Random Soccer Chatter

• Laley23

  

  chicago510;1170279 wrote: Isn't that like the station bin Laden used to broadcast on?

  Its a CNN type channel, so Im sure they played his tapes. Not like they sent camera operators to film him giving his speeches though.
• ohiobucks1

  

  dont like the sound of the name
  
  /america
  
  
  Seriously though, I want NBC, ABC, ESPN, FSC, and other channels to all get blocks of the EPL so we can see every game every weekend!
• Laley23

  

  ohiobucks1;1170344 wrote:dont like the sound of the name
  
  /america
  
  
  Seriously though, I want NBC, ABC, ESPN, FSC, and other channels to all get blocks of the EPL so we can see every game every weekend!

  Exactly. Maybe have Disney, Murdoch and GE (or is it Comcast now with NBC?) decide that they need to get into soccer now as its growing, but decide it would benefit ALL of them to split the rights. Disney probably has the most $$$ to throw around, so maybe have them get more of the "marquee" matches throughout the year, then probably FOX with the second tier and NBC 3rd tier. They could each have weeks where they get the biggest, and they can split the ManU-Chelsea type games into like 45-35-20...ABC-Fox-NBC.
  
  It would do nothing but help all of them to get together and jointly bid for the rights in this manner.
• ohiobucks1

  

  Laley23;1170375 wrote:Exactly. Maybe have Disney, Murdoch and GE (or is it Comcast now with NBC?) decide that they need to get into soccer now as its growing, but decide it would benefit ALL of them to split the rights. Disney probably has the most $$$ to throw around, so maybe have them get more of the "marquee" matches throughout the year, then probably FOX with the second tier and NBC 3rd tier. They could each have weeks where they get the biggest, and they can split the ManU-Chelsea type games into like 45-35-20...ABC-Fox-NBC.
  
  It would do nothing but help all of them to get together and jointly bid for the rights in this manner.

  
  Honestly, I enjoy watching every single EPL game, I really don't care who gets which games
• Laley23

  

  ohiobucks1;1170427 wrote:Honestly, I enjoy watching every single EPL game, I really don't care who gets which games

  Neither do I, but you better believe the networks do
  
  We wont ever get all the game if they dont air them on multiple networks though. Even then, we still will have to settle for tape delay on a few.
• ohiobucks1

  

  Laley23;1170467 wrote:Neither do I, but you better believe the networks do
  
  We wont ever get all the game if they dont air them on multiple networks though. Even then, we still will have to settle for tape delay on a few.

  I can deal with that
• sportsfan24

  

  Champions League Final on Saturday. Anyone know what channel it will be on?
• NilesPacMan

  Should be on FOX proper. Has been for the past 2 years.
• OSH

  

  sportsfan24;1170762 wrote:Champions League Final on Saturday. Anyone know what channel it will be on?

  NilesPacMan;1170783 wrote:Should be on FOX proper. Has been for the past 2 years.

  That's right. The one and only FOX has it! Nice that it's on a main station. It'll be at 2:45pm ET.
• gorocks99

  

  OSH;1170799 wrote:That's right. The one and only FOX has it! Nice that it's on a main station. It'll be at 2:45pm ET.

  I'm going to be starting my day off right with the Heineken Cup Final followed by the CL Final at the bar. Should be a great day of European championships
• NilesPacMan

  Also on Saturday, the last spot for the 2012-2013 EPL season will be for grabs between West Ham and Blackpool. Rooting for the Tangerines here; I enjoyed them last year, and I would definitely like to see them up again.
• sportsfan24

  

  Ok, so I am new to this sport as I've said before. I see where Chelsea plays in the Premier League, so how come they are playing in the CL final on Saturday? How does a team that plays in one league gets to play for a championship in another league?
• Pick6

  

  sportsfan24;1172557 wrote:Ok, so I am new to this sport as I've said before. I see where Chelsea plays in the Premier League, so how come they are playing in the CL final on Saturday? How does a team that plays in one league gets to play for a championship in another league?

  EPL is the top league in England. Champions League is made up of top teams from leagues all over Europe. Top 4 in EPL qualify for the Champions League. Chelsea finished top 4 last season, thats why they are playing in it this year.
• Laley23

  

  sportsfan24;1172557 wrote:Ok, so I am new to this sport as I've said before. I see where Chelsea plays in the Premier League, so how come they are playing in the CL final on Saturday? How does a team that plays in one league gets to play for a championship in another league?

  Champions League isnt a league really. Its a tournament. You qualify based on where you finish the season before. It includes most if not all of Europe. So you win your domestic league (for instance, the MLS if it was in Europe) you qualify, thats where the "champions" part comes into play.
  
