Posted on 06/28/2006 3:40:11 PM PDT by new yorker 77
Despite a high level of media coverage for the World Cup soccer tournament, three-fourths of Americans (78%) are not following the action very closely if at all. A Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 adults found that just 6% are following the tournament very closely.
Nine percent (9%) of men are paying close attention along with 3% of women.
The Super Bowl remains the biggest sport championship in terms of fan appeal. Thirty-five percent (35%) of Americans say it’s their favorite championship to watch. The World Series is the only other championship to reach double digits—12% of adults say it’s their favorite.
One-fourth of all Americans (25%) say they don’t want any sports championships.
Despite the general lack of interest in the World Cup by the US audience, the soccer tournament is more popular than the NBA basketball championship and the NHL’s Stanley Cup hockey title. Both of those events were being held at the same time as the World Cup.
Fourteen percent (14%) of Americans say they played soccer in an organized league at some point in their life.
Fifty-two percent (52%) of Americans believe there is a professional soccer league in the United States (and they’re right).
The survey was conducted before the U.S. soccer team was eliminated. However, few were surprised by the lack of success--just 5% of the nation’s adults thought it was very likely the U.S. team would win the tournament.
Why is that great news?
And the undocumented workers, probably 94% of them are watching. Really
Sorry. I don't get it.
But to those who do - Play On, Lads!
I think that saying that the rest of the world likes soccer because most countries can beat the U.S. is a bit of a stretch.
Soccer has been huge around the world for decades.
I wouldn't say it's great news. On the other hand, some libs I know are watching it just because they think it's a "PC", "non-Americanized" sport, and they get the same kind of pleasure from watching it as they do from drinking overpriced European wine or celebrating Kwanzaa. Something like this poll makes for a nice reason to laugh at the libs.
I prefer football (American football). It's much more complex and interesting, and there's a lot more strategy involved.
I call BS on this survey.
Soccer is a big YAWN!
Note to soccer players: Stop the fake pain flailing. It is fruity.
World Cup? Isn't that the sailboat thing?
And on the other hand, FR has a daily World Cup thread, but DU and others do not. Go figure.
I think there were at three comments like yours on the other thread. Anybody have any new material?
I'm not going to argue your opinion. I just think it's an odd statement to say that it's good news. It's a sporting event. Nothing more, nothing less.
Does that include the Euros who were beaten by Ghana?
LOL.
I wouldn't call soccer "gay" or "an illegal immigrant's sport." I do think it's boring, but there's no need to be offended by that. I'm a big football (American football) fan, and some people consider that boring. I'm not offended by that.
Sports and politics should be kept separate, because in a sports debate, even after yelling and throwing food, you can still be friends with the person you're arguing with. In a political debate, considering the hateful extremism of the DUmmies, there's no chance for friendship. Not now.
The Mexicans in CA are all watching it. It's on in every Mexican resteraunt I have been in since the tourney started.
Univision continues to smash previous World Cup ratings records -- and is especially scoring in Los Angeles on KMEX.
Nationally, Saturday's Mexico-Argentina match drew the largest Hispanic audience ever for a sporting event, averaging 6.7 million overall and 4.3 million in the 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen.
Although not in primetime (the game began at 2:30 p.m. ET), it also ranks as the fifth most-watched broadcast of any type on Spanish-language television.
In Los Angeles, 1.6 million watched on KMEX, including 1.05 million adults 18-49 -- more than five times the demo audience KABC generated Saturday morning for ABC Sports' coverage of the Germany-Sweden match (185,000).
Quarterfinal and semifinal matches air this week on Univision, with the championship game set for July 9
# 1. It appears that NBA Finals are no longer as popular as they used to be.
# 2. Only 52% of Americans is aware of Major League Soccer in the USA.
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