Focacta News
du Nord, November 3, 2005
-Superheroish Defender and Man Of Extreme Wit, Jimmy Conrad is: In The Doldrums-Personally I think this is some of the biggest soccer news ever in America: ABC & ESPN have bought the rights to the 2010 & 2014 World Cups for a massive amount of money. The real difference in this deal and previous world Cup TV rights deals, is that previously MLS and its partners have been buying the rights, then buying airtime on those networks to show the games. The draw back to that deal was that ABC/ESPN then had no real reason to support and promote these events because they would not make any money by doing so. They got their money from selling the airtime. This new deal is directly with the network, which means they will have to market the event themselves to get the viewership and ratings they desire. This is a huge win for soccer in America. ABC/ESPN have also said they are near a new deal with MLS for airing matches. Should be interesting to see how that shapes up.-Univision also acquired USA Spanish Language TV righ
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- Alain N'Kong
- Andy Webster
- Bobby Convey
- Christian Dailly
- Christian Gómez
- Craig Gordon
- Darren Fletcher
- David Trézéguet
- David Weir
- Derek Riordan
- Fernando Clavijo
- Garry O'Connor
- Gary Caldwell
- Graham Alexander
- James McFadden
- Jamie Smith
- Jimmy Conrad
- Landon Donovan
- Michael Lewis
- Mo Johnston
- Neil McCann
- Nigel Quashie
- Own Goal
- Paul Hartley
- Roy Keane
- Scott Brown
- Shaun Maloney
- Steven Caldwell
- Steven Pressley
- Taylor Twellman
- Van Persie