I know it won't take over the NFL, but might be poised for #2.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mls/news;_ylt=AhAaP1zUbGaA9TDOJyNzSZ6kvrYF?slug=ro-beckham080607&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
"The No. 1 selling item in Sports Authority in the United States is the David Beckham jersey," Garber said. "Not a basketball or a football shirt but a David Beckham jersey. That is pretty cool.
"Merchandise sales for the whole league are up 300 percent. Galaxy sales are up 700 percent. We did not expect that when we signed David Beckham."
2007-08-08 02:13:38 · 2 answers · asked by Canario92 3 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
It's hard to tell if this is a temporary blip on the public radar or if a real earthquake is happening. People my age (42) might not be giving as much heed to soccer, but a whole generation of kids has been raised on it. It is the Gen Y kids who will ultimately decide this question. My own feeling is that it will fill the gap left by the NHL's self-inflicted demise and become the #4 sport.
2007-08-08 02:20:21 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That because the people who are buying Beackham jersey Girls how love him. Wait till the KG Jersey comes out or wait till football season begins. Also Merchandise was up but what about every thing else. A soccer game would never get as many people as a football game. I don't think an soccer game can fill a 90,000 seat stadium. The same thing happen back in the 70s when all those players came from over seas did it work no.
2007-08-08 10:36:31 · answer #2 · answered by redskins_ken_28 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Soccer has got to get to number 6,5,4, and 3 before it has a chance at # 2. Sure David Beckham will temporarily boost ticket sales and merchandise, but if a sport has to depend on an over the hill foreigner to boost it's appeal, it's in big trouble in the first place. Americans just aren't soccer fans, plain and simple.
2007-08-08 09:34:15 · answer #3 · answered by Gerald J 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I am not a sports fan so should probably not be answering this, but from what I hear, it appears to me that someone is trying to shove soccer down the throats of the american public!! they'll either love it or not, and right now, I don't think people are as crazy about it as the "soccer world' would have us believe!!!!!!!!
2007-08-08 09:23:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This should be in the political forum, under immigration... The mexicans are the only people in the US that actually care about soccer... Oh sure, I'll watch it when the US is in the World Cup, but that's only every 4 years, kind of like the Olympics...
Soccer will stay at 6th place...
Football
Baseball
Basketball
Hockey
Nascar... not my choice either, but then soccer...
2007-08-08 11:32:12 · answer #5 · answered by Jay L 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe he (Beckham) will even play in a game or two.
2007-08-08 09:18:26 · answer #6 · answered by spider87654 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, soccer is not America's new passion. America's passion seems to be in the fawning sycophancy of celebrity worship.
2007-08-08 10:06:05 · answer #7 · answered by The Corinthian 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no way!
2007-08-08 09:42:13 · answer #8 · answered by kwinder00 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