It’s interesting the points you make about the Americanization of football. The use of VAR and in the most recent CWC referees announcing their decisions over a mic for fans is unlike the football I know.
I am a lifelong sports fan but a newbie football fan from the US. I really got into it after a trip to Europe last summer and also watching the USWNT in the Olympics. Anyway, 2024/2025 was my first year watching football closely and I found myself gravitating toward the EFL and the women’s leagues. The Premier League had little draw for me as it seems so sterile. I just couldn’t attach to it emotionally.
The only thing I disagree with here is the ‘Americanization’ piece - and it’s a tweak, not a contradiction. Should it not be the ‘Globalization’? FIFA is that most unusual of global organizations that by its nature must pander to a range of disparate cultures concurrent with its product shaping and propelling these cultures. F1, who you mention, is another group/association that finds itself in this spot. FIFA are experimenting with all of these different spectacle formats and moments to help them spread the least butter over the greatest bit of toast, terrified of the fact that their product will lose its appeal, and forgetting the magical nature of this product: soccer is incredible in and of itself. We’ve all done quite well for quite a number of years with making it our own as we see fit.
It’s interesting the points you make about the Americanization of football. The use of VAR and in the most recent CWC referees announcing their decisions over a mic for fans is unlike the football I know.
There‘s also the ref cam, don‘t know if you‘ve seen that. Essentially refs wear a gopro.
Yes, I’ve seen that as well.
I am a lifelong sports fan but a newbie football fan from the US. I really got into it after a trip to Europe last summer and also watching the USWNT in the Olympics. Anyway, 2024/2025 was my first year watching football closely and I found myself gravitating toward the EFL and the women’s leagues. The Premier League had little draw for me as it seems so sterile. I just couldn’t attach to it emotionally.
I get that
hab gehört die neue bundesliga saison hat jetzt noch bessere grafik es wird geil
Profit!
The only thing I disagree with here is the ‘Americanization’ piece - and it’s a tweak, not a contradiction. Should it not be the ‘Globalization’? FIFA is that most unusual of global organizations that by its nature must pander to a range of disparate cultures concurrent with its product shaping and propelling these cultures. F1, who you mention, is another group/association that finds itself in this spot. FIFA are experimenting with all of these different spectacle formats and moments to help them spread the least butter over the greatest bit of toast, terrified of the fact that their product will lose its appeal, and forgetting the magical nature of this product: soccer is incredible in and of itself. We’ve all done quite well for quite a number of years with making it our own as we see fit.
Fair point.
To answer your question: yes.
But to be honest, being overly dramatic is the whole point of your blog, and therefore one of the reasons I like to read it.
Haha thanks!