US-Mexico friendly (February 7) TV ratings

[Karl]

US-Mexico friendly (February 7) TV ratings:

Univision - 3.2 million households and 6.1 million viewers age 2 and
over
ESPN2 - over 600,000 households and 1.1 million viewers age 2 and over

The TV rating for the US-Mexico Friendly on Univision was the
2nd highest EVER for ANY soccer match or sports event airing on
Univision,
surpassed only by the Argentina-Mexico World Cup 2006 Round of 16
match
(6.7 million viewers age 2 and over.)

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What does this say about the growing popularity of the sport in the USA?

[DweetSweet]

RE: US-Mexico friendly (February 7) TV ratings

It says nothing about the growing popularity of the sport in the USA, and a lot about the well established popularity and traditions of football in the Latino diaspora of the USA. Parse the total number adn concetrate on the Univision viewers, who I think were supporting Mexico, not the USA.

[Mosiah]

RE: US-Mexico friendly (February 7) TV ratings

What it tells us is that the USA's efforts to keep Mexicans from crossing the border in droves are failing.

[ForFar]

RE: US-Mexico friendly (February 7) TV ratings

Mosiah, your conclusion based on the topic postedis waaaaay off target.

The topic merely gave youthe opportunity to(unknowingly), expressing one of your many prejudices.

Youtend to behelpless in these regards.:hehe:

[Paul Marin]

RE: US-Mexico friendly (February 7) TV ratings

Karl - there is no question that the sport is growing in popularity in the US, but unfortunately, not with the right demographic. The problem stems from the inability to attract fans from the working class level. As it stands today,the gameis a middle class game among white Americans, and virtually non-existent among the black working class. Until they figure out the formula to attract that demographic to the sport, football will languish in America. As dweetsweet said, the game is already established among the latino working class, so they have to make sure they build on that foothold, but they require different tactics to attract the average American youth...maybe if they can get 50 cent or Sean Paul to bigup football we might get a chance.

[Karl]

RE: US-Mexico friendly (February 7) TV ratings

Paul Marin (2/24/2007)Karl - there is no question that the sport is growing in popularity in the US, but unfortunately, not with the right demographic. The problem stems from the inability to attract fans from the working class level. As it stands today,the gameis a middle class game among white Americans, and virtually non-existent among the black working class. Until they figure out the formula to attract that demographic to the sport, football will languish in America. As dweetsweet said, the game is already established among the latino working class, so they have to make sure they build on that foothold, but they require different tactics to attract the average American youth...maybe if they can get 50 cent or Sean Paul to bigup football we might get a chance.

I not only think you are right...I know you are right! (tup)

[Mosiah]

RE: US-Mexico friendly (February 7) TV ratings

ForFar (2/23/2007)Mosiah, your conclusion based on the topic postedis waaaaay off target.

The topic merely gave youthe opportunity to(unknowingly), expressing one of your many prejudices.

Youtend to behelpless in these regards.:hehe:

Unknowingly - ha!

What appears to be even more "helpless" is your inability to see the connection. Way off target? In your book!