TV rights for US qualifiers

I hate this kind of thing. There's no way I'd pay $15 to watch a football match. Not when I'm probably gonna spend another $10 on beer. Hopefully something gets worked out as I love watching our games down in Central America.

 

I remember watching the Honduras qualifier on a grainy internet feed that cut in and out - saw Conor Casey score and I didn't know if the match I was watching was fiction or real life.

 

I remember Donovan's freekick on it's way, then buffering, then him celebrating, then buffering.... but as Nev said Connor Casey scored, TWICE, so maybe it never happened :shock:

I guess I will hope Galavision or Telemundo carry it.

 

Those guatemalans are really doing a number on us. Now we will have to pay ten times more to watch cheap shots, player intimidation, diving, and those cheatin' CONCACAF refs under lighting not up to the standards of an Applebees parking lot.

 

Couldn't find it on youtube, but cue Burt Reynolds from one of the finest and most artistic pieces of cinema ever made; Smokey and the Bandit :shock: . and I paraphrase;

$29.95 to see the US play Guatemala? Do the letters F O mean anything to you?

 

If the US soccer fed has evidence that Guatemala had other competitive offers that would've avoided pay per veiw that's one thing. But if Guatemala just sold to the highest bidder I cant say I blame them. They're a small poor country that needs money to support their team. Is it not ESPN, Fox's, etc' own greed that prevented them from getting the rights? They didnt think they could make enough advertising money? Maybe I'm missing something but I have to assume someone here in the US has the money, but decided not to spend it because they decided the USA national team wasnt worth it.

I will gladly spend $30 and invite some friends over to watch the match. Well, not if it's on at 10 pm on a week day. I probably would not go to a bar and pay that much + drinks and food, though.

 

This is horse s**t. How does anybody, including the Guatemalans, expect to grow the game, and thus, revenue, in this country with deals like this. Stupid and short sighted.

 

It's an abject failure by USMNT in my opinion. Really, they didn't know when, who and what rights would be bidded upon and sold? It screams bushleague to me and is inexcusable. Get your "S" together and make sure WC QUALIFIERS are televised in the US. Damn, seems so simple, but, apparently not...

 

The USSF did this on purpose. They knew that we wouldn't get a result so wanted hardly anybody to watch it so we couldn't bitch about the tactics employed by Klinsmann. Well played.

 

FIFA has us ranked 34th and Guatemala 90th. We should be able to beat them in the parking lot at Caeser's Palace.

 

Good because the conditions will be a lot like a parking lot except it will be 200x more hostile. Last time they played a qualifier there you could barely see anything the lighting was so bad. And that 34th in the world ranking was mostly built on the backs of different, more experienced players and a far better manager.

 

:text-+1: Soccer is cursed with idiots in charge of the game we love...too bad.