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Peter's avatar

I don’t think I dispute that soccer generally is more popular than the NHL in the US, but the 625m number doesn’t include any of the 24 local market deals that carry the vast majority of the games. Also, while the sheer dollar number is quite impressive for the various leagues, the fact of the matter is that comparing the one hockey league of interest to the many leagues/competitions of interest for soccer isn’t really comparing apples to apples.

All that said, the ability to watch any soccer game I basically want from anywhere in the United States is quite an amazing difference from the 90’s

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Mike Lavin's avatar

I agree with your thoughts on "chuckle fests". Clint Dempsey is my favorite player of all time but seeing him "chuckle" with Davies, Edu and Gooch didn't work at all for me. Maybe I'm just an old man who doesn't understand the sneakers-with-suits look and all the rest of the stuff they discussed.

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