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Old 04-30-2008, 04:52 PM
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no offense to soccer fans

better not ruin the derby pp draw show, I really enjoy watchin it every year
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This thing's going on for at least another 15 minutes. To be fair, there are way more people that care about Chelsea/Liverpool than care about the Derby draw show. They don't usually draw until about 5:30 anyway, so we should be fine.
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This thing's going on for at least another 15 minutes. To be fair, there are way more people that care about Chelsea/Liverpool than care about the Derby draw show. They don't usually draw until about 5:30 anyway, so we should be fine.
cool and good point soccer is huge with the folks across the water, its like life or death for some of those cats
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To be fair..... no one in this country cares about soccer.
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To be fair..... no one in this country cares about soccer.
You're wrong. Nobody gives a **** about AMERICAN soccer. There is a pretty large following of the Champions League.
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By large he means 27 people in the greater tri-state area.

(Note: I love soccer, but I'd hardly say there's a large following of anything non-World Cup related in the United States)
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By large he means 27 people in the greater tri-state area.

(Note: I love soccer, but I'd hardly say there's a large following of anything non-World Cup related in the United States)
I disagree. The Premiership and Champions League seem pretty popular, at least where I am. It's also a very dedicated following.. My guess is at least 60% of Premiership fans are watching this. What percentage of racing fans watch the Derby Draw? 25%?
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You're wrong. Nobody gives a **** about AMERICAN soccer. There is a pretty large following of the Champions League.
Not in this neck of the woods, hockey isn't big here either......what's the Champions League?
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To be fair..... no one in this country cares about soccer.
Actually no on this one.......I love soccer!!
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This thing's going on for at least another 15 minutes. To be fair, there are way more people that care about Chelsea/Liverpool than care about the Derby draw show. They don't usually draw until about 5:30 anyway, so we should be fine.
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I do like Soccer mom's though, they seems pretty fun sometimes
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I do like Soccer mom's though, they seems pretty fun sometimes
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This typical ESPN......thoroughbred racing has NEVER been a priority.
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This typical ESPN......thoroughbred racing has NEVER been a priority.
100% correct.
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This is bullshit! put in on ESPN then
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This typical ESPN......thoroughbred racing has NEVER been a priority.
Horse racing continues to shoot itself in the foot. The Derby and Preakness on NBC. The Belmont on ABC. Breeders Cup on ESPN.

Nobody (general public) knows where to look to find the damn sport anymore. It's only available in specialty press, specialty papers, specialty internet, specialty TV. I know fans who are interested in horse racing, and just realized the Derby is in days. Why? They haven't heard much about it unless they seek it out.

I've started referring everyone (fans, general interest) to The Bloodhorse website. It's got everything for them - videos, interviews, faces on the personalities, the horses ....

DRF on the internet seems near-dead to me - handicapping only. I hardly go there any more. Bloodhorse gets the breaking news up more quickly, more accurately.
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The only good thing about the sport
actually, the girls', I mean women's, soccer team when I was in college was not that shabby...
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