Uncle Si
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To support the importance of TV revenue (and i clearly underestimated this when stating the MLS "isn't concerned." How could they not be)
115 million were expected to watch the Super Bowl last night, 160 million worldwide. Does not include internet streaming.
650 million tuned in world wide to watch Chelsea vs. United hours before. More importantly, 1.35 million watched in the US.
Now, the numbers for the Super Bowl do not count internet streams (CBS made the game available via their site) and NBC's live app lets you watch it on your phone anywhere (which I did). Either way, on first glance, more people in the US watched a mid season game between two mid-table teams in the Premier league than the pinnacle event of its more popular sport... on the same day.
EDIT: I'm an idiot... it was 1.38 not 138...bit of a difference.
But again, these are TV numbers.
115 million were expected to watch the Super Bowl last night, 160 million worldwide. Does not include internet streaming.
650 million tuned in world wide to watch Chelsea vs. United hours before. More importantly, 1.35 million watched in the US.
Now, the numbers for the Super Bowl do not count internet streams (CBS made the game available via their site) and NBC's live app lets you watch it on your phone anywhere (which I did). Either way, on first glance, more people in the US watched a mid season game between two mid-table teams in the Premier league than the pinnacle event of its more popular sport... on the same day.
EDIT: I'm an idiot... it was 1.38 not 138...bit of a difference.
But again, these are TV numbers.