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<blockquote data-quote="DC" data-source="post: 124205"><p>I just wanted to point out that the 94 world cup had the greatest attendence of any world cup of all time.</p><p></p><p>"To this day, the total attendance for the final tournament of nearly 3.6 million remains the greatest in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" target="_blank">World Cup</a> history, despite the expansion of the competition to 32 teams in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" target="_blank">1998</a>."</p><p></p><p>Pretty impressive for a nation that hasnt embraced soccer <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> </p><p></p><p>"The 1994 World Cup revolutionized television coverage of sports in the USA through the sponsored scoreboard and game clock that were constantly shown on screen throughout the game. Television sports coverage in the US had long been dependent upon commercial breaks; a feature suitable for sports such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball" target="_blank">baseball</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball" target="_blank">basketball</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey" target="_blank">ice hockey</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football" target="_blank">American football</a> (which all have breaks in the action), but long considered incompatible with soccer, due to the long stretches of uninterrupted play. Variations on it were quickly incorporated into virtually every team sports broadcast by the decade's end."</p><p></p><p>They still do that when the USA plays here, the digital on screen score will be sponsored by a certain company.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DC, post: 124205"] I just wanted to point out that the 94 world cup had the greatest attendence of any world cup of all time. "To this day, the total attendance for the final tournament of nearly 3.6 million remains the greatest in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup"]World Cup[/url] history, despite the expansion of the competition to 32 teams in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup"]1998[/url]." Pretty impressive for a nation that hasnt embraced soccer :o "The 1994 World Cup revolutionized television coverage of sports in the USA through the sponsored scoreboard and game clock that were constantly shown on screen throughout the game. Television sports coverage in the US had long been dependent upon commercial breaks; a feature suitable for sports such as [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball"]baseball[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball"]basketball[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey"]ice hockey[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football"]American football[/url] (which all have breaks in the action), but long considered incompatible with soccer, due to the long stretches of uninterrupted play. Variations on it were quickly incorporated into virtually every team sports broadcast by the decade's end." They still do that when the USA plays here, the digital on screen score will be sponsored by a certain company. [/QUOTE]
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