ESPNのMLS中継の平均視聴率はわずか0.2% ESPN reports a 0.2 average household cable rating for “MLS Primetime Thursday.” これはWNBA(女子プロバスケ)の平均視聴率0.2%と同じ数字。 equals the WNBA, which averaged a 0.2 on ESPN2 last year. MLSの視聴率はMLBやNBAの比較対象になく、WNBA(女子プロバスケ)と同等である。 MLS ratings remain more comparable to those of the WNBA than to Major League Baseball or the NBA.
スペイン語放送のESPN Deportesは平均視聴者数はたったの40000人! ESPN also began simulcasting games on ESPN Deportes this year, which attracted an average of 40,000 viewers per broadcast.
ベッカムMLSデビュー戦の全米視聴率 米サッカーでは異例の高視聴率0.45% David Beckham's MLS debut causes TV ratings jump D.C. United's 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Thursday night received an average rating of 0.45 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2007-08-10-271059312_x.htm
MLS Cup(優勝決定戦/スーパーボウル、ワールドシリーズ、NBAファイナル、スタンレーカップに相当)の最新視聴率情報 毎年下り坂で2008年の視聴率が 0.6 % あまりに低すぎるので地上派ABCから契約打ち切られて今年からケーブルテレビ送りだとさwwwwwwwww大爆笑 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2009 MLS Cup to air on cable. The MLS Cup is just the latest in a litany of championship sporting events making the move from broadcast to cable. The 2009 MLS Cup will air on ESPN, marking the first time ever the event has aired on cable. http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2009/03/mls-cup-to-air-on-cable.html
Today, the numbers are shocking. Baseball claims it will reap more than $6 billion in revenue this season, a number that nearly matches the mighty NFL. And yet the sum of the 30 MLB teams' opening day payrolls for 2007 was approximately $2,478,970,000 ? about 41.3 percent of the gross revenues.
In contrast, the NFL paid its players $3.2 billion last season, more than 50 percent of its revenues.