Todd Boehly. A man...who wants an all-star game.

[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

Another point I wanna make. Whenever the NBA teams come to London to play games, you will always see a whole host of Premier League players that always flock to these games. PL players always compare themselves and look up to the NBA players. It's never the other way around. It's always the Premier League players posing with the NBA players and posting it on their socials. Mason Mount and Jorginho met with Tyler Herro in Miami earlier this year and put it everywhere on their socials, yet I didn't see anything on Herro's socials. That's not to knock anything off Mount or Jorginho, but it definitely shows you the social hierarchy.

Steph Curry's celebration has been emulated by many PL players, and many players around Europe emulate his celebration. Do any NBA players try to emulate KDB or Salah's celebration?

Lol at you thinking who an athlete is sleeping with or which other sports they follow recreationally is a metric to measure the global popularity of their sport.

Just remember the multiple Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone watched a game at Goodison. Countless other, richer, more popular, award winning actors have been seen regularly at EPL matches. Actors>NBA players, based on their sexual partners and income. And yes, I'm aware that actors and pop stars also attend NBA/NFL/MLB games too - just pointing out how unhinged your argument is. As usual.

We also have billionaires like the Royal Family attending and presenting trophies at Cup Finals every year. Are they lower on the social hierarchy than basketball players?

 

[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

Because your figures have no substance. The official UEFA figures for the EURO 2020 final state that the final pulled 328 million viewers, while CL finals usually pull around 300-400 million worldwide views, yet somehow you want me to believe that the 2015 game between Liverpool and Man Utd pulled 700 million views, especially during a time when both teams were very poor. Bro, get real. You lack any substance.

UEFA EURO 2020 impresses with 5.2 billion cumulative global live audience

Audiences for UEFA EURO 2020 are ranked among the most viewed moments of all time. Digital engagement figures also demonstrate the enormous global appeal of the competition.

www.uefa.com

If you really want, I can pull up poxy sources that say that the NBA attracts 500 million viewers from China because there are loads of sources that say this.

The NBA is bigger than the Premier League on all social media platforms. NBA players have much bigger social media following than Premier League players. NBA stars are banging A list celebrities like Kendall Jenner whereas the best Premier League stars could manage a Love Island personality at best, there's levels man. The biggest stars in the NBA are bigger than the biggest stars in Prem right now such as KDB, Salah, Kane etc. NBA has influenced the pop culture far more than anything related to the Premier League. The NBA has produced billionaires. Michael Jordan is probably the most iconic athlete in the world right now, coupled with his merchandise. Who's the biggest Premier League legend? Alan Shearer? How does Shearer compare to the likes of Jordan or Bryant?

It's debatable but the big games in the Premier League probably do draw more viewers than your average big NBA game, but that's where the comparisons end.

Here's something from an American sporting website. It lists the top ten most popular watched sports in the world. Football is number one, followed by cricket. Basketball is waaaaay behind in third place.

Top 10 Most Watched Sports in the World Today

The world loves sports. In America alone, 66% of people actively watch sports. When you take that percentage and apply it to a global ...

www.ballerstatus.com

 

[Goat]

Because your figures have no substance. The official UEFA figures for the EURO 2020 final state that the final pulled 328 million viewers, while CL finals usually pull around 300-400 million worldwide views, yet somehow you want me to believe that the 2015 game between Liverpool and Man Utd pulled 700 million views, especially during a time when both teams were very poor. Bro, get real. You lack any substance.

UEFA EURO 2020 impresses with 5.2 billion cumulative global live audience

Audiences for UEFA EURO 2020 are ranked among the most viewed moments of all time. Digital engagement figures also demonstrate the enormous global appeal of the competition.

www.uefa.com

If you really want, I can pull up poxy sources that say that the NBA attracts 500 million viewers from China because there are loads of sources that say this.

