PSG has definitely gotten a grip in the US market at least in terms of visibility and recognition. I see lots of kids with PSG gear even though they may not follow the team closely.
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What about fans ? They will have to travel from France to USA to watch their own team in a regular season ? This is stupid
ligue 1 mcdonald's league
Hope they get Clermont foot Vs le harve
Outside of psg games noone in usa will care
That's a wild extrapolation of a random executive saying they have to bring "games that matter" to the US in an empty sales pitch to attract US broadcasters to buy Ligue 1 rights.
If anything, that sounds a lot more like the Supercup trophy, that is already played abroad anyway.
No way fans let this happen.
Ez, bring back the Coupe Drago and have it played in exotics places, during the CdF games.
Or create like a Coupe des Clubs Champions (de l1) where you have the past winners play where there used to be 4 more matchdays, like either you start L1 in September/last W-E of August and have that in the US (it's 4 matchs) or just before/after international breaks (not the entire competition at once in that case)
As if they won’t buy other massive names.
Dembele is not a big enough name to get people to watch
No, they still predominantly support the PL
But there are still some fans of PSG,Lyon and Marseille there who support them
Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the boss of BeIN and PSG, doesn’t care.
Swear Spain and France will do anything to fast track their way to money instead of investing in the rest of the clubs in their league and marketing it properly. Instead they just suck off the 3 clubs they care about who already have all the money.
This is some Liga MX/FMF type shit.
Regular season? As opposed to….?
If its in Montreal then u could say both PSG and Marseille would be able to draw in a large crowd probably
Dembele is not a big enough name to get people to watch
They’re just trying to make Jacksonville the London team it seems. Germany gets good matches like Chiefs vs Dolphins, the best AFC teams currently and with two of the biggest stars in Mahomes and Hill
To be fair the English market would be great for the NFL to have a team in. Bonus point that the stadium is already built so it works out.
I don't see the benefit. In the first place, Ligue 1 isn't even really available to American viewers on TV, as Bein holds the rights and is hidden on Premium Sports TV packages that few soccer fans get these days since everything else is easier to find.
The Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A, and a few other major European leagues are far more accessible to viewers in the United States, so Ligue 1 is at a major disadvantage.
As opposed to cup games, preseason friendlies, etc.
‘Regular season’ adds more context to people only really familiar with American sports as well (though I’m not sure how many American’s unfamiliar with European leagues would be clicking on an article about Ligue 1 in the first place).
I don't think it would go that well, PSG's really the only French team that could draw a half decent crowd in the US, otherwise you're probably looking at Mazatlan-Juarez repeats.
If its in Montreal then u could say both PSG and Marseille would be able to draw in a large crowd probably
If they want to bolster the US market, how about not signing a TV deal with beIN Sport? Of the top 6 European leagues, Ligue 1 is the most inaccessible.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the boss of BeIN and PSG, doesn’t care.
Given that people consider it a Farmers League - let's send some matches to Idaho or Iowa.
In all seriousness, who has thought that this could be a good idea? No league has done that, and the only time Spanish League did that, nobody liked it.
NBA too, in France actually.
I'm sure Jake (24, Minesotta) is absolutely buzzing to attend a Clermont-Reims
That’s Clermont FOOT, to be precise!
if mbappe isn't there, these matches won't sell out.
Great idea 🤡
At least away supporters will be allowed to attend the games.
Modern day football in a nutshell.
Farmers
Ligue 1 still chasing the lost revenue from its deal with mediapro that went sour. Was a record deal and they had all planned for it accordingly, and going from 20 to 18 teams was an attempt to fix their finances. It's still on its way back but this isn't the way
Do Quebecois follow Ligue 1 in the same way that english speaking Canadians/Americans follow the PL?
NFL has at least sent some good matchups to Europe lately.
Yeah, that wording doesn’t really make sense unless then mean it won’t be a cup game or a game in the champions league/Europa league/conference league
Modern football is a circus
what is the "regular season" in football? Surely it's just the season