For reference did they compared any other leagues? Or was this just solely an attempt to put MLS down?
…ok?
Ronaldo’s Saudi stans have been at it since their win in a friendly against the 2nd-worst team in MLS last year
But it’s still england, the redneck shithole of the world
Wait, so the PL is more popular globally and makes more money than MLS? What?! I’m shocked! SHOCKED!
And who is shocked by this?
What an odd thing to post on this sub
First MLS game I’ve ever watched was when Messi joined the league. I’ve lived half a mile from an MLS stadium for years and I’ve never attended a game.
Am I supposed to be surprised? Many mls teams aren’t that old or that strong. And it’s in a place where support for soccer/football is middling. I mean seriously a handfull of championship teams have more history and supporters than most of the mls combined.
I mean seriously Blackburn rovers, hull city, swansea, Birmingham all together. Not to completely discredit my country’s league But this is not the one but surprising.
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I see variations of this flex every season, like Bournemouth’s relegation season being worth more than Juve winning the league.
This is stupid, it’s the Premier League. MLS is competing with entrenched established leagues in the US TV market
*pretends to be shocked*
And every NFL team receives 250m a year in tv money…
I don’t know if they’re exclusive with Apple TV or not but it was a terrible idea moving there. At least on ESPN people saw your product. Seems like I never stumble across games anymore. I’ve been going to Sounders games since the 80’s. I’m not going to pay for another streaming service to watch them. Especially when they’re bad.
BREAKING: Investment banker earns more than Binman. More to follow
I live in North Carolina and have been a Liverpool fan for 11 years. There wasn’t even an MLS team within 300 miles of me until 2 years ago. They are complete dogshit. Most people who have loved this sport over or alongside the infinitely more established sports here already had a favorite team overseas long before they had someone local to support. New/interested fans come to football with the choice of watching their “local” team hundreds of miles away with players just above amateur level at weird or competing times to American football games, basketball, hockey, etc. OR watching the most popular league in the world at times when no other sport is on, broadcast on a channel they already pay for. At that point, what’s the difference between supporting a team two states over from you vs a team in England with 100+ years of history? You have no more connection to one than the other. It’s all extremely predictable at this point. I hope the game grows over here, but we aren’t exactly set up for the David vs Goliath battle between sports here.
But they probably make more than league 2, which is of similar quality.
So in reality, their TV revenue is amazing in proportion to actual quality.
Well football is the primary sport in the UK
MLS or “soccer” is what 4th most popular behind NFL, NBA and baseball…. or is Hockey also ahead of Soccer? The sport market in the US is not so focused on football and even accounting for the larger population size that makes a difference
Not surprised at all.
water is wet
Weird to post here. But it’s also a top ten league in the world for revenue over all. The MLS is essentially a local league, with local fans, but can’t really compete again the other US sports, LigaMX and the Prem for tv viewers. I actually really like the new Apple deal, it feels like they learned that lesson and went for the best possible experience for the fans. The Apple product is great, and tv didn’t really help MLS. People get into it by going in person.
What do they expect if it’s all going to pay Messi……and then it’s only available to Apple TV viewers…
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Thing to remember here is that the Premier League shares TV revenue equally. It is understood that to make the top teams look good there has to be something there for the others. So the bottom two Premier League teams will make similar sums from TV to the top.
And in turn that will be way higher than a second or third tier division. And that in turn will be way higher than America.
BREAKING: Best league in world brings in more revenue than smaller league on different continent
Moving mls is malpractice. As a casual fan who usually would go to 1-2 mls games a year. Moving to Apple TV has killed the league. Out of sight out of mind.
It should be that way. MLS is absolute garbage.
One is a national product and one if global.
MLS = retirement league for top level players who just don’t wanna quit yet. Why compare to a top league in the world? Compare to league 2 or maybe the lower teams in league 1.
The premier league is the second highest revenue sports league in the world. Comparing the two leagues is absolutely ridiculous on its face.
Well duh. The comparison is ridiculous. MLS fans don’t even do these ridiculous comparisons. Why isn’t this on r/mls?
Semi-avid MLS spectator here (supporting FC Dallas), I want to point out that American soccer is also quite bastardized. There is no promotion or relegation—it’s all on the consensus of profit over everything, they don’t publize matches that much, and traveling is almost nil to an away stadium.