The NBA is bigger than the Premier League on all social media platforms. NBA players have much bigger social media following than Premier League players. NBA stars are banging A list celebrities like Kendall Jenner whereas the best Premier League stars could manage a Love Island personality at best, there's levels man. The biggest stars in the NBA are bigger than the biggest stars in Prem right now such as KDB, Salah, Kane etc. NBA has influenced the pop culture far more than anything related to the Premier League. The NBA has produced billionaires. Michael Jordan is probably the most iconic athlete in the world right now, coupled with his merchandise. Who's the biggest Premier League legend? Alan Shearer? How does Shearer compare to the likes of Jordan or Bryant?

It's debatable but the big games in the Premier League probably do draw more viewers than your average big NBA game, but that's where the comparisons end.

David Beckham literally married a Spice Girl, as you say, levels.

 

[BNJ1878]

I mean no idea about the MLS, but for players that are Internationals you talking 70 games in a season, like they can be arsed with another 90 for, well, nothing.

But Boehly said it's for the benefit of the whole football pyramid! Don't tell me he's not being truthful.....

Honestly, I feel cheated now.

 

[wm02]

An interesting article imo:

English football has commercialism of US sports without their egalitarianism

Despite legitimate anger at US-inspired initiatives like the failed European Super League, the creeping influence of America in football need not be universally bad

www.theguardian.com

 

[Toffeeslam]

Here's something from an American sporting website. It lists the top ten most popular watched sports in the world. Football is number one, followed by cricket. Basketball is waaaaay behind in third place.

Top 10 Most Watched Sports in the World Today

The world loves sports. In America alone, 66% of people actively watch sports. When you take that percentage and apply it to a global ...

www.ballerstatus.com

Something I discovered when talking to this whopper is the following

“Never argue with an idiot as they will drag you down to their level then beat you with experience”

No matter what proof you give him he still bangs the stupid drum

 

[allen]

Here's something from an American sporting website. It lists the top ten most popular watched sports in the world. Football is number one, followed by cricket. Basketball is waaaaay behind in third place.

Top 10 Most Watched Sports in the World Today

The world loves sports. In America alone, 66% of people actively watch sports. When you take that percentage and apply it to a global ...

www.ballerstatus.com

There's a difference between leagues and sports though, of course.

But either way you slice it, the Premier League is huge.

It's all the more remarkable when you look at how many leagues its competing with.

There are no other global basketball or American Football leagues of note, outside of the NBA and NFL.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

David Beckham literally married a Spice Girl, as you say, levels.

To be fair, you see better than VB every weekend down the clubs.

 

[Littlesue]

To be fair, you see better than VB every weekend down the clubs.

To be fair you see better than 99% of WAG's down the local Spoons. The classy WAGs of the 80's long since gone

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

To be fair you see better than 99% of WAG's down the local Spoons. The classy WAGs of the 80's long since gone

Frank McAvennie was at the top of his game in those days!

 

[Alan Whittle]

The Times is reporting than plans for an independent regulator for football are going to be kicked into the long grass by the new government. Any ideas of some break on the Premier Leagues’ wanton greed at the expense of the rest of the football pyramid seems unlikely now.
Three cheers for Mansour, Boehly and Geordie Arabia.

 

[cjuk87]

Another point I wanna make. Whenever the NBA teams come to London to play games, you will always see a whole host of Premier League players that always flock to these games. PL players always compare themselves and look up to the NBA players. It's never the other way around. It's always the Premier League players posing with the NBA players and posting it on their socials. Mason Mount and Jorginho met with Tyler Herro in Miami earlier this year and put it everywhere on their socials, yet I didn't see anything on Herro's socials. That's not to knock anything off Mount or Jorginho, but it definitely shows you the social hierarchy.

Steph Curry's celebration has been emulated by many PL players, and many players around Europe emulate his celebration. Do any NBA players try to emulate KDB or Salah's celebration?

Michael Jordan used to do the robot celebration because his hero was Peter Crouch.