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Originally Posted by F6_Turbo
Not sure the whole big crowds at or revenue arguments hold water....
Man United along with Barca and Real Madrid played around 30 home matches last season, and all three teams average 70000+ in terms of home attendances.
United have a 76K capacity stadium, and it is sold out every week, for not just 7/8 home games a season, but 18 in the league + 6-7 in the CL + 2-3 FA Cup + 2-3 Carling Cup. A comparison with MLB crowds would be better, with their 80 odd home games.
Nothing comparing to BCS bowl games or Championship decider, I'd say the UEFA CL Final compares to it very well...attendance, revenue, viewership, broadcast rights, hype, media frenzy.....
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Big crowds and revenue: not only it holds water, it creates a lake. May be bigger than Kaspian.
When resources are divided, popularity takes a hit. Euro - South America focuses on one sport, Football. Whereas, I just gave college football example which is way down the chart when it comes to viewership. NFL, NBA, MLB, even ice hockey takes the pecking order. College football in States right now is over 7 billion dollar enterprise, projecting to be 15 billion in 4/5 years. English premier league, Spanish League has how much?
2 teams with 70,000+ capacity? Heck even Univ of Arkansas Football stadium holds more than that. Do you know how many 1st Division schools are there playing college football? Can you even comprehend the sold out crowd in those teams?
As for 30 games for Man U, Barca, Madrid, Liverpool: calculate the total number of games at college football that is sold out here every season. There are over 100
schools who have over 70,000 capacity. And this an ameture sport.