Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Feel free to come to europe sometime and try to find someone who follows the NFL (and no, the people who only know the superbowl don't count).
I have already spent a fall semester in the Netherlands and the UK (well, just London) and had absolutely no problem watching every single Green Bay Packers game - many of which various pubs stayed open to broadcast into the wee hours of the morning. They were always packed.
That was the "personal experience" part.
Edit: And the Super Bowl counts solely by virtue of the fact that the Bears played in it last year
Originally posted by RJT
I have already spent a fall semester in the Netherlands and the UK (well, just London) and had absolutely no problem watching every single Green Bay Packers game - many of which various pubs stayed open to broadcast into the wee hours of the morning. They were always packed.
That was the "personal experience" part.
Tiësto concerts are always packed too regardless of where he performs. That's not really an indicator of anything.
Originally posted by RJT
Lol, no - we were talking about the size of the crowds that the Bears (or any NFL team) play to as opposed to the crowds Tiesto plays to.
What was the talk about the pubs then?
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Also, out of curiosity, are Tiesto concerts televised internationally very regularly?
Radio?
(This is passing the time nicely before Simpsons, by the way)
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
What was the talk about the pubs then?
I'm sorry, re-reading my posts I can see the confusion. My discussion of the pubs in Amsterdam and London was simply that it seemed relatively easy for me to catch American Football while I was abroad. Perhaps it's just because I was looking, but it didn't seem I had to look hard.
I misunderstood your assertion that Tiesto shows were always packed and drew an improper analogy to live football.
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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Radio?
(This is passing the time nicely before Simpsons, by the way)
I think this is without a doubt the strongest argument I think you could give with regard to how Tiesto reaches new fans and markets himself as opposed to the Bears, though I'm uncertain how many people actually listen to Club Life religiously and whether or not it would come close to the number of people who watch an NFL football game in a given week.
In the end, I really don't have much in the way of hard statistics on either side of the fence, so what it boils down to is my own intuition and experience which are clearly not authoritative or definitive commentaries on the issue.
And yes, this is passing the time until my exam rather nicely, though it's still unfortunate that this thread even exists (which I'm sure is something we can both agree on)
