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s@int wrote:

dawson99 wrote:Well i like it...

I don't think Joe is counting sex as a spectator sport Dawson

JoeTerp wrote:

Bam wrote:

JoeTerp wrote:I think its a pleasant surprise how many people watched Fernando Torres goal over here.

--snip irrelevant part--

personally, I thought it would have been lower. It took place mid day during the summer. Terrible time for tv, and it did double what basketball or baseball games normally get.

Are there any numbers for for who watched the finals of the Copa Del Rey or Copa Italia in England?

Dundalk wrote:Im surprised the Ryder Cup didnt draw a bigger audience - and it was in America last year

Bad Bob wrote:Well, in fairness, the US does have more than 300,000,000 people and a large pool of domestic sporting options so it's little surprise that the vast majority of them focus on their own sports.  I'd think that Joe is a bit of anomaly amongst his countrymen in that regard.  Which gets me wondering, Joe...how many sports do you follow as closely or more closely than footy?  I get the impression that you eat, live and breath sports in all its various forms so how do you find the time?  And, have you ever considered following in Dawson's footsteps and becoming a bookie?

My local American football team probably owns the most of my sporting heart, but I don't like to spend much time discussing them especially online. Only with my brother and father.

Next would come my universities football, basketball, and lacrosse teams, and again I don't spend much time online with them but I discuss them a lot with my friends and brother and father. I probably wish I followed recruiting more but that is kind of a big commitment to follow really seriously.  I just ask my friends who do for the executive summary of who is coming in.

But college football in general is the sport I follow most closely. I have 3 tvs on at the same time for 12 hours every Saturday from September till December. I have so many schools/players that I both love and hate.  I also think that the college football scene is the closest thing to European footie in America (tradition/atmosphere/super clubs/proper league schedules in some cases)

Liverpool probably is the next most important team to me, probably more than college lacrosse even. But it certainly takes up the biggest part of my online time, probably because I have the most to learn and I cannot talk about it to anyone. Sort of my brother, I buy him jerseys and send him clips and he knows a good bit but certainly is not as intense a fan as I am.

I follow the NBA and MLB with casual interest. Rarely do I watch entire games end to end. If my local basketball team was not the worst in the league I would watch them more often, but I don't feel any connection with the team.  I just root for the players that I like. I have even less connection with the local baseball team as they only just came here 4 years ago, and I probably follow baseball in general with even less interest.

That being said I still catch highlights of almost every game, every day.

If the local footie side are playing against a Mexican team, sometimes I will go to that, and I follow their season about as closely as the basketball team.

Rarely follow hockey, but I do want to go to some Caps games so I can watch Alexander the Great. I did watch all their playoff games last year.



I will usually watch 3 la liga and 4 prem games each weekend,  plus 1 from Brazil, maybe one German if its a good match up and probably a Serie A game if its one of the bigger match ups, same with Argentina

Massive golf fan. Mostly because my dad is, and he claims to have been mates with Fred Funk in college (but he is best mates with his agent)

Use to not watch tennis until I saw the last Wimbledon. Now I think I will watch any final with Nadal.

Gave NASCAR a legit shot, but I don't think its for me. They say once you go to a race you will be hooked, but I did that too and it wasn't anything to write home about.

I am trying to follow rugby union but its just not really doing it for me. Rugby League and 7s I think are more up my alley. But I can only get one or two NRL games a week and I haven't found Superleague on telly yet.

Also starting to watch GAA and AFL and find them both pretty interesting.

Don't bet on the ponies, but I do make it a point to watch all three triple crown races.

Also pretty big into UFC/MMA. Bought a couple of PPVs.

The Olympics is one of my favorites times of the year, both of em, watch as much as I can in every event.



I also watch a fair bit of primetime tv and old movies



Been unemployed since January, thats how I find the time. Although I feel that has mostly allowed me to increase my movie watching time.

Dundalk wrote:Im surprised the Ryder Cup didnt draw a bigger audience - and it was in America last year

JoeTerp wrote:how about you bad bob, I guess Ice Hockey is number 1, but then what? canadian football, box lacrosse, footy, curling?

