Comments on: ESPN IS KILLING AMERICAN SOCCER

By: michael

michael — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:23:56 +0000

prime time is kinda subjective. a 1030 spot on the east coast is a 730 one on the west.

either way, they need to start it promptly and either move the football game to espn classic or start the mls game there…either way, who cares… its the execution that sucks, not so much the broadcast.

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:19:51 +0000

You know, the ESPN commentating is pathetic, I agree – but I still don’t think removing the game from national basic-cable coverage will do anything good for soccer. Truth is that ESPN interest will fade now that the Beckham effect is wearing thin, but as bad as it is, I’d rather have bad commentating than have to tune to GolTV or FSC to even see the sport.

By: Kristin Rogers

Kristin Rogers — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:28:09 +0000

This is funny to me. When it hit game time last night and the football game was still on, I freaked out! For the fourth time this season, I wrote to ESPN and told them they sucked! Actually my words were a little bit stronger, but I did say what I thought! Here is a league that everyone knows is trying to get bigger and here is a network that couldn’t care less. The least they could have done last night was put a little box in the corner of the screen with the game on. But that was obviously too much effort on there part. I was also wondering about the wrong score and team during half time. How hard is it to get something like that right! ESPN needs to make a decision, they either do it right or don’t do it at all.

By: Todd Pounds

Todd Pounds — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:13:01 +0000

What is the alternative? Versus, HDNet?

I do think ESPN is becoming lame for coverage of many sports and I am also an NFL, NHL, Golf, and college football fan. Sportcenter is starting to wane in my opinion (not sure what the ratings are doing?

It would be nice for another sports station to step up and compete directly with ESPN… I just don’t see an alternative for now. Versus did make a run at a big baseball contract against ESPN.

By: Dynamo100%

Dynamo100% — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:26:38 +0000

I wrote a comment yesterday on the Thursday blog Chivas vs. DC. I was the first comment on there a wrote how muchi hate the fact that ESPN does that crap. They are disrespecting the game. Ive never seen it happen for other sports in little balls making it thru 18 wholes and 3 players standing 40yds from actino waiting for a ball to come by (wow how exciting baseball fans!).

By: matt

matt — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:42:12 +0000

longshoe- i agree with that…they do it with plenty of other sports and its not like anyone’s gonna miss the 15 minute loop of z-list sportsdesk dudes on espnews for some actual action of an actual sporting event.

By: MF22

MF22 — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:24:48 +0000

Re the:

But the announcer comes on and says “Don’t worry, you didn’t miss much”.

If my memory serves – and I can’t check since I deleted the game from the DVR – he said, “But don’t worry, you didn’t miss anything at all.”

By: Longshoe

Longshoe — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:01:27 +0000

I don’t have a problem with the fact that they didn’t leave the college football game. After the Heidi game in the ’60’s, it’s pretty much understood that you stay with the first game until it concludes. How would you feel if they left stoppage time of a 2-2 game because it ran into the window for a football or baseball game? You can’t have it both ways on that.

My issue is with the fact that they didn’t bump the start of the game over to ESPN News or Classic. They have so many networks now that this shouldn’t be a problem anymore.

The guy in the studio was absolute joke and needed to be smacked upside the head.

I don’t think the satellite transmission drop was intentional, so I’m not going to get too riled up about it unless we find out that Scott Van Pelt pulled the plug or something.

By: matt

matt — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:57:50 +0000

sorry, dude…as much as i like soccer, it’s always going to take a back seat to more traditionally watched american sports…especially college and pro football. they could hire clive tyldesley and andy gray to do it…they could hire pele and diego maradona to do it…no one’s gonna watch and everyone would be livid if they cut out from a near upset of a top 10 rated team to an mls game. no one knows the players in this country and honestly i don’t blame anyone for not knowing, the talent isn’t worthy of it…you can pretend like american soccer matters but it doesn’t…it’s a scrub league.

By: Dave Martinez

Dave Martinez — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:35:06 +0000

You want an awesome Color Commentating Combo?

Ray Hudson, JP Della can do it. THEY would bring excitement to the broadcasts. OBRein is way too boring and calculated.

Ray Hudson would immediately be the personality soccer needs in its broadcasting. He is insane.