Football as “24″, Part 2
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Would you get hooked on “24″ if you could only watch every third episode?
Don’t worry, it’s not as bad as it sounds. You’ll be able to read newspaper accounts of what happened in the episode, and you’ll see 2 minutes of highlights on the TV, so it’s not like you’re going to miss anything.
That’s what it’s like being a footy fan in the US. There’s very few cable/satellite systems that carry both Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta, so you’re usually only have the choice of 3 or 4 games over the weekend. This, in turn, means you your team play maybe 1 week in 3 - a lot less if you support a team outside of the top-4.
Would you get hooked on Middlesbrough, or Fulham, or Wigan, or Bolton, or Birmingham, or Aston Villa, or Spurs…if you could only see one out of every three episodes?
man, i completly agree and that 24 analogy is great! i grew up in europe and then moved to the states. i used to watch all the games or at least see the highlights. now, that’s impossible to do in the states or canada.