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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 1077593, member: 405"]
Opus, even the most popular events are only seen by a portion of the U.S.  The last Super Bowl was only seen by 111 million viewers (not TV sets, viewers), a little over 1/3 of the country.  And that's the biggest event by far.  So, no, I don't mind a little cheerleading by the media to try to prime the interest in soccer.

Soccer is deserving of a helping hand, because more and more people are finding it's an enjoyable experience.  Sure, some of that is the fact that it's the national team, but I didn't see big parties like we just saw for any of the past Olympics,  except maybe the 1980 hockey games against Russia and Finland, I think it was, for the Gold Medal.

Soccer is a great sport and is a much better viewing experience, once you know what to look for.  There's a reason that the Premier League is the most watched television programming in the WORLD.  Plus, soccer is the only TRUE "world" sport, so if you want to claim to be "World Champs" of anything, this is about the only team sport where that's true.
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