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World Cup to be held in the winter

jecornel
jecornel Member Posts: 9,737
edited February 2015 in Tug Tavern
http://screamer.deadspin.com/the-qatar-world-cup-will-be-held-in-the-winter-1686591704

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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    Damn. Now such fag j will have to decide between scarving it up or a Gronking to remember.
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,513 Swaye's Wigwam
    Yeah, Americans are going to watch the World Cup during football and basketball season.
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,778
    I won't be watching. Fuck them.
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  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,468
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,242
    They won't be on at anywhere close to the same time - hope that helps.

    That being said, it will be interesting.
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,742 Standard Supporter
    RoadDawg55 said:

    Yeah, Americans are going to watch the World Cup during football and basketball season.

    Put Lebron at striker, Chris Paul and Damian Lilliard on the wings, Dwight Howard at goalie and Gronk and BeastMode as defenseman.....damn straight they'll watch.

    Gregg Popovich as coach.


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  • whatshouldicareabout
    whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 13,015
    Should be interesting to see how much the viewership decreases when you have college football and the NFL going on at the same time.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,242
    whatshouldicareabout said:

    Should be interesting to see how much the viewership decreases when you have college football and the NFL going on at the same time.

    Weekends will most likely decrease a bit - but not by as much as you want to think.

    You are looking at an 8 hour time differential between Qatar and New York. Most world cup games will start probably at around 1, 5, or 8 local time. The 1 pm kickoff is 3 am in New York. The 5 pm kickoff is 9 am in New York. 8 is at noon in New York. Obviously subtract 3 hours for the West Coast.

    The only real game that is at risk for a conflict against either college or pro football will be the late game start in Qatar. The rest there isn't much of a conflict with.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    Tequilla said:

    whatshouldicareabout said:

    Should be interesting to see how much the viewership decreases when you have college football and the NFL going on at the same time.

    Weekends will most likely decrease a bit - but not by as much as you want to think.

    You are looking at an 8 hour time differential between Qatar and New York. Most world cup games will start probably at around 1, 5, or 8 local time. The 1 pm kickoff is 3 am in New York. The 5 pm kickoff is 9 am in New York. 8 is at noon in New York. Obviously subtract 3 hours for the West Coast.

    The only real game that is at risk for a conflict against either college or pro football will be the late game start in Qatar. The rest there isn't much of a conflict with.
    They will decrease in America because non fag j's will have a REAL sport to pay attention to.

    The problem won't be that football is being played alongside futbol, the problem will be that the novelty of futbol will have a lot less impact when Americans can worry about more important stuff like their fantasy football team.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,242
    dnc said:

    Tequilla said:

    whatshouldicareabout said:

    Should be interesting to see how much the viewership decreases when you have college football and the NFL going on at the same time.

    Weekends will most likely decrease a bit - but not by as much as you want to think.

    You are looking at an 8 hour time differential between Qatar and New York. Most world cup games will start probably at around 1, 5, or 8 local time. The 1 pm kickoff is 3 am in New York. The 5 pm kickoff is 9 am in New York. 8 is at noon in New York. Obviously subtract 3 hours for the West Coast.

    The only real game that is at risk for a conflict against either college or pro football will be the late game start in Qatar. The rest there isn't much of a conflict with.
    They will decrease in America because non fag j's will have a REAL sport to pay attention to.

    The problem won't be that football is being played alongside futbol, the problem will be that the novelty of futbol will have a lot less impact when Americans can worry about more important stuff like their fantasy football team.
    You also have the risk that not only will you have football season going on at that point, but you also have the NBA and College Basketball seasons starting up as well as the start of the NHL season.

    While none of these events will directly compete against the World Cup, you will be in a situation where there will most likely be a saturation of sports in place that will probably tug at the most casual of fans who probably will be less likely to go party it up at the local bar to watch a day of games in the Winter whereas in the Summer there are a ton of outdoor viewing parties and part of watching the game is taking on the entire ambiance of the spectacle.

    But let's also be serious, in virtually every other country, this won't be much of an issue and the World Cup IS the biggest event in the world when it happens. Our interest in the US may be a bit distracted for many reasons ... but in the grand scheme of the world, not a huge issue.
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