[DanZ]

Premier League fans know more than me, but it appears today’s matches are not quite of Super Bowl, or World Series status.....playoff quality, I’m guessing

1. EPL - NO play-offs , every game counts - no "PARTICIPATION" trophies A.K.A. play-offs.

2. Most EPL games - not all - have the intensity of a playoff - (March Madness) and many have 90 min of real effort / hustle at the PROP level where the player's salary on average is very high for some platers and not so for the majority.

Level of intensity is why the game is so interesting almost every weekend. 38 games/season - no play-offs - One winner

[kabar]

And the race this year in the EPL will go down to the wire. Liverpool, Arsenal, and Man City are virtually tied. Every result can alter the standings. In the many years following the EPL, Liverpool is my team, I can't remember a three-way race this late in the season 31 games in.

A Liverpool win today keeps them top of the table by two points. A loss puts them one behind and tied with MC. A tie puts Liverpool in a tie with Arsenal atop the table. Go Reds.

I have tickets for the exhibition match in Columbia SC between Liverpool and Man U on Aug 3.

[kabar]

Unbelievable. Goal by MU after a bad pass. What a mistake 1-1 now,

MU knocked out Liverpool from the FA cup coming back twice after Liverpool leads.

[chiller]

you've confirmed my point. It's an "important" and intense EPL match. (equating playoff intensity), but it's not a final that is important enough to pre-empt

--America's longest running (with implications as being America's most important) television show.
--NBC's "flagship" program. (HA!).
--On their most watched platform (broadcast) vs. any number of NBC owned cable/sports channels.

Today, in fact, most featured teams are mid-pack. This is not to denigrate the EPL, but rather NBC News. It does not bode well for them.