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Interested to know the niche sports you're finding people showing interest in.

by k-mcgrady 10y ago

robotmlg 10y ago
NBC Sports's Super Bowl counter-programming was curling
- jeron 10y ago
  was it seriously? I guess the people who weren't watching the super bowl (the Canadians) would enjoy it...
  - flukus 10y ago
    I like my action sports, but I do find curling really compelling to watch, it's extremely tactical. Curling is the only sport I care about in the winter olympics.
ThrustVectoring 10y ago
Australian Rules Football is fantastic to watch, IMO.
seppin 10y ago
soccer. no ads except for half time
- k-mcgrady 10y ago
  ...I wouldn't call (arguably) the most popular sport in the world niche.
  - mwfunk 10y ago
    It is (also arguably) a niche in the US. My totally subjective perception is that it's been on an upswing here for many years, and in a few more years will be up to the popularity level of basketball and hockey at least.
- felipemnoa 10y ago
  I guess you consider it niche in the USA but soccer is the most popular game world wide[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football
  - gozur88 10y ago
    It's definitely niche in the US.
    - groby_b 10y ago
      As long as you define "US" as "white, male, >25". It's popular with women. It's popular with kids (age 12-17, more popular than MLB). It's popular with the latino population.
      - gozur88 10y ago
        Not really. They can't get people to watch it on TV, which is why it doesn't make any money.
        JBlue42 10y ago
        https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/sports/soccer/nbc-retains-rights-to-premier-league-in-six-year-deal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/sports/soccer/nbc-retains... Two years of success broadcasting England’s Premier League proved a basic truth to NBC Sports: It would have to pay a lot more to keep carrying the league’s games. Now it will. Under a six-year agreement announced Monday that starts next season and is worth about $1 billion, NBC retained the rights to the Premier League through the 2021-22 season.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  Soccer broadcasts usually have overlay ads, rather than advertising breaks, because therevaren't breaks in gameplay to stuff ads into. But they definitely are not ad-free outside of halftime.
  - Cyph0n 10y ago
    I watched the Superbowl last night for the first time, and I can assure you that even the worst football (yes, football) matches have nowhere near as many ads.
    - haar 10y ago
      I can't tell which of the sports you're referring to.
      - Cyph0n 10y ago
        Haha, and how did I not notice?! Thanks for pointing that out. Since I can't edit my comment: Even an ad-heavy football game (aka soccer in the US) has way fewer ads than the what I saw during the Superbowl.
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Interested to know the niche sports you're finding people showing interest in.

robotmlg 10y ago

NBC Sports's Super Bowl counter-programming was curling

jeron 10y ago
was it seriously? I guess the people who weren't watching the super bowl (the Canadians) would enjoy it...
- flukus 10y ago
  I like my action sports, but I do find curling really compelling to watch, it's extremely tactical. Curling is the only sport I care about in the winter olympics.

ThrustVectoring 10y ago

Australian Rules Football is fantastic to watch, IMO.

seppin 10y ago

soccer. no ads except for half time

k-mcgrady 10y ago
...I wouldn't call (arguably) the most popular sport in the world niche.
- mwfunk 10y ago
  It is (also arguably) a niche in the US. My totally subjective perception is that it's been on an upswing here for many years, and in a few more years will be up to the popularity level of basketball and hockey at least.
felipemnoa 10y ago
I guess you consider it niche in the USA but soccer is the most popular game world wide[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football
- gozur88 10y ago
  It's definitely niche in the US.
  - groby_b 10y ago
    As long as you define "US" as "white, male, >25". It's popular with women. It's popular with kids (age 12-17, more popular than MLB). It's popular with the latino population.
    - gozur88 10y ago
      Not really. They can't get people to watch it on TV, which is why it doesn't make any money.
      - JBlue42 10y ago
        https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/sports/soccer/nbc-retains-rights-to-premier-league-in-six-year-deal.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/sports/soccer/nbc-retains... Two years of success broadcasting England’s Premier League proved a basic truth to NBC Sports: It would have to pay a lot more to keep carrying the league’s games. Now it will. Under a six-year agreement announced Monday that starts next season and is worth about $1 billion, NBC retained the rights to the Premier League through the 2021-22 season.
dragonwriter 10y ago
Soccer broadcasts usually have overlay ads, rather than advertising breaks, because therevaren't breaks in gameplay to stuff ads into. But they definitely are not ad-free outside of halftime.
- Cyph0n 10y ago
  I watched the Superbowl last night for the first time, and I can assure you that even the worst football (yes, football) matches have nowhere near as many ads.
  - haar 10y ago
    I can't tell which of the sports you're referring to.
    - Cyph0n 10y ago
      Haha, and how did I not notice?! Thanks for pointing that out. Since I can't edit my comment: Even an ad-heavy football game (aka soccer in the US) has way fewer ads than the what I saw during the Superbowl.
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