I'm a couple of days late with the weekly tour of the football blogosphere. Life intervenes
sometimes. Bugs me because I watched the Milan Derby and came away with a couple of conclusions:
One, when Julio Cesar is on, he's the best in the world (and that's coming from a huge Casillas
fan); and Two, Mourinho is just the best.
I must say, I quite like the cut of this Fake Sigi Schmid guy's jib. I've just recently
discovered him and I wish I knew who he was. (He's much better than Not Doug Logan, who is
apparently also Not Pretending to Not Be Doug Logan Anymore1.)
This is a good analysis of MLS' single entity structure, with a very good conclusion: that no,
it's not something you do for a while to get up and running, it's a structure you stick with
long-term.
Digiturk, the satellite service hosting LigTV, has renewed their contract to broadcast the
Turkcell Super League for the next four seasons, from the 2010 to 2014. Digiturk will play $321
million each season for the broadcast rights. Compare that with the current deal that Digiturk has,
which is $140 million dollars per year, starting from 2005.
The second half of the European season's begin to unfold. We have 10 matches this weekend on FSC
and ESPN2, as well as a mid-week Arsenal match-up. With the news this week that FSC will be taking
over the Setanta Sports broadcast rights and forming a second all soccer channel, Fox Soccer Plus,
things are looking up for soccer fans in the US.
