I rarely talk sports news. This AM....N-24 had a brief piece. Women's World Cup is supposed to start 20 July (runs for a month) in NZ and Australia.
Right now....FIFA is denying the German public TV networks (ARD/ZDF) the rights coverage because they haven't bid the correct amount of money (in the mind of FIFA).
This worrying folks? Well....ARD/ZDF aren't talking much about this. They've basically reviewed their funds and set a budget of X-amount. They don't really have extra money laying around.
Why FIFA is playing this way? Well....they promised the female players a chunk of money (way over the previous Cup situation).
The odds of this blackout....no women's World Cup action....in Germany? I'd say near zero, but clearly.....ARD/ZDF aren't going to throw tons of cash at this.
The German female coach? Weekend chatter from her....blasted ARD/ZDF...that they had to find the money.
What had been attempted? German, Belgium and Netherlands joint bid....apparently didn't reach the level required.
What I'll predict....eventually the public TV folks will offer a chunk of money....but not near the expectation, and the FIFA folks will have borrow some cash flow from the next bid for the men's games.
All of this making the equalization of women's pay a joke? Look....I would imagine out of every hundred German guys....fewer than 20 watch women to any degree, and there's just not that much national interest being generated.
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Plus it's in Australia, where pretty much no one watches soccer except for about 30 minutes every world cup to remember how boring it is.
Maybe the Matildas will take the throne though, and then we'll care for a few weeks before going back to watching AFL and League.
While Australia has 1st class stadiums....it'll shock me until the final game, if any game draws more than 15,000.
Just these two NFL games in Frankfurt for November....they figure every seat will be sold (51,000) by end of June.
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