  But the best leagues in Europe get multiple teams, while most just have their league champion make it. Here is a good breakdown for trying to figure out who qualifies, because it is recently update with how teams made it.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Champions_League
• DeyDurkie5

  

  sportsfan24;1172557 wrote:Ok, so I am new to this sport as I've said before. I see where Chelsea plays in the Premier League, so how come they are playing in the CL final on Saturday? How does a team that plays in one league gets to play for a championship in another league?

  Yeah, what pick6 said. Also, to add on to him, top 4 in EPL move on to the next years Champions League. So this game is huge for the division. I personally love Tottenham, and they are sitting at 4th right now in the EPL. If Chelsea win vs Bayern, then they get the 4th spot in the EPL. If they lose, then Tottenham get's the 4th spot.
• SportsAndLady

  

  DeyDurkie5;1172568 wrote:Yeah, what pick6 said. Also, to add on to him, top 4 in EPL move on to the next years Champions League. So this game is huge for the division. I personally love Tottenham, and they are sitting at 4th right now in the EPL. If Chelsea win vs Bayern, then they get the 4th spot in the EPL. If they lose, then Tottenham get's the 4th spot.

  Is this because the CL winner gets an automatic entry into the next one?
• killer_ewok

  

  Thanks for asking those questions, sportsfan24. I'm kind of a soccer n00b too. The last couple World Cup tourneys (men's and women's) got me more and more interested. Prior to that the only soccer that I had really watched was the USA-China Women's World Cup Final back in '99. Now I watch it as often as possible.
• gorocks99

  

  SportsAndLady;1172686 wrote:Is this because the CL winner gets an automatic entry into the next one?

  That's right. If Chelsea (6th place in the EPL) wins, they take one of the EPL spots that would normally be given to a top-4 finisher. Right now that's Tottenham (in 4th place). So, if you're a Spurs fan, you're rooting like hell for Bayern on Saturday. Teams that make the CL get a metric shit ton of money.
• gorocks99

  

  http://deadspin.com/5910467/reconstructing-the-most-exciting-day-in-the-history-of-soccer-and-maybe-sports-period
• DeyDurkie5

  

  still laugh my ass off at that call by ian darke. he's the best.
• ohiobucks1

  

  Kinda gave me chills
• OSH

  

  NilesPacMan;1170817 wrote:Also on Saturday, the last spot for the 2012-2013 EPL season will be for grabs between West Ham and Blackpool. Rooting for the Tangerines here; I enjoyed them last year, and I would definitely like to see them up again.

  Yeah, I would like to see Blackpool in again too.
  

  Pick6;1172558 wrote:EPL is the top league in England. Champions League is made up of top teams from leagues all over Europe. Top 4 in EPL qualify for the Champions League. Chelsea finished top 4 last season, thats why they are playing in it this year.

  Not to nitpick, but the top 3 in the English Premier League automatically qualify, the 4th team is in a "playoff" for withe others to get into the Champions League.
  
  
  If you didn't go to the wikipedia page about the Champions League, it's the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). There are 53 (I think) members of UEFA. So, each domestic league has at least one representative in the Champions League. Other leagues have multiple representatives in -- like the English Premier League getting 3 guarantees and a fourth in a playoff. There are 77 total teams in the Champions League getting narrowed down to 32 teams in group play -- where they have a draw and have Group A, Group B, and so on.
  
  The MLS is in a Champions League, it's the CONCACAF Champions League though. It's not as popular and not as promoted -- for obvious reasons. I wish it were televised and more important...but it won't be anytime soon. The CONCACAF and UEFA are also for the federations that deal with their international teams. The USMNT has CONCACAF qualifiers to earn their federation's spot(s) in the World Cup.
• sportsfan24

  

  Thanks to everyone with helping me understand this sport a little better.
• ohiobucks1

  

  Has anyone mentioned that if Chelsea win the Champions League they (although they finished 6th) with get to take the place of the 4th place English team thus moving Tottenham down to 5th and OUT of the champions league for next year?
• DeyDurkie5

  

  DeyDurkie5;1172568 wrote:Yeah, what pick6 said. Also, to add on to him, top 4 in EPL move on to the next years Champions League. So this game is huge for the division. I personally love Tottenham, and they are sitting at 4th right now in the EPL. If Chelsea win vs Bayern, then they get the 4th spot in the EPL. If they lose, then Tottenham get's the 4th spot.

  ohiobucks1;1174777 wrote:Has anyone mentioned that if Chelsea win the Champions League they (although they finished 6th) with get to take the place of the 4th place English team thus moving Tottenham down to 5th and OUT of the champions league for next year?

  yes sir.