Ligue 1 Matches May End Up In U.S. To Bolster Media Deal
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France’s top flight is in the final season of its media rights deals and wants to boost its financial value exponentially with new contracts.
  • ro-row@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    what is the “regular season” in football? Surely it’s just the season

  • AntonioBSC@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    They’re just trying to make Jacksonville the London team it seems. Germany gets good matches like Chiefs vs Dolphins, the best AFC teams currently and with two of the biggest stars in Mahomes and Hill

    • Up_The_Mariners@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      To be fair the English market would be great for the NFL to have a team in. Bonus point that the stadium is already built so it works out.

  • DyMa_Nyx@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m sure Jake (24, Minesotta) is absolutely buzzing to attend a Clermont-Reims

  • Inter_Mirifica@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    That’s a wild extrapolation of a random executive saying they have to bring “games that matter” to the US in an empty sales pitch to attract US broadcasters to buy Ligue 1 rights.

    If anything, that sounds a lot more like the Supercup trophy, that is already played abroad anyway.

    No way fans let this happen.

    • av1997f@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Ez, bring back the Coupe Drago and have it played in exotics places, during the CdF games.

      Or create like a Coupe des Clubs Champions (de l1) where you have the past winners play where there used to be 4 more matchdays, like either you start L1 in September/last W-E of August and have that in the US (it’s 4 matchs) or just before/after international breaks (not the entire competition at once in that case)

  • marqui4me@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    PSG has definitely gotten a grip in the US market at least in terms of visibility and recognition. I see lots of kids with PSG gear even though they may not follow the team closely.

  • Always_bricked_up@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    What about fans ? They will have to travel from France to USA to watch their own team in a regular season ? This is stupid

  • Mulderre91@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Given that people consider it a Farmers League - let’s send some matches to Idaho or Iowa.

    In all seriousness, who has thought that this could be a good idea? No league has done that, and the only time Spanish League did that, nobody liked it.

  • justalittleahead@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t see the benefit. In the first place, Ligue 1 isn’t even really available to American viewers on TV, as Bein holds the rights and is hidden on Premium Sports TV packages that few soccer fans get these days since everything else is easier to find.

    The Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A, and a few other major European leagues are far more accessible to viewers in the United States, so Ligue 1 is at a major disadvantage.