Booo to ESPN

I had no idea anyone here was a soccer fan. I've been watching the games on Telefutura too. Brings back memories of the last World Cup. I was living in Mexico City and watched the U.S. beat Mexico at a restaurant along with 300 Mexicans. Good thing I'm 6'2," 210lbs...they were pretty angry.

I don't even know if I'm THAT rabid as a Redskins fan. That's PRETTY hardcore.

The reason they don't show the games is because they can't possibly make any money on them. ESPN is not really about promoting sports but rather about making money. They CAN show fat asses throwing darts and old guys playing pool because the rights to those events are either A) super cheap or B) free. The soccer rights are much more expensive and are not exclusive as has been stated since the Spanish broadcasts are shown on several stations.

The reason they don't show the games is because they can't possibly make any money on them. ESPN is not really about promoting sports but rather about making money. They CAN show fat asses throwing darts and old guys playing pool because the rights to those events are either A) super cheap or B) free. The soccer rights are much more expensive and are not exclusive as has been stated since the Spanish broadcasts are shown on several stations.Your right ESPN is after all a business and the fact is that Americans as a whole just don't follow soccer. Espn would have the games on if they thought they could sell the advertising to make it profitable to show.

I personally like futbol, but face it, it doesn't sell.
American pro soccer is losing money by the truckload.
They don't sell out even the soccer-only stadiums.
The average ESPN viewer couldn't name three players on Team USA.
High production costs. Low payback.

Do you expect ESPN to pull their MLB coverage to show these games? Get real.
Or poker? They make alot of money because of low production costs.
Or maybe show the games off-hours? They'd be better off playing Ronco infomercials.
Why can't another network (Fox Sports, TBS, OLN... whatever) who actually
may gain viewers assume that responsibility?
Do you even know if ESPN was offered the rights to these games?

Should ESPN take a financial bath in order to cater to the patriotism of a handful of soccer fans?
You're a Redskins fan... You should know all about business decisions.

BTW ESPN does some soccer... watch ESPN2 Saturday at 4PM Eastern MLS Chicago vs Columbus.
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tvlistings/news/story?id=2067444

Here ya go soccer fans... ESPN signs a 8 year MLS deal. 26 games this year.
ESPNsoccernet - MLS - ESPN purchases broadcast rights to MLS games (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=375076&cc=5901)

better than nothing, but I'm not exactly a huge soccer fan.