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Message: [QUOTE="intlzncster, post: 2766996, member: 56"] I didn't say they weren't thinking of it. Just that they aren't having any issues. The outreach absolutely dwarfs all other sports. And the money is absurd. [INDENT][I]Soccer has the highest viewership (3.9 billion tuned into the 2014 World Cup at some point), the highest prize money (€1.5 billion awarded in prizes and bonuses in the Champions League), the most expensive TV right (Sky paid £5.3 billion in 2016 to air the Premier League), as well as the biggest kit deals and richest clubs with 30 of the top 50 richest sports teams coming in the form of soccer clubs. Soccer’s popularity is unrivaled by all and it looks set to stay that way for the foreseeable future.[/I][/INDENT] The number of places where soccer faces stiff competition from other sports are few and far between--that includes most developed countries. Off the top of my head: India and cricket. Australia and rugby/footy. New Zealand and rugby. South Africa and Rugby. Russia and some other Eastern blocks and hockey. Pro American sports challenge soccer in very few countries in the world. Japan/South Korea and Baseball. Dominican/Puerto and baseball. Maybe Lithuania and basketball? Canada and hockey. I guess the next big market up for grabs in terms of athletic sports is China. NBA does pretty well there right now. Esports is probably the biggest competitor to everybody right now. Fans of traditional sport hate that, but it's the way it is. IME, it has the biggest upside potential of anything at the moment. [/QUOTE]

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