profitability in soccer

How much money do you think a channel has to pay for broadcasting a soccer season? I did some research on the british soccer market. Sky sports, a British sport channel is paying 2.7 billion pounds for broadcasting 3 premier league seasons. The premier league is the most important league in great britain. this deal doesn't include the FA cup, the Carling cup, or the UEFA champions league. ESPN entered the British market paying 60 million pounds for broadcasting t the FA cup. This cup is probably the less important cup of the 4 I mentioned before. The UEFA champions league is a inter-continental cup where the best teams of Europe compete in a knock out format. Sky paid 240 million pounds for 80% of the TV rights in Great Britain (which is probably around 3 or 4 games a week that go from october to april) It seems like european soccer clubs and companies have their own Superbowl going on every single weekend instead of once a year in terms of advertisement.

why is it called soccer ?

In England, there were two types of football: rugby football and association football. The slang term for rugby football was "rugger," and the slang for association football was "assoc." The word "assoc" gradually evolved into "soccer," which was much easier to say. When association football was introduced to North America, gridiron football (the type played by the NFL and in the Super Bowl) was already well established. To avoid confusion, Americans adopted the British nickname "soccer" for the new sport. I remember when the L.A. Galaxy signed the British soccer star David beckham, he had to apologize all the time when he was speaking to the fans because he would say "football, oh I apologize soccer" why did he apologize? he was signed as an effort of the team and the league of having a stronger presence in the American media market. this player is super star plus he is married to an ex spice girl (posh) so he had to get used to this culture as soon as possible and start making money for the league. In my next post I am going to talk about of the effect of David Beckham in the American league.

introduction to soccer

I was born in Venezuela. probably because I was born in south America I am very passionate about soccer. Choosing what to write about was very easy. in this blog I just want to comment and explain why whats going on in the soccer word right now is such a big deal for the rest of the world.

Do you know the meaning of the word soccer? According to Princeton University soccer is “a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal.” Soccer is called football in most of the world; there is an explanation to why it has a different name in America. According to www.faqkids.com there were two famous sports in England around the 1800s; they were rugby football, and association football (Soccer Training info). “The slang term for rugby football was "rugger,"(FAQ kids) and the slang for association football was "assoc." The word "assoc" gradually evolved into soccer” then because rugby football was introduced to the United States before assoc football, people called North American football “football” and assoc football “soccer.” Then in the 1900s people in Great Britain would call assoc football “football” and rugby football “rugby” and people didn’t use soccer anymore, but in the states people still called (and are still calling) football “soccer”.

Soccer is the main sport in most of the world. It is like a religion in Europe. People gather in the soccer stadiums every Saturday, and Sundays to watch their team playing. In South America is also a very important sport, for example: in Brazil people play soccer since they are 3 years old and they play everywhere, on the streets at the beach, etc. I will try to post during the week whats going on in the soccer world in such a way, that even people that don't follow it understand it. So far it seems like a fun activity, and we will see how it goes.