemic.
Super Bowl lowest rated since 1969
Capping a year of historic lows for TV sports, the Super Bowl hit a 52-year low in the Nielsen ratings. It nonetheless set a streaming record.www.sportsmediawatch.com
What gives?
I can explain how ratings and television trends work if anyone cares, but here's the salient part of the article:
"The historic lows for the Super Bowl are in keeping with the broader trend facing the industry since the wave of cancellations and postponements last March. The lowest rated Super Bowl in 52 years comes less than a month after college football’s national championship posted its worst numbers since the formation of the BCS in 1999. It comes three months after the final round of the Masters posted its worst rating since 1957 and four months after the NBA Finals and World Series hit all-time lows.
The difference between the Super Bowl and those other events is that Sunday’s declines were still relatively modest. The single-digit drop in ratings and viewership compares to much sharper declines for the college football championship (-27%), World Series (-30%), NBA Finals (-49%), final round of the Masters (-58%) and Stanley Cup Final (-61%).
As goes without saying, the Super Bowl remains easily the highest rated and most-watched program in U.S. television even with the multi-year lows. Sunday’s 38.2 rating topped every other television program since 1994, when the Nancy Kerrigan-Tonya Harding controversy lifted the 1994 Winter Olympics figure skating competition to consecutive 40+ ratings (48.5 on night one and 44.1 on night two).
Outside of the 1994 Olympics, no sporting event has had a higher rating since Game 7 of the 1986 World Series (Red Sox-Mets: 38.9)"
I did, but obviously I thought to myself what do they know, I'm gonna ask the real experts in the forum!
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It is especially cute with England.
But I think they might have finally understood that their style of football doesn't cut it. They have a lot of continental coaches and staff now, and it shows in their national team as well. They have good players and good prospects, they could play a role. But.. not with Neville as coach I don't think.
You know how many English coaches won their league in the last 30 years? That's right, it's 0. Zero. Nada. Zip.
For Champions League winning English coaches you have to go back to the 70s and early 80s.
Don't search for football expertise in Englishmen.
But the strong influx of continental knowledge will bleed through eventually I guess.
Very true, they totally dominated in 2008-2012 (two Euro wins as well) and influenced modern football heavily with their style of play. You cannot discard this at all.
Now, I don't quite agree with this.
First of all, Uruguay, Argentina and France have two wins each as well, and France were the most successful if you look at the last 6 tournaments only.
Also the French youth development right now is unparalleled, don't be surprised to see em get some more. We fell off quite a bit it seems and need to claw our way back.
Apart from that, the flavor that is the world cup and to a lesser extent the euro cup is awesome.
Croatia making the final last time around is great. They had some awesome players and build a real team with the right spirit.
Stories like Denmark 92 or Greece 04 are great.
The Dutch play a big role in football as well, albeit never winning the big thing. I wouldn't wanna let em out. Unless they fail to qualify which is always hilarious.
Belgium has a golden generation right now - perhaps it's at the end already, but maybe they can get something this or next year.
They have arguably the best midfielder right now in De Bruyne and strong players all around the pitch, with a weapon of a player in Lukaku upfront. However they never had a first class coach, I don't know why they didn't bother, but it seems wasted to me. Even when they hired internationally, they took a second-rate spaniard only.
Smaller countries can make it and certainly add a lot.
Oh and to add to that, the emergence of Island on the stage lately has been very refreshing as well. Sure they will not win anything, but it's fun.
Norway has good players right now, Haaland might become the best striker soon.
It would be boring and stale to just have the same three countries about.
Norway has good players right now, Haaland might become the best striker soon.
It would be boring and stale to just have the same three countries about.
LOL at this nonsense about politics.
By American city standards, Tampa and Kansas City are podunk towns and these teams don't seem to have the prestige of a team like Green Bay to compensate for it.
And my ignorance about this sport is actually how you tell. I had heard of maybe 3/4ths of NFL teams prior to last year's Super Bowl, and Kansas and Tampa were in the 1/4th I hadn't.
You wouldn't expect anyone to give a fuck about them playing each other.
By American city standards, Tampa and Kansas City are podunk towns and these teams don't seem to have the prestige of a team like Green Bay to compensate for it.
And my ignorance about this sport is actually how you tell. I had heard of maybe 3/4ths of NFL teams prior to last year's Super Bowl, and Kansas and Tampa were in the 1/4th I hadn't.
You wouldn't expect anyone to give a fuck about them playing each other.
Do you like the Dolphins too?
Yeah and in these 25 years nobody else won twice.
If you wanna cut nations for not performing, maybe don't cut the one performing the best in the last quarter century.
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Philadelphia's last game of the season. I thought they did it in order to eliminate a rival from playoff contention. The coach (now fired) denied it of course.
@Jesus X you watching the club world cup? Commentators just said Tigres ain't a popular team in Mexico, is that true? @Lars R. Biden Bayern, your favorite team plays
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I bought a souvenir jersey when I was in bavaria
@Lars R. Biden Bayern, your favorite team plays
I think it’s number seven
I actually don't know that much about mexican soccer only team I follow was Chivas because I had relatives in Jalisco I went to the stadium few times. in that part of northern mexico monterrey and santos are probably more popular and richer teams
@Lars R. Biden Bayern, your favorite team plays
monterrey
santos
. my team in the club world cup will always be the L.A galaxy from the MLS when they make it.
Thanks bro. Though I don't think it will be soon until I touch Canadian soil again.
My last two bigger vacations where to Island and our own coast, I'm longing for some warm water (well they have some in Island which honestly was incredible, but you know what I mean). Thinking maybe Madeira.
If you ever come around here again I'd host you to some real Ice hockey.
I don't keep up much with soccer except when the World Cup comes around and maybe the Gold Cup. I remember Chivas being beloved because they were the only Mexican soccer team that was strictly all Mexicans and no outsiders like Guatemalans and so on not sure if that's still true. I know enough though to say "Fuck America!" (Mexican Soccer Team America not Murica')...I actually don't know that much about mexican soccer only team I follow was Chivas because I had relatives in Jalisco I went to the stadium few times. in that part of northern mexico monterrey and santos are probably more popular and richer teams
monterrey
santos
. my team in the club world cup will always be the L.A galaxy from the MLS when they make it.
