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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Well, that's easy. Because there is no place to put in commercials. Soccer is a timed game where the clock doesn't stop. So, where do you put in the TV ads? It just isn't commercially valid. Even the US Soccer League or whatever it is airs the games on minor cable channels that you have to pay to see.
Football (american) and Baseball have tons off opportunities to take time out for an add. A game with 4 15 minutes quarters takes 3 hours to "play" which gives them a captive audience for ads. This is also why Hockey here is such a minor TV covered sport also. Once again, a timed game with very few breaks or clock stoppages.
BOb
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But American football and baseball were popular long before there was television. Why didn't Footbal (soccer) become popular during that time frame?