Has increased TV coverage affected the attendance of live sports events?
960775
Yes, most definitely. The increased cost of ticket prices to pay for overpaid overrated players has put a dampener on attendance also. It doesn't feel anything like I used to remember in the 70s/80s singing on the terraces, pity really...
1172749
I am probably alone in prefering to watch it at home - I hate people screaming idiotic statements at the tv in a pub. I prefer to observe the game in my own contemplation, as well as not wasting my money on beer from a plastic cup.\n\nBut humans are social animals. If this is your way of socialising, then fine. I just choose to socialise in a different way.
792467
Well, an estimated 2 billion viewers tuned into the 2003 cricket world cup. This includes the entire championship. Compare that to the FIFA world cup final, where a single day viewership stood at 1.35 billion.\n\nHave a look at these links:\nhttp://www.uni.edu/pubrel/newsroom/releases/012301.html\nhttp://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=574061\n\n:
1062511
I feel your pain! I'm going to be driving a fair bit over the next couple of weeks and it always seems to coincide with the best games, so I've had to formulate a contingency plan!\n\nI'll be listening on BBC Radio 5 Live on 909 and 693 medium wave, which you'll be able to pick up no problem. They do football properly and the commentary is always good, so that's my recommendation.\n\nCome on England!
799463
It depents on rights taken by the channels.\nyou can switch to starsports, ESPN, Ten sports, Fox sprots
369290
Too many sports in this country and not enough media coverage.
769938
It depends on the sport. In baseball for example the size of the outfield is different for every field. So the players who play on that field for most of their games have an advantage. In Basketball it's a matter of consentration. When you have tens of thousands of fans yelling at you it can be a distraction. When you get into pro-sports it isn't as much of a change since most of the players have been dealing with it for a number of years and are used to it. In College and High School sports it can make a big difference because the players are less mature. Football it is less of a factor, except for the fact that it energizes a player to have a large number of people cheering for them.
488813
I have seen a couple of American games live and it is more of a family day out.\nThere is a lot of entertainment apart from the game plus great shows at the end of each quarter.\nThere is also a large selection of good food.\nI think many Americans see a football match as an event so short its not worth going to watch 90mins of men diving around, grey skys and lousy food.
887346
correct! channel 5 are showing Newcastle and Eurosport are showing all Blackburn's games!!\n\nTotally ridiculous...both teams finished lower than Spurs last year,neither club has anything like as good a record in Europe as us,both are just smaller clubs in general...i did hear though that Spurs are trying to do a deal with ITV to start THFCTV,not sure if that is correct,but maybe that's why ITV4 has got most of our games,although they don't appear to be showing tomorrows game!\n\nlook at these 2 web-sites...\n\nliveonsat.com       (no www.)\n\nor \n\nwww.satfootball.com\n\nthey both list everygame played in Europe,and what channels they will be on!\n\nto the "blind" Newastle fans out there....Spurs have the third largest following in the world after Man U and Real Madrid.they get fans from all over europe at every home game! i live in the Czech Republic and most football fans here have never even heard of Newcastle!!\n\nSpurs have more foreign fan clubs than any British team after Man U and also take the biggest away support to games in England and Europe! so get your facts right!!\n\nfor the last 2 seasons White Hart Lane has been the most sold out ground in Britain!! 99.3% sold out for every game,the only games which don't sell out are the league cup games,and that's normally down to the away fans!!
453823
I care about it.  It's definitely not boring when you are in the stadium, and when you are watching good teams play.  In fact, the average score has been increasing for the last five years.  It should be more interesing than before.
310205
by increasing the prize money and salaries... teams would automatically recruit better players and impiort some from abroad too... fans come to watch good football, not just their team winning. If the players would be better the game would anyways be good and fans would be more.\nplus the game also needs better sponsorship in the states, which is not there
416551
Sports\n\nCimema has to much drama.
1111468
No.  I will affect the spirit of the game.  I would hate to see soccer  changed to replays, time outs, four quarters for more commercials.  That's not soccer.
566857
Really interesting question.  Thinking about it, sports really do serve as a vehicle to bridge cultural gaps.  By participating in the same leisure activites, it lets people from different cultures realize that maybe they are not too different.  In addition, fans respect great players of the games they follow regardless of where they live or come from; during international events (ie Olympics) or by having international players on local teams, people become more interested in the personal stories of these players and thus more interested/more accepting of other cultures.
573227
Oh that's normal for those who follow sports they can't understand why anyone wouldn't want to watch and cheer. But there are more that don't watch, than watch, which is truism for most events.\nI for one, couldn't care less about it.
1140121
Yes. RTM 1 and 2 have live broadcast of certain matches.
402078
Huge. It's probably the most dominate part of sports outside of the players. The media broadcast games, write about games, go into detail about games. Without the media, how could one be interested in sports. You wouldn't know the scores of any games. And to go to every game to see what happens, is way too time consuming. The media and sports work hand in hand. Both need each other to make money.