Casey Liss

That is the easier solution. And the other thing is, I don't know much about soccer or this person, but from the article you read, incentivized him to finish his career in America. I am assuming he was the greatest soccer player, but now he's getting kind of old. And so...

You can have an equivalent of other sports, a great sports player that maybe has passed their prime, and by far they would be the biggest player in the MLS, but who are they playing with? Are they playing with all of their rivals from the peak of their career? No, they're back playing the real soccer in the rest of the world, right?

You can have an equivalent of other sports, a great sports player that maybe has passed their prime, and by far they would be the biggest player in the MLS, but who are they playing with? Are they playing with all of their rivals from the peak of their career? No, they're back playing the real soccer in the rest of the world, right?

So even to a big soccer fan, it's like, well, they got this great guy at the end of his career. It's great he got put out to pasture and he can go beat up on the Americans who aren't as good at soccer. But like that's that's not enough to support a league. The rest of the soccer world has all the stars of soccer playing each other, which is much more exciting.

So even to a big soccer fan, it's like, well, they got this great guy at the end of his career. It's great he got put out to pasture and he can go beat up on the Americans who aren't as good at soccer. But like that's that's not enough to support a league. The rest of the soccer world has all the stars of soccer playing each other, which is much more exciting.

And I mean, the paywall probably doesn't help here. I'm it's one of the most fascinating things about this deal is that they were able to finagle it so that he gets a percentage of his subscription revenue. That's star power to have a deal with Apple. Yeah.

And I mean, the paywall probably doesn't help here. I'm it's one of the most fascinating things about this deal is that they were able to finagle it so that he gets a percentage of his subscription revenue. That's star power to have a deal with Apple. Yeah.

prescription revenue like that just shows that he is the only player that matters in the league because i don't think there are many other players in mos that are getting a percentage of apple subscription revenue well but he probably only gets 70 percent um he's probably getting a tiny percent but any percent it's like when movie stars get big enough to start getting like a percentage of gross right it's even bigger than that so i i think this the answer is that that americans just aren't into soccer but yeah and you know

prescription revenue like that just shows that he is the only player that matters in the league because i don't think there are many other players in mos that are getting a percentage of apple subscription revenue well but he probably only gets 70 percent um he's probably getting a tiny percent but any percent it's like when movie stars get big enough to start getting like a percentage of gross right it's even bigger than that so i i think this the answer is that that americans just aren't into soccer but yeah and you know

Apple couldn't get the NFL. That's what it comes down to. They tried. They couldn't get it.

Apple couldn't get the NFL. That's what it comes down to. They tried. They couldn't get it.

I mean, I think they literally couldn't because I think one of the things I heard was that they were insisting on certain provisions that the NFL would not agree to. As in, like, you know, we need to have these rights or be able to shoot the games in this way or whatever. And NFL wasn't willing to give that up. And Apple wasn't willing to do the deal without it. So it's not just a matter of money.

I mean, I think they literally couldn't because I think one of the things I heard was that they were insisting on certain provisions that the NFL would not agree to. As in, like, you know, we need to have these rights or be able to shoot the games in this way or whatever. And NFL wasn't willing to give that up. And Apple wasn't willing to do the deal without it. So it's not just a matter of money.

It was a matter of like conditions maybe. But either way, they didn't get it. And I think a lot of Americans, I don't know what the percentages are, but I bet a lot of Americans, maybe even more than 50%, pay to see the NFL, even though technically there's over-the-air broadcasts that they could be getting. And so I don't even think the paywall issue is the big deal.

It was a matter of like conditions maybe. But either way, they didn't get it. And I think a lot of Americans, I don't know what the percentages are, but I bet a lot of Americans, maybe even more than 50%, pay to see the NFL, even though technically there's over-the-air broadcasts that they could be getting. And so I don't even think the paywall issue is the big deal.

If you put the NFL entirely behind a paywall and took it off over the air, people would complain and the viewership numbers would go down, but it would still probably be more popular than baseball.

If you put the NFL entirely behind a paywall and took it off over the air, people would complain and the viewership numbers would go down, but it would still probably be more popular than baseball.

No, I'm just saying it came off of over-the-air waves. Like, it would still be on basic cable for your home team or whatever. I don't know the terms. But anyway, the NFL Sunday ticket is for the people who need to see every game or whatever. It's very expensive.

No, I'm just saying it came off of over-the-air waves. Like, it would still be on basic cable for your home team or whatever. I don't know the terms. But anyway, the NFL Sunday ticket is for the people who need to see every game or whatever. It's very expensive.

But I'm saying if the NFL was not available for free, then, in other words, you had to pay for cable television, for example, to see games, right? We're not in that situation now. Basically, I'm wondering how many people watch the NFL on over-the-air broadcasts.