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111.6 Million viewers in the USA watched 6 minutes or more of the last world cup. That's at least 6 minutes more than I watched of the last Superbowl.
6 whole minutes? Like I said, no one cares. Even then, the world cup is a curiosity like the olympics. People will take a peak every four years. But neither are anywhere near being mainstream sports.
19? OK, which ones other than UK, Pakistan and India?
Educate me. My mind is always expanding.
BTW, I was attaching significance to cricket since those three
are a potential audience about 4x larger than the US audience
for American football - which IS significant also.
Interestingly, the Super Bowl has spawned an entire audience
that ONLY watches the game for the commercials! I know people
who record the whole thing and fast-forward through the boring
football parts, but watch each and every commercial.
Can the friggin' World Cup say that? Huh? Huh?
------------------------ I think NOT! < Snort! >
I was wrong, there are 43 countries which take the sport serious enough to field a national team which play in international tournaments.
The top ten teams in the world are eligible to play Test cricket which lasts over a period of a few days and include "the ashes"
England (includes Wales but not UK)
Australia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
India
West Indies
New Zealand
Bangladesh
Zimbabwe
38 other teams compete in the World Cricket League which feature one day tournaments.
Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands, Scotland, United Arab Emirates, Namibia, Bermuda, Uganda, Oman, Denmark, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Italy, Nepal, Tanzania, Cayman Islands, Argentina, Bahrain, Singapore, Jersey (not NJ), Fiji, Guernsey, Malaysia, Botswana, Norway, Nigeria, Japan, Suriname, Gibraltar, Bahamas, Bhutan, Germany, Kuwait, Vanuata, Zambia and of course the good old USA.
In related news, the UNM Spirit band (marching band) can't afford to maintain their instruments or pay travelling cost to the games for the musicians.
I heard them practicing a few weeks ago outside near Popejoy Hall. They sounded great, it's too bad. UNM throws money at things that suck and starves out things that are successful.
In related news, the UNM Spirit band (marching band) can't afford to maintain their instruments or pay travelling cost to the games for the musicians.
I heard them practicing a few weeks ago outside near Popejoy Hall. They sounded great, it's too bad. UNM throws money at things that suck and starves out things that are successful.
In related news, the UNM Spirit band (marching band) can't afford to maintain their instruments or pay travelling cost to the games for the musicians.
Aren't musicians supposed to be experts at crashing 20-to-an-apartment, sleeping outside, and going without food for days on end? Not making it to Eugene OR is one thing, but too poor to get to Cruces? I find that amazing.
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I heard them practicing a few weeks ago outside near Popejoy Hall. They sounded great, it's too bad. UNM throws money at things that suck and starves out things that are successful.
Until people buy tickets to UNM band performances with a football game taking place in the background, that's how the money works. Nothing's stopping the band from making their own concert performance to fundraise, is there?
And the NFL probably doesn't get much coverage in foreign press. The reality is no one cares about soccer or track in the United States. And that's the country you happen to live in. If you want 24/7 soccer coverage, you might have to move to Brazil.
I think the central issue is still athlete quality - that was my point. Just because they're not on TV, or aren't participating in a spectator sport, doesn't mean they're not NCAA Division I athletes currently ranked in the top 10 nationally - that's not easy. They deserve a lot of respect whether we see them on the news or not. It's weird how people who consider themselves "sports fans" only really understand or like three sports.
In related news, the UNM Spirit band (marching band) can't afford to maintain their instruments or pay travelling cost to the games for the musicians.
I heard them practicing a few weeks ago outside near Popejoy Hall. They sounded great, it's too bad. UNM throws money at things that suck and starves out things that are successful.
In a very real sense, UNMs actions mirror those of the federal government.
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