My point wasn\’t that THIS soccer league is going to be more popular that hockey. My point was that SOME women\’s soccer league, done right, could be hugely popular … more popular that hockey, that\’s for sure. Think of the available target audience ready for the possibility … give it 25 years of being well-run … and it will be huge.

Simply, more people play soccer. Girls don\’t have a great pro league. Combine the two and do it right = opportunity. WPS sees that, WUSA saw that. They just didn\’t have the stability to hang in there to establish the roots of success.

It\’s not about comparing women\’s pro soccer vs. hockey. It\’s about the hugeness that could be women\’s pro soccer. In time, if done right, it will be a massive success:

Cute woman
Athletic
Smart, driven
Accessible stars
Easy sport to emulate[/quote]

lets put it this way. the number 1 draft pick for the WPS went down with an ACL injury and will not play this year. this will not even make the news. name ANY other sport where the number 1 overall gets injured and it doesnt make headlines?

My point wasn’t that THIS soccer league is going to be more popular that hockey. My point was that SOME women’s soccer league, done right, could be hugely popular … more popular that hockey, that’s for sure. Think of the available target audience ready for the possibility … give it 25 years of being well-run … and it will be huge.

Simply, more people play soccer. Girls don’t have a great pro league. Combine the two and do it right = opportunity. WPS sees that, WUSA saw that. They just didn’t have the stability to hang in there to establish the roots of success.

It’s not about comparing women’s pro soccer vs. hockey. It’s about the hugeness that could be women’s pro soccer. In time, if done right, it will be a massive success:

Cute woman
Athletic
Smart, driven
Accessible stars
Easy sport to emulate

Steve-O forgot to add the necessary “TM”. The words “Get it”(tm) as a trademark are owned by UniWatch Industries Worldwide LLC INC LTD LP Member FDIC, eh?

And a healthy pay cut too – 1 yr, $6.5 million.[/quote]

But that’s, like, 2 trillion Canadian.[/quote]
I’m not really sure where the anti-Canda sentiment is coming from today…between the “poker is better than hockey” and now we’re going to rag on Canadian currency??? SERIOUSLY!??!?! Have you SEEN the news on our country’s economic state lately?[/quote]

It’s called a joke, most Canadians get it. And I happen to like hockey, and curling for that matter.[/quote]
Growing up an hour from the Canadian border, it was a rite of passage to make fun of the disparity in dollar value upon a regular outing to the Canadian casinos. I figured you were simply piling on. Didn’t pick up the sarcasm….my bad

And a healthy pay cut too – 1 yr, $6.5 million.[/quote]

But that’s, like, 2 trillion Canadian.[/quote]
I’m not really sure where the anti-Canda sentiment is coming from today…between the “poker is better than hockey” and now we’re going to rag on Canadian currency??? SERIOUSLY!??!?! Have you SEEN the news on our country’s economic state lately?[/quote]

It’s called a joke, most Canadians get it. And I happen to like hockey, and curling for that matter.

And a healthy pay cut too – 1 yr, $6.5 million.[/quote]

But that’s, like, 2 trillion Canadian.[/quote]
I’m not really sure where the anti-Canda sentiment is coming from today…between the “poker is better than hockey” and now we’re going to rag on Canadian currency??? SERIOUSLY!??!?! Have you SEEN the news on our country’s economic state lately?

And a healthy pay cut too – 1 yr, $6.5 million.[/quote]

But that’s, like, 2 trillion Canadian.