.@Marcotti: Sаssuоlо vs Juvеntus - in Russian! - has 1.6 million Youtube views. Yet, ESPN pushes endless basket, poker, whist, cornhole, solitaire, tiddlywinks, lumberjack, etc. etc. Subtly get those not connected to ESPN to point out that they have their heads up their asses.

.@Marcotti: is ESPN forbidden from putting Ronaldo on TV? If so, he hurts himself: he could increase his popularity in USA. Otherwise, it's nuts for ESPN to hide him on a pay channel when he's largely unknown in the USA. I suspect the latter due to how little soccer they show.

.@Marcotti: ESPN suits hide Ronaldo on a pay channel that few Americans will pay for since the vast majority have no idea what Ronaldo or Serie A are. The smarter NFL/MLB model is to sell only fan-only, out-of-market games while putting the big games on TV. Please educate them.

.@Marcotti: you know #soccer might as well be Pro Knitting in the USA, right? I'm sure there are knitting games/leagues/championships, but unless you're really into it you don't know about it. Soccer is like that because @MLS & @USSoccer don't work to get on ESPN/network.

.@Marcotti: #BBC had live #Olympics #soccer games w/o announcers & it was great. It'd cost #ESPN maybe $5,000 to do the same & they'd make 10x or more in ads. Why won't they do that?

.@Marcotti: #ESPN is currently playing girls' volleyball. While that's a step up from endless Ball in Hoop & #kneeball, why won't the show more #soccer? How much would foreign, offbrand, tape-delayed, local feed soccer cost them? They've played some of that, why not more?

.@Marcotti: #ESPN is hyping #USAvJAM. More Americans could see it if MX had won: it'd be on Univision not hidden away on FS1. #MAGA

.@Marcotti @CBurleyESPN: #ESPN probs are because they show whole games maybe 15% of the day if that. Talk about #soccer but rarely show gms.

.@Marcotti: do you think #ESPN showing tennis & wrestling rather than any kind of soccer & baseball - even tape-delay - might be an issue?

.@JonChampionJC @Marcotti: #ESPN would pay less for foreign, offbrand, local feed soccer games and might get better ratings. Why don't they?