COlin Cowherd looked at the studio table on the chairs assigned to the guests at Fox Sports Talkshow. FIFA President Gianni Infantino had a simple question. Really more demand.
“Give me something you really love about America,” Cowherd said.
Can I say burger? Infantino offered before laughing a little too much. “I can say that Burger, absolutely, but I thought, and this is not to straighten anyone, but this is really a country of opportunity. There are too many opportunities for people here. [sport] Here.”
Burger, of course. And the opportunity, yes, that’s. But Infantino’s answer held the column of his deep loyalty to the American market: economic power (for now).
At this point, in an interview with Cowherd, the Infantino had already said the usual vapors about the splendor of the Steroidal Club World Cup. This was the last stop in a media lightning to reveal even the slightest interest in the tournament as the smell of helplessness became sharp. He also confessed that FIFA kept the signature tournaments in the state, “basically doubled income”.
At the same time, Infantino argued that the lack of investment kept American football back. “They should listen to me and then they will be 1 league in the world,” he said.
And on the one hand, we find the interest of Americans for sports as a whole with the growth of American domestic football.
It has been gone for a long time, MLS has been on the brink of bankruptcy, the future has been felt like he has been going on for a while. Nevertheless, some teams, usually the teams of the longest ones in the league, still keep costs low everywhere possible. In general, new investors want to spend more freely and pour cash in the space that distinguishes the league in a realistic way. This internal dispute has been a source of friction for years and will come to a head at some point. So it is right to say that MLS can spend more and probably spend more.
However, it is true that the rest of the football treats the American market as a giant ATM. For the next few years, Infantino’s FIFA is the pioneer of this trend.
MLS not only compete for TV viewers with other leagues of the world-and does not help at all hours after the end of most European games-but now the only league that has to combat an alternative is now the only league. The reason for the planning of the Club World Cup here and that the World Cup will be appropriate is to reach the American consumer’s pockets, as Infantino clearly accepts. Therefore, Europe’s most marketable clubs continue to have comprehensive tours before the season. That’s why the Mexican National Team plays most of the matches here. Conmebol so hired two Copa América prints in just eight years.
Therefore, an American organizer filed a lawsuit against FIFA and US football on the grounds of antitröst, and fought with a policy containing domestic league games to the borders of the nation. What exactly did he do when he agreed to scrape the policy to be rejected from the FIFA case. Soon, Spain’s La Liga or Serie A or many other leagues of Italy may try to wear nearby matches to your local MLS team.
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Soon, MLS will no longer be against the pre-season friendships or the Club World Cup. Give the name of another domestic league that has to be afraid of another competition in the backyard. Do Barcelona and Atlético Madrid try to play a potentially starting slope in Germany or Argentina or Pakistan, as they worked in Miami in December? Suspicious.
MLS will thank you for this at the time when the guards for the league disappear. The primary issue is not inadequate finance of MLS. The killer faces competition for fans.
The American market spends a large amount of money on live football. Many do not go to MLS. Although FIFA intends to find out where the floor is, these expenditures do not come from a bottomless pit. High ticket prices Summer to Bonanzas. At one point, football fans will benefit from what they are willing to spend to watch live games.
If you want to develop domestic American football, you should start some kind of football protection – but it may not go well right now. Or to ensure that a growing league does not spend all the season’s eagerly fighting with all the intermediate carriers who want to fight for the market, to get attention and to routine to increase the disposable income of the audience.
But then FIFA is no longer in the business of opening new markets like once. On the contrary, regardless of the collateral damage, it is focused on making money from sports.
