Comments on: Meanwhile, Back at the FanHouse… http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/06/13/meanwhile-back-at-the-fanhouse-6/ It's always football season somewhere. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:41:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: joejoejoe http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/06/13/meanwhile-back-at-the-fanhouse-6/comment-page-1/#comment-12331 joejoejoe Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:44:56 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/06/13/meanwhile-back-at-the-fanhouse-6/#comment-12331 Thanks for the links to the AOL stuff. I read way too many blogs already so it helps when you at link from this blog. I agree about US soccer fans starting to "get it". The point you make about MLS not having the multicultural crowds that US national games seem to attract is interesting. I've always wondered if soccer in America would take off if it was broadcast in a bilingual broadcast. Why not show the game in the spirit that it exists? I see all kinds of soccer highlights via 101 great goals and I'm always finding a new combination - a Japanese broadcast of a Dutch game, a Spanish game in German. Why fight it? Embrace the diversity of US audiences in the broadcast. Millions of non-Spanish speaking US soccer fans watched the World Cup on Telemundo. I don't think they would mind a mixed language broadcast all the time. Thanks for the links to the AOL stuff. I read way too many blogs already so it helps when you at link from this blog.

I agree about US soccer fans starting to “get it”. The point you make about MLS not having the multicultural crowds that US national games seem to attract is interesting. I’ve always wondered if soccer in America would take off if it was broadcast in a bilingual broadcast. Why not show the game in the spirit that it exists?

I see all kinds of soccer highlights via 101 great goals and I’m always finding a new combination – a Japanese broadcast of a Dutch game, a Spanish game in German. Why fight it? Embrace the diversity of US audiences in the broadcast.

Millions of non-Spanish speaking US soccer fans watched the World Cup on Telemundo. I don’t think they would mind a mixed language broadcast all the time.

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