Originally posted by: supesman
Anyone know why Henry is not playing for France?
Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
'This year it is estimated that 28.8 billion viewers will watch the World Cup games.' Ok, so they're obviously counting viewers multiple times over multiple games. If we do that we'd might as well include viewers for the 256 regular season games for the NFL as well as the 10 playoff games. That's gotta be like 500 billion viewers! :roll:
Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
'This year it is estimated that 28.8 billion viewers will watch the World Cup games.' Ok, so they're obviously counting viewers multiple times over multiple games. If we do that we'd might as well include viewers for the 256 regular season games for the NFL as well as the 10 playoff games. That's gotta be like 500 billion viewers! :roll:
So how many people actually watch the World Cup final live, from start to finish? According to Initiative Sports Futures, independent analysts with no ties to Fifa, the figure for the 2006 final was 260 million in the 54 key markets it surveyed, accounting for 90 per cent of the world's TV households. ISF sources figures only from markets where data is collated electronically by reputable monitors, such as Barb in the UK.
Originally posted by: silverpig
Interesting call on the first goal in the Dutch/Italian game. I agree it should probably be a goal, although I can't seem to find any rules specifying that exact situation.
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: silverpig
Interesting call on the first goal in the Dutch/Italian game. I agree it should probably be a goal, although I can't seem to find any rules specifying that exact situation.
The one by van Nistelrooy? He was obviously offsides.
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
'This year it is estimated that 28.8 billion viewers will watch the World Cup games.' Ok, so they're obviously counting viewers multiple times over multiple games. If we do that we'd might as well include viewers for the 256 regular season games for the NFL as well as the 10 playoff games. That's gotta be like 500 billion viewers! :roll:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=574061 <----Better link than the one you're reading but...
Why don't you actually read what was posted in the link instead of taking one obviously overexaggerated sentence from it completely out of context (and yes, FIFA is known for being absolutely ridiculous with some of their numbers).
Here's something that may help satisfy you:
http://www.independent.co.uk/s...rter-right-438302.html
So how many people actually watch the World Cup final live, from start to finish? According to Initiative Sports Futures, independent analysts with no ties to Fifa, the figure for the 2006 final was 260 million in the 54 key markets it surveyed, accounting for 90 per cent of the world's TV households. ISF sources figures only from markets where data is collated electronically by reputable monitors, such as Barb in the UK.
I'm much more of a fan of American football than International football, but I'm not going to let that blind me to the fact that the Euro tournament and World Cup are much, much larger global events than the SuperBowl.
http://forum.xbox365.com/ubb/u...topic;f=4;t=016799;p=1
If you're registered, you can go to the Guardian's web archives and get the article. This was viewership in 2004.
Pos Programme Audience
1 Football: Euro 2004 final Portugal v Greece 153 million
2 Olympic Games: opening ceremony 127 million
3 Olympic Games: closing ceremony 96 million
4 American football: Super Bowl 95 million
5 Olympic Games: men's 100m metres 87 million
6 Olympic Games: men's 200m freestyle swimming 66 million
7 Formula one: Monaco grand prix 59 million
8 Football: Champions League final Porto v Monaco 56 million
9 Basketball: NBA finals 25 million
10= Tennis: Wimbledon women's singles final 21 million
10= Tennis: Wimbledon men's singles final 21 million
12 Cycling: Tour de France final stage 16 million
13= Football: FA Cup final Millwall v Man Utd 9 million
13= Horseracing: Grand National 9 million
15 Rowing: University Boat Race 5 million
Initiative collected data from 57 major TV markets, accounting for over 90% of TV households globally.
Originally posted by: silverpig
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: silverpig
Interesting call on the first goal in the Dutch/Italian game. I agree it should probably be a goal, although I can't seem to find any rules specifying that exact situation.
The one by van Nistelrooy? He was obviously offsides.
But there was another Italian defender behind the goal line. Now, if the defender was staying off on purpose, then he gets a foul and the goal stands, if he's pushed off by an attacker, then the goal is off, but getting pushed out by the goalie when he was on his way out already... a bit of a grey area...
Originally posted by: silverpig
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: silverpig
Interesting call on the first goal in the Dutch/Italian game. I agree it should probably be a goal, although I can't seem to find any rules specifying that exact situation.
The one by van Nistelrooy? He was obviously offsides.
But there was another Italian defender behind the goal line. Now, if the defender was staying off on purpose, then he gets a foul and the goal stands, if he's pushed off by an attacker, then the goal is off, but getting pushed out by the goalie when he was on his way out already... a bit of a grey area...
Originally posted by: Anubis
the defender ran into his own golie and fell down, he was NOT waived off by the ref and therefore was still an elegible player
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: silverpig
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: silverpig
Interesting call on the first goal in the Dutch/Italian game. I agree it should probably be a goal, although I can't seem to find any rules specifying that exact situation.
The one by van Nistelrooy? He was obviously offsides.
But there was another Italian defender behind the goal line. Now, if the defender was staying off on purpose, then he gets a foul and the goal stands, if he's pushed off by an attacker, then the goal is off, but getting pushed out by the goalie when he was on his way out already... a bit of a grey area...
the defender ran into his own golie and fell down, he was NOT waived off by the ref and therefore was still an elegible player