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For reference did they compared any other leagues? Or was this just solely an attempt to put MLS down?
…ok?
Ronaldo’s Saudi stans have been at it since their win in a friendly against the 2nd-worst team in MLS last year
But it’s still england, the redneck shithole of the world
Wait, so the PL is more popular globally and makes more money than MLS? What?! I’m shocked! SHOCKED!
And who is shocked by this?
What an odd thing to post on this sub
First MLS game I’ve ever watched was when Messi joined the league. I’ve lived half a mile from an MLS stadium for years and I’ve never attended a game.
Am I supposed to be surprised? Many mls teams aren’t that old or that strong. And it’s in a place where support for soccer/football is middling. I mean seriously a handfull of championship teams have more history and supporters than most of the mls combined.
I mean seriously Blackburn rovers, hull city, swansea, Birmingham all together. Not to completely discredit my country’s league But this is not the one but surprising.
[deleted]
I see variations of this flex every season, like Bournemouth’s relegation season being worth more than Juve winning the league.
This is stupid, it’s the Premier League. MLS is competing with entrenched established leagues in the US TV market
*pretends to be shocked*
And every NFL team receives 250m a year in tv money…
I don’t know if they’re exclusive with Apple TV or not but it was a terrible idea moving there. At least on ESPN people saw your product. Seems like I never stumble across games anymore. I’ve been going to Sounders games since the 80’s. I’m not going to pay for another streaming service to watch them. Especially when they’re bad.
BREAKING: Investment banker earns more than Binman. More to follow
I live in North Carolina and have been a Liverpool fan for 11 years. There wasn’t even an MLS team within 300 miles of me until 2 years ago. They are complete dogshit. Most people who have loved this sport over or alongside the infinitely more established sports here already had a favorite team overseas long before they had someone local to support. New/interested fans come to football with the choice of watching their “local” team hundreds of miles away with players just above amateur level at weird or competing times to American football games, basketball, hockey, etc. OR watching the most popular league in the world at times when no other sport is on, broadcast on a channel they already pay for. At that point, what’s the difference between supporting a team two states over from you vs a team in England with 100+ years of history? You have no more connection to one than the other. It’s all extremely predictable at this point. I hope the game grows over here, but we aren’t exactly set up for the David vs Goliath battle between sports here.
But they probably make more than league 2, which is of similar quality.
So in reality, their TV revenue is amazing in proportion to actual quality.
Well football is the primary sport in the UK
MLS or “soccer” is what 4th most popular behind NFL, NBA and baseball…. or is Hockey also ahead of Soccer? The sport market in the US is not so focused on football and even accounting for the larger population size that makes a difference
Not surprised at all.
water is wet
Weird to post here. But it’s also a top ten league in the world for revenue over all. The MLS is essentially a local league, with local fans, but can’t really compete again the other US sports, LigaMX and the Prem for tv viewers. I actually really like the new Apple deal, it feels like they learned that lesson and went for the best possible experience for the fans. The Apple product is great, and tv didn’t really help MLS. People get into it by going in person.
What do they expect if it’s all going to pay Messi……and then it’s only available to Apple TV viewers…
[deleted]
Thing to remember here is that the Premier League shares TV revenue equally. It is understood that to make the top teams look good there has to be something there for the others. So the bottom two Premier League teams will make similar sums from TV to the top.
And in turn that will be way higher than a second or third tier division. And that in turn will be way higher than America.
BREAKING: Best league in world brings in more revenue than smaller league on different continent
Moving mls is malpractice. As a casual fan who usually would go to 1-2 mls games a year. Moving to Apple TV has killed the league. Out of sight out of mind.
It should be that way. MLS is absolute garbage.
One is a national product and one if global.
MLS = retirement league for top level players who just don’t wanna quit yet. Why compare to a top league in the world? Compare to league 2 or maybe the lower teams in league 1.
The premier league is the second highest revenue sports league in the world. Comparing the two leagues is absolutely ridiculous on its face.
Well duh. The comparison is ridiculous. MLS fans don’t even do these ridiculous comparisons. Why isn’t this on r/mls?
Semi-avid MLS spectator here (supporting FC Dallas), I want to point out that American soccer is also quite bastardized. There is no promotion or relegation—it’s all on the consensus of profit over everything, they don’t publize matches that much, and traveling is almost nil to an away stadium.