In Soccer in Sun and Shadow, Eduardo Galeano proclaims the United States to be “the home of baseball” and sarcastically describes efforts by the American media to herald soccer as “the sport of the future” during the 1994 World Cup. Americans, however, do not necessarily appreciate soccer to a lesser extent than others. As of… Read More »
For the first time in the 124-year history of the club, Liverpool fans staged a walkout during one of their Premier League matches—and it was not for lack of quality on the pitch that was at issue with the home faithful. Liverpool was leading 2-0 at Anfield Saturday against Sunderland in an English Premier League… Read More »
It was announced that West Ham will offer a new reduced starting season ticket price. 2016-17 season tickets will be available for purchase for as low as £289. (See Table 1 for a list of club season ticket prices) The new price will represent a 55% decrease from the previous year’s beginning price. The drastic drop is due to… Read More »
Earlier this month, much hubbub was made that the Major League Soccer Players Union had yet to reach an agreement with the MLS regarding the new collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Up until the third day of negotiations on March 4th, the players were still maintaining their demand of free agency. It seemed that the games that… Read More »
Récemment, quelques fans de l’équipe Liverpool FC ont apporté un signe à un match qui a dit, « supporters not customers » (supporteurs pas clients), un semaine plus tard des autres fans ont apporté des signes qui a dit, « 1990 – £4, 2000 – £24, 2010 – £43, 2020 – ???. » Il est… Read More »
Orlando City Soccer Club, the 21st franchise to join the MLS, announced earlier this year that they would be partnering with Chick-fil-A for the club’s upcoming inaugural season. As part of the partnership, Orlando City fans who don the club’s gear into participating Chick-fil-A locations on game day will receive a special promotion. Orlando City… Read More »
Satire can be a fantastic way to stimulate discussion about real issues; often, it can be more revelatory than straight discourse. Laughing at a joke compels understanding and examining why the joke was funny– and in satire, the humor is derived from revealing precisely how ridiculous certain serious subjects truly are. Satirists are… Read More »
Le grand détaillant de sport, Adidas, se prépare pour la Coupe du monde 2014. Dans sa compétition avec Nike, Adidas a eu beaucoup de difficulté récemment. Nike a dominé les marchés avec 54% de la part de marché aux Etats-Unis (Adidas a 11% de la marché). La Coupe du monde est essentiale pour Adidas parce… Read More »
This past week, David Goldblatt visited our class to explain his accounts of world football. One interesting comment he made was describing the English Premier league as a business to be completely hopeless. This past summer, Shahid Khan, a US billionaire car parts baron, bought Fulham football club for an estimated $300 million. This… Read More »
Comme une suite à ma poste précédente, je voudrais revoir la situation en France avec l’impôt de François Hollande. Jeudi dernier, les meilleures ligues de foot en France ont annoncé qu’ils ne participeront pas aux matchs de 29 Novembre à 1 Décembre en réponse à l’impôt de 75%. Jean-Pierre Louvel a dit que cette grève… Read More »