If you mean me personally, I watch English footy and CL footy and that's it.  It's the only sport I have time for (that's why your list above boggles my mind. )  I used to be a massive baseball and basketball fan growing up because those were the sports I played.  I've completely lost interest in both of them, though, with the exception of a passing interest in college tournament.

If you mean Canada in general, then yeah hockey's absolutely huge.  Curling has a following but only when the odd big tournament rolls around.  I don't know a single person that watches lacrosse...which is ironic given that it's our official national sport.  CFL football is only popular in parts of Canada--primarily out West and in Quebec.  I know a lot more Canadians that are interested in the NFL (even the few posers who claim they like the CFL better because it is "ours"). I've bumped into a growing number of English (or Italian) footy fans but it's still very much on the fringe of Canadian sport consciousness, I would say.

So, I would say that the vast majority of Canadians follow hockey religiously and, after that, are more likely to be a big fan of one or more of the major U.S. sports rather than another 'Canadian' sport.

JoeTerp wrote:

Bad Bob wrote:Well, in fairness, the US does have more than 300,000,000 people and a large pool of domestic sporting options so it's little surprise that the vast majority of them focus on their own sports.  I'd think that Joe is a bit of anomaly amongst his countrymen in that regard.  Which gets me wondering, Joe...how many sports do you follow as closely or more closely than footy?  I get the impression that you eat, live and breath sports in all its various forms so how do you find the time?  And, have you ever considered following in Dawson's footsteps and becoming a bookie?

My local American football team probably owns the most of my sporting heart, but I don't like to spend much time discussing them especially online. Only with my brother and father.

Next would come my universities football, basketball, and lacrosse teams, and again I don't spend much time online with them but I discuss them a lot with my friends and brother and father. I probably wish I followed recruiting more but that is kind of a big commitment to follow really seriously.  I just ask my friends who do for the executive summary of who is coming in.

But college football in general is the sport I follow most closely. I have 3 tvs on at the same time for 12 hours every Saturday from September till December. I have so many schools/players that I both love and hate.  I also think that the college football scene is the closest thing to European footie in America (tradition/atmosphere/super clubs/proper league schedules in some cases)

Liverpool probably is the next most important team to me, probably more than college lacrosse even. But it certainly takes up the biggest part of my online time, probably because I have the most to learn and I cannot talk about it to anyone. Sort of my brother, I buy him jerseys and send him clips and he knows a good bit but certainly is not as intense a fan as I am.

I follow the NBA and MLB with casual interest. Rarely do I watch entire games end to end. If my local basketball team was not the worst in the league I would watch them more often, but I don't feel any connection with the team.  I just root for the players that I like. I have even less connection with the local baseball team as they only just came here 4 years ago, and I probably follow baseball in general with even less interest.

That being said I still catch highlights of almost every game, every day.

If the local footie side are playing against a Mexican team, sometimes I will go to that, and I follow their season about as closely as the basketball team.

Rarely follow hockey, but I do want to go to some Caps games so I can watch Alexander the Great. I did watch all their playoff games last year.



I will usually watch 3 la liga and 4 prem games each weekend,  plus 1 from Brazil, maybe one German if its a good match up and probably a Serie A game if its one of the bigger match ups, same with Argentina

Massive golf fan. Mostly because my dad is, and he claims to have been mates with Fred Funk in college (but he is best mates with his agent)

Use to not watch tennis until I saw the last Wimbledon. Now I think I will watch any final with Nadal.

Gave NASCAR a legit shot, but I don't think its for me. They say once you go to a race you will be hooked, but I did that too and it wasn't anything to write home about.

I am trying to follow rugby union but its just not really doing it for me. Rugby League and 7s I think are more up my alley. But I can only get one or two NRL games a week and I haven't found Superleague on telly yet.

Also starting to watch GAA and AFL and find them both pretty interesting.

Don't bet on the ponies, but I do make it a point to watch all three triple crown races.

Also pretty big into UFC/MMA. Bought a couple of PPVs.

The Olympics is one of my favorites times of the year, both of em, watch as much as I can in every event.



I also watch a fair bit of primetime tv and old movies



Been unemployed since January, thats how I find the time. Although I feel that has mostly allowed me to increase my movie watching time